Dodge told us that a recent case of denied warranty coverage on a Challenger SRT Hellcat wasn't quite what the customer described car auto cars
“The warranty claim was rejected after a Stellantis Calibration Engineer ran Powertrain Control Module diagnostics and confirmed that the vehicle’s PCM was tampered with and contained non-factory software,” a Dodge spokesperson told us. “I haven’t seen anything on our end regarding mufflers ,” he added.That had us wondering how exactly it confirmed that someone tuned the vehicle.
“[The] Dealer ran a number of diagnostic tests, including a scan report on the vehicle’s Powertrain Control Module . Scan report found PCM to have non-factory settings . Stellantis Powertrain Service Center manager was asked by the dealer to review the case. Scan report was sent to Stellantis Powertrain Service Center for analysis. Data was checked and confirmed by Stellantis powertrain engineering to be non-factory software. Claim was rejected for PCM and emissions tampering.
So that puts to bed any question about whether or not Vinet’s vehicle was tuned but what if he’d reflashed factory software back onto the PCM before bringing it to the dealer? Evidently, Dodge’s PCM will set an internal flag or code if it’s ever tampered with. “If the PCM is tampered with, but returned to original, the PCM will retain a code indicating it was tampered with.” So the lesson is clear. If you have a Dodge product, tune at your own risk. As soon as one trips that flag it likely takes them out of the running for warranty repairs on damage that occurs as the result of
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