srt-8 challenger goes down

[sTupidsTang]

I work at a chrysler dealership and this brand new challenger comes in we just got in and sold last month. The only reason the guy brought it in was for a recall to be done. The recall was a flash on the computer well the tech that was working on the challenger ended up frying the computer. ( no it was not me) So yeah he literally killed the challenger. It will take at least two weeks to get in the new wcm. We called chrysler about the problem and they said it was about a 50/50 shot whether it would fry it or not. To cap it all off they gave the guy a old Pt cruiser to drive for two weeks while waiting for his challenger to be fixed.

 

[mike1284]

oh man that sucks. not only a burnt $50k car, but ends up in a loser cruiser? MOPAR FTW

 

[Evil Bender]

Wow ,sounds like a Ford dealership.

 

[JUICED SVT]

man he got hosed:dw:

 

[Mach Boy]

So this recall has a 50% chance of frying your computer every time??? I see a lot of pissed Challenger owners in the future.

 

[sTupidsTang]

So this recall has a 50% chance of frying your computer every time??? I see a lot of pissed Challenger owners in the future.

chrysler is "fixing" the flash so it does not do it but for the meantime :shrug: i guess its a chance they are suppose to take?

 

[WVUAnt]

So this recall has a 50% chance of frying your computer every time??? I see a lot of pissed Challenger owners in the future.

And a lot of ECMs in stock at your Dodge dealer.

 

[03 TOPLESSSVT]

Lol

 

[LaserSVT]

Wow ,sounds like a Ford dealership.

:lol: I was thinking the same thing.

And yeah, there will be some pissed off Challenger owners out there. :thumbsup:

 

[lowflyn]

Sounds like a winner. Chrysler is trying to live up to Ford's warranty and recall history.

 

[bird_jenkins8]

and a lot of ecms in stock at your dodge dealer.

+1

 

[exdeath]

The ECM itself was fried or just the EPROM was bricked?

That can happen while flashing anything from game consoles to DVD players. Curious what their explanation is for it if they expect it to happen 50% of the time.

 

[Deuuuce]

Weird. Cars get reflashed all the time. Most '06s were for the transmission to shift at redline automatically due to owner requests.

Not to mention the Diablo tuner. Sucks for him.

 

[bleedingfordblu]

wow that sucks lol

 

[TCSoff]

What was this reflash suppose to fix?

 

[Vigilante]

What was this reflash suppose to fix?

Sometimes the cure is worse than the symptoms lol, sorta like medicines were diarrea is a side affect for a simple stomach ach.

 

[exdeath]

What was this reflash suppose to fix?

A bug in the boot sector and flash updater protocol that could corrupt the flash memory during a reflash?

:lol:

 

[LaserSVT]

A bug in the boot sector and flash updater protocol that could corrupt the flash memory during a reflash?

:lol:

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