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Old 07-14-2009, 03:11 PM
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What your PCM takes a dump, do you have to buy more credits from HP tuners to put the tune on your new PCM?
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Well if you can find a PCM with the same operating system you could technically have someone at a dealership flash it with your VIN #. BUT that's illegal, no?! Lol
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Well if you can find a PCM with the same operating system you could technically have someone at a dealership flash it with your VIN #. BUT that's illegal, no?! Lol
That won't work, he will still have to put credits against it.
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they license to the vin and ECM ID number, so you change either one you have to relicense the pcm.

I've got probably a half dozen pcms with the same vin number in them for testing.

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Sorry about that...I have wide open GM year/model credits.
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If you change to a new vcm id number you'd need to relicense it if you don't already have the year/model license for the pcm in question.

We do NOT license to a vin number contrary to whats been stated. Single vcm licenses are licensed to the vcm id number unique to each pcm.




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