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Just returned from the dealership where I bought my car. I had a cold surging problem when I put it away for the Winter and figured it would go away when the drivetrain got some mileage on it. Well, I went there to have the DRL's turned on and they actually knew how to do it! I told them about my issue and they found a flash update that covers, "Evaporative emissions issues and, customer complaints of poor engine performance."
This is TSB 18-038-13
The tech said to me, "Dude, you are going to love this update!"
Well, I thought he was just being a youngster and slinging crap to make me happy. WOW, What a difference in performance. I pulled out of the dealer like it was another car. At 25 MPH in second gear, this thing will smoke the tires without issue. Even accelerating through 1st. gear I had to back off due to whatever this PCM flash update did. The only other thing written on the work order copy was, (Its printed in all caps) "PERFORMED UPDATE AS PER ENHANCEMENTS TO PCM THIS WAS THE ONLY UPDATE AVAILABLE AND DID NOT SEE ANY TSBS OR STAR CASES RELATED TO SURGING. HOWEVER THIS UPDATE WAS RELATED TO THE VEHICLES EVAP SYSTEM AND CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OF POOR PERFORMANCE.
Before I left, I had to pick up my paperwork and asked the service manager if everyone is getting this update. He said no, It only gets done if a customer complains of "certain" issues.
Tomorrow when I start the engine cold, I'll see if the surging went away. Then I'll call him back and let him know.
I had a very enjoyable 50 mile ride home on the turnpike.:gy:
-John
This is TSB 18-038-13
The tech said to me, "Dude, you are going to love this update!"
Well, I thought he was just being a youngster and slinging crap to make me happy. WOW, What a difference in performance. I pulled out of the dealer like it was another car. At 25 MPH in second gear, this thing will smoke the tires without issue. Even accelerating through 1st. gear I had to back off due to whatever this PCM flash update did. The only other thing written on the work order copy was, (Its printed in all caps) "PERFORMED UPDATE AS PER ENHANCEMENTS TO PCM THIS WAS THE ONLY UPDATE AVAILABLE AND DID NOT SEE ANY TSBS OR STAR CASES RELATED TO SURGING. HOWEVER THIS UPDATE WAS RELATED TO THE VEHICLES EVAP SYSTEM AND CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OF POOR PERFORMANCE.
Before I left, I had to pick up my paperwork and asked the service manager if everyone is getting this update. He said no, It only gets done if a customer complains of "certain" issues.
Tomorrow when I start the engine cold, I'll see if the surging went away. Then I'll call him back and let him know.
I had a very enjoyable 50 mile ride home on the turnpike.:gy:
-John