Hondata FlashPro question....

Has anyone had an issue putting the car back to stock? Saw a FB post where someone said it put it back too "their" version of stock not the one the car came with????

hawk02 said:

Has anyone had an issue putting the car back to stock? Saw a FB post where someone said it put it back too "their" version of stock not the one the car came with????

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I was able to put mine back to stock but I don't think it reverts it back to the factory default.

@Hondata

Meaning?

To me this would be an issue if bringing it to the dealer for work.....NO?

hawk02 said:

To me this would be an issue if bringing it to the dealer for work.....NO?

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No, they can only see how many times the ECU was flashed.

hawk02 said:

Has anyone had an issue putting the car back to stock? Saw a FB post where someone said it put it back too "their" version of stock not the one the car came with????

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If I recall the ECU's in question were L ECUs, whereas the rest are A ecu's. Only a small few were like that from what I read. @KTuner had to add an exception to their program so that ECUs that had been flashed back to stock from Hondata would then be able to load to Ktuner.

fiend busa said:

No, they can only see how many times the ECU was flashed.

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Interesting...

I am considering getting this for a Sport I decided to lease, since none of the trims are exactly what I'd want for a purchase, currently, and I'm basically buying 3 years of time for essentially the (current!) Canadian sport trim features to be available in a US model.

But that doesn't mean I don't want to have some fun in the meantime.

What implications are there from the dealer being able to see if the ECU was flashed a number of times? Denial of warranty? Lease turn-in problems?

Would they have to specifically look for that number, or ...would they perhaps not even think to root it out for say, a 40-something well-dressed professional as a customer?

Also - do you need any physical hardware to stay in the car, post-flashing?

they aren't going to check anything unless you blow the engine up

once you flash it , you dont need anything else attached to the car

geolemon said:

Interesting...

I am considering getting this for a Sport I decided to lease, since none of the trims are exactly what I'd want for a purchase, currently, and I'm basically buying 3 years of time for essentially the (current!) Canadian sport trim features to be available in a US model.

But that doesn't mean I don't want to have some fun in the meantime.

What implications are there from the dealer being able to see if the ECU was flashed a number of times? Denial of warranty? Lease turn-in problems?

Would they have to specifically look for that number, or ...would they perhaps not even think to root it out for say, a 40-something well-dressed professional as a customer?

Also - do you need any physical hardware to stay in the car, post-flashing?

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the lease is like trading it in, when you drop it off, all they care is that the car looks like it did when they leased it to you minus all the miles and regular wear and tear. Like DC said, the only reason Honda or anyone would ever look at the ECU is if you gave them a reason to, like blowing up the motor

dallasjhawk said:

the lease is like trading it in, when you drop it off, all they care is that the car looks like it did when they leased it to you minus all the miles and regular wear and tear. Like DC said, the only reason Honda or anyone would ever look at the ECU is if you gave them a reason to, like blowing up the motor

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What about the warm start CVT grinding noise?

hawk02 said:

What about the warm start CVT grinding noise?

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should just get it fixed under warranty I guess

dallasjhawk said:

should just get it fixed under warranty I guess

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I meant if I should return it to stock before bringing it in for this. I's already a known issue with Honda as there is a TSB so I would not think it would matter but better to be safe?????

hawk02 said:

I meant if I should return it to stock before bringing it in for this. I's already a known issue with Honda as there is a TSB so I would not think it would matter but better to be safe?????

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oh yeah, i flashed stock for my AC and TSB work this time.

hawk02 said:

I meant if I should return it to stock before bringing it in for this. I's already a known issue with Honda as there is a TSB so I would not think it would matter but better to be safe?????

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Oh is there...?
I just picked up a '17 yesterday, how would I know if i need it?
So far the sum total distance I've driven the car is "home"

geolemon said:

Oh is there...?
I just picked up a '17 yesterday, how would I know if i need it?
So far the sum total distance I've driven the car is "home"

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16 model year and 17 hatch within a certain VIN range