2015 EcoDiesel 58,000

[Eco Bob]

Has anyone taken in their truck for the emissions recall yet?

 

[paulm37]

Did mine today. Came back with turbo lag

 

[BoostN]

Welcome! Moving this into the settlement forum.

 

[Jim Baker 44]

My best advise is to not do the Emission Recall. It is not the same truck after they reprogram it. Loss of Performance and fuel mileage. It is not the same truck after they reprogram it.

 

[cds13ca]

In Canada it's not mandatory at this point thankfully, and there's no financial incentive like in the US to get it done. There's nothing saying we have to do it or we can't register our trucks, so: if you have the choice, don't do it. If you have a tune, definitely don't do it.

However, if you live in californazia, with CARB, do it...

 

[John]

Has anyone taken in their truck for the emissions recall yet?

If you are eligible for the cash it might be worth it. Many owners have no issues after the recall. Some say there's lag until it warms up. If you get the lag you could do a tune and still put some money in your pocket.

 

[Brady]

Has anyone taken in their truck for the emissions recall yet?

No and not going to happen.

 

[FrankD]

I agree with you cds13ca living in California your basically up the creek if you do not. Totally happy with my 2015 Laramie ECD but have that bad feeling this new and APPROVED EM! Paper work is ready but have not pulled the pin yet. What I have read from others sounds like any Tune in California would be impossible. FrankD new member.

 

[carlhenry]

Welcome to the group

 

[FrankD]

Thanks great place to vent!

 

[carlhenry]

I wait for my wife to come home from work then I take it out on her

 

[FrankD]

Ha!

 

[cds13ca]

I agree with you cds13ca living in California your basically up the creek if you do not. Totally happy with my 2015 Laramie ECD but have that bad feeling this new and APPROVED EM! Paper work is ready but have not pulled the pin yet. What I have read from others sounds like any Tune in California would be impossible. FrankD new member.

That's not true, you can get SFT in Cali, one of our members, John Jensen has it and I believe he lives there. I believe you can plug it into OBDII when you need it, and remove the tune if you visit the dealer. Maybe he can chime in.

 

[FrankD]

CDs 13ca when it comes to smogging or taking the truck to dealership for whatever reason won’t the
OBD show a code of some sort if I was to use the tune and then remove at the time of service that is smog or
maintenances?

 

[cds13ca]

I"m not sure, hopefully John (one of the forum members) will chime in or anyone else with SFT. I'm not familiar with how SFT works in that sense.

 

[FrankD]

Thanks appreciate the input

 

[John Jensen]

FrankD,

Here is the SofaKingTune web site. It has a lot of info and a good FAQ section. Jimmy, the owner is very helpful and responds to emails very well.

About your question: when it comes to smogging or taking the truck to dealership for whatever reason won’t the OBD show a code of some sort if I was to use the tune and then remove at the time of service that is smog or maintenances?
My answer would be before you go to the dealership you would change your tune back to stock via your computer and the OBDII device and software that SFT give you. When finished you return to your SFT tune in a similar fashion. There will be no codes from doing this, however, I've heard that if the dealer is so inclined he can see that the ECM has been flashed.

About your comment: What I have read from others sounds like any Tune in California would be impossible.
Not sure where you read that but the SFT tune is definitely available to us Californians. CARB may change that someday or never, no one knows.

I'm no expert but I can tell you that Jimmy is very knowledgeable and very helpful. He has helped others step by step over the phone with installing, etc.

I have both the ECM and the TCM SFT tunes and find they perform very well. A couple of bonuses, they include high idle and ESC/TCS disable in 4WD at no charge.

I hope all this helps you. IMO shutting off the EGR alone is worth the price.

Here is my GDE/SFT comparison chart and how the ESC/TCS disable works

 

[cds13ca]

FrankD,

Here is the SofaKingTune web site. It has a lot of info and a good FAQ section. Jimmy, the owner is very helpful and responds to emails very well.

About your question: when it comes to smogging or taking the truck to dealership for whatever reason won’t the OBD show a code of some sort if I was to use the tune and then remove at the time of service that is smog or maintenances?
My answer would be before you go to the dealership you would change your tune back to stock via your computer and the OBDII device and software that SFT give you. When finished you return to your SFT tune in a similar fashion. There will be no codes from doing this, however, I've heard that if the dealer is so inclined he can see that the ECM has been flashed.

About your comment: What I have read from others sounds like any Tune in California would be impossible.
Not sure where you read that but the SFT tune is definitely available to us Californians. CARB may change that someday or never, no one knows.

I'm no expert but I can tell you that Jimmy is very knowledgeable and very helpful. He has helped others step by step over the phone with installing, etc.

I have both the ECM and the TCM SFT tunes and find they perform very well. A couple of bonuses, they include high idle and ESC/TCS disable in 4WD at no charge.

I hope all this helps you. IMO shutting off the EGR alone is worth the price.

Here is my GDE/SFT comparison chart and how the ESC/TCS disable works

Thanks John for your help. I knew you were the right person to ask. Cheers.

 

[John Jensen]

 

[FrankD]

Thanks John for the info and cds too. Will work on getting the AEM done in September. I will post the results.
Thanks