NCHRGE Member 10 Member For: 20y 7m 4d Location: Sydney Posted 28/07/06 07:41 AM Posted 28/07/06 07:41 AM A friend of mine today got his car serviced and has had an ongoing problem with his oil consumption, the service department put a logger onto the ford ecu and a code came up that is no verified by ford. and once his car came out of service, had a BIG FAT STICKER ON WINDSCREEN saying warranty has been voided.
Adam Here since the start... Legacy Donating Member 10,282 Member For: 23y 4m 27d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 28/07/06 07:46 AM Posted 28/07/06 07:46 AM I'd like more information on this.I've seen a WDS/PDS hooked to my ute with edit numerous times and they function together perfectly and no strange 'not verified by ford' codes came up.
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Legacy Donating Member 7,935 Member For: 22y 7m 8d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 28/07/06 07:55 AM Posted 28/07/06 07:55 AM I bet he has a BFalso under consumer law, they CANNOT void the car entire warranty.Ford have to prove that the Edit was a direct cause of the breakage.The problem is Ford like to bluff us and then make us go legal to prove them wrong.
BFHOON Legacy Donating Member 1,932 Member For: 20y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 28/07/06 07:57 AM Posted 28/07/06 07:57 AM verry interesting was it a ba or a bf.I have heard the bf is detectable
BAturb Member 521 Member For: 21y 10m 8d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/07/06 08:26 AM Posted 28/07/06 08:26 AM the edit displays a certain code (not sure what it is) and if the dealer susspects anything and calls Ford they can then inform the dealer if it has been edited, BA or not
mk11tute Member 446 Member For: 21y 10m 29d Location: gold coast Posted 28/07/06 08:42 AM Posted 28/07/06 08:42 AM the edit displays a certain code (not sure what it is) and if the dealer susspects anything and calls Ford they can then inform the dealer if it has been edited, BA or not←I Personally no of 4 people with edit on there xr's including myself that have NEVER been detected by ford so I dont no how u come up with that
Adam Here since the start... Legacy Donating Member 10,282 Member For: 23y 4m 27d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 28/07/06 08:46 AM Posted 28/07/06 08:46 AM the edit displays a certain code (not sure what it is) and if the dealer susspects anything and calls Ford they can then inform the dealer if it has been edited, BA or not←I think your referring to the 2105 code (I think that's it).Some edited cars have been known to show that, not all though. Mine doesn't.
saleen Big Gun Legacy Donating Member 4,170 Member For: 23y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 28/07/06 08:48 AM Posted 28/07/06 08:48 AM The problem is Ford like to bluff us and then make us go legal to prove them wrong.←I agree Mal, but they make it a little harder for themselves, as it even says in the owners manual, that warranty will only be voided if the mod is a direct cause.
rednuts81 Get on the end of it..... Member 578 Member For: 20y 9m 6d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 28/07/06 08:52 AM Posted 28/07/06 08:52 AM the edit displays a certain code (not sure what it is) and if the dealer susspects anything and calls Ford they can then inform the dealer if it has been edited, BA or not←I think your referring to the 2105 code (I think that's it).Some edited cars have been known to show that, not all though. Mine doesn't.←so even if u flash it back to stamdard tune befor service they can still tell
BAturb Member 521 Member For: 21y 10m 8d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/07/06 08:54 AM Posted 28/07/06 08:54 AM that was told to me by a ford tech, most dealers dont know what it is or even to look for it, but if they find it and are a bit sus about things, all it takes is a call to Ford and they will find out
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