stwus

I'm just curious about how many of you who got their ECU remapped while it's still under warranty or waited until after the warranty expired? And any of you got a TD1? Did you get a TD1 after flashing it back to stock?

Local

I wonder if Audi reads this forum?

lol.

I have an extended warranty, I got an ecu remap, i haven't been back yet for any issues.

What are yall going to the dealership so often for?

stwus

did you flash it back to stock before bringing it in for service?

I’m only bringing it back for the routine service.

I do hope Audi doesn’t read this. Lol

JD15

I don't plan to get an ECU tune inside or outside of warranty based on the experience with my B8. That platform had the warranty extended on several potential engine failures by Audi as a result of class-action lawsuits and it is likely that TD1 would have voided that coverage.

Local

what routine maintenance do you do at the dealer?

Why do you pay stealership prices?

Maybe I'm missing something since this is my first Audi, does Audi stuff for free for their customers?

regards,

stwus

so far only oil change. I already got my free first service and paid Audi care for the future services. So technically I prepaid for my services.

Local

I read up on the audi maintenance schedule.

I would never pay the dealership to do any of that

farmerjones

Reflashing back to stock does not avoid TD1, as the Audi system can easily see rewriting of the ECU. There should never be a refresh of the ECU unless done by an Audi dealer with must be recorded when software is released by corporate. Basically thee is a 99.9% chance of a TD1 on 99.9% of all ECU tuning if the car is ever plugged into to an Audi diagnostic computer. Before ANYTHING can be done the system first checks for ECU tampering. Literally you dealer can't look at a check engine light for you without a TD1 being implemented.

stwus

I heard that when refreshing back to stock, it has to match the version. The tuner has to make sure that the ECU gets the exact same file on it before flashing, If the dealer updates or changes it, the tuners will need to update it too down to the part number and software version. Would this still be the case for a TD1?

stwus

How much cheaper would you get without going to the dealership?