No. The truck is flagged and if it has a failure down the road related to a tune I may have an issue. The lead Tech said the phasers have nothing to do with the tune so they didn’t ask Ford for permission to cover it.
That being said they, nor I could get the Whipple tune out. Somehow the tune I had from Whipple was not recognized by Fords Oasis as a valid part number and the tech could not write over it. The PCM has to have a valid part number so Oasis can verify it’s uploading a Raptor tune to a Raptor and not a Focus. He also tried to reformat the PCM as new, no dice.
The dealer offered to try to get the truck back to stock and warranty with a new $480 PCM, no dice it, it couldn’t be loaded with a stock tune because now the BCM doesn’t have a recognizable VIN any longer. The tech sent a message to Ford and they are trying to figure out how to get a new PCM to talk to the rest of the truck.
The Whipple tune has been a shit show, flagged my vehicle for life. The tech said to use another tuner that allows the truck to go back to the stock programming with the correct PCM Ford part number. As long as the PCM is a stock file and there are three start and heatup events a regional rep won’t deny a power train claim.
Whipple, advertising here that it’s a Ford tune with a Ford part number didn’t pan out to work exactly like that.
The truck is down again until real Ford engineers in Dearborn can figure out how to get everything back to stock and talking. Right now the truck ONLY works with the Whipple PCM.
Furthermore the rear axle is howling with a bad bearing.
I paid out of pocket for tensioners and chains because my tech said he wouldn’t replace them even though he feels they will need to be replaced anyways at 100k based on his experience. To save labor down the road I didn’t want new phasers and old parts which would require me to come back to this labor intensive procedure any quicker.
In a nutshell I think I’m going to ditch this thing. It’s my second F150 with an engine opened up inside 25k, my Corvette was a POS and I despise GM. That leaves Dodge and Toyota. Sucks, I don’t love either of those but my truck will have spent 2+ months in service in 18 months of ownership.
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