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Originally Posted by O-cha
Labors expensive and there's ALWAYS a chance of locking the ECU when flashing.
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Yep.
I think I was the first to lock mine just with a piggyback and throwing codes, then the dinan one fried. Now I know of 2 haha
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Originally Posted by bobbo
How do you lock an ECU? Flashing is as simple as rewriting the entire non-volatile ram. Unless you are speaking of a new material science break through like the self destructing dvd, you can always reformat the entire memory.
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Pretty simple, It tries to read something that is unreadable. Weather that be a damaged variable, line of code, or an adaptation. Dont worry If you lock your ECU your car will go so nuts that youll be calling the dealership anyways.