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May 17, 2007 | 08:31 PM

John2005

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Got Hypertech...Have Problem

I bought a used hypertech power programmer 3 and it says that the vin's don't match because the guy that owned it forgot to clear it before sending it to me. Is there anyway that I can clear it myself without having the car with the correct vin?

May 17, 2007 | 08:34 PM

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I believe you have to send it back to hypertech to clear the vin for it to be fresh and i dont know how much they charge for that, if they dont do that, then you gotta get that guy who sold it to you to take his car off of it

May 17, 2007 | 10:12 PM

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best bet is to hope the guy that sold it to you is honest and will restore it to stock

May 18, 2007 | 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by horist

best bet is to hope the guy that sold it to you is honest and will restore it to stock

We already called the guy. He sold the car

. They said they received it like that when they bought it and took it to a performance place and they reset it for free, I was wondering if anyone knows of any places that can do that. We called Hypertech, they said all they can do is send us a new one for $250(WTF) so thats out of the question. It seems like if Hypertech was smart they would have made a button that you could hold in for x amount of time to reset it back to the way it came from them originally.

May 18, 2007 | 04:49 PM

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Hypertech is smart, they want to sell new units....they don't make any money off used ones....

Sounds like the seller screwed you, if he's honest, he will refund your money

May 18, 2007 | 04:55 PM

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Call him and tell him you want your money back. Could be worse, someone bought a car with a HPP3 tune in it - hopefully it was just for gears/fans/etc.