ShadowsPapa
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- Bill
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Is there any correlation or pattern related to the specific PCM as far as successes and failures?I have only conveyed what the dealership told me was the issue with the recall they performed. I have a dead Gladiator that is waiting for a new computer that is on backorder. I am not crying about it or attempting to mislead anyone but suggest that this might be worth waiting a bit to have this done.
I am not the only person with this issue. Trust me I would prefer that I had my Gladiator back in my garage and not the dealers. I would imagine that there are plenty of successful "flashes" but mine was not. There are many others that have experienced the same issue and have dead Gladiators.
I chose this forum to ask questions and state my issue to see if anyone had suggestions. My goal was not to get "everyone worked up about it" but to find resources that were clearly different from Facebook groups.
ShadowsPapa provided some good insight but may have indicated that I might be yelling and angry I guess. I was looking for the smart people to lend me a hand on how to address.
To those that provided insight, thank you!
Any connection with build date where maybe there was some other change involved (aside from the PCM type/number)?
Has anyone tracked build dates of those that worked as opposed to those that failed?
It might be interesting - or not - if there's a corruption in their template this flash update is based on -
Does anyone know if their dealer has contacted STAR to see if they "have heard of this" issue (for lack of a better word - "issue" would almost seem to minimize it if it happened to you!)
I guess pick your favorite descriptive word!
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