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09-12-2009, 02:04 AM
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Hi everyone,
i have an 04 lr focus zetec and it hasn't seen a ford dealership service since i bought it in 08. from the threads i've been reading this may be a good thing. i've been doing oil changes, brake pads etc myself and took it to my local mechanic for a major service. anyway i wanna know if there would have been any ecu updates or anything like that from ford? cheers |
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09-12-2009, 01:59 PM
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Nice kitty . .
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I am the same with my cars. Have used the same non-dealer mechanic for years whom I know and trust. Never thought of ECU upgrades . . . On ya Fredo  :
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09-12-2009, 03:08 PM
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My LR is an '03. Early on there definitely WERE updates. I had at least 3 but that was within a couple of years after purchasing mine from new. As it's approaching 2010 I doubt whether they'd have any updates that were still current.
Unless someone can prove otherwise. I, along with a couple of other LR owners (Melbzetec springs to mind) have had Dynotuned Custom programs and I know that it definitely made a gain torque-wise with mine but not so much power-wise though.
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15-12-2009, 01:03 AM
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according to my log book the last ford service was in august of 07. im assuming (and its a big assumption) that if updates were available it would have been done then. so i guess i wanna know if there have been any newer updates since then? and if i cant get a certain answer on that then i'd like to know if ford would charge you to do a quick scan and update if necessary. in fact i might just take it in anyway. see what happens.
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15-12-2009, 10:54 AM
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Nice kitty . .
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I might be wrong Mate but I don't think most of the regular contributors on here use Ford Service Centres. I sure don't because I really struggle to pay $100/hr for some spotty faced apprentice to do only what he has to and nothing more. :the_finge So whatever you find out will be very interesting to a lot of us I reckon. Just my opinion though. Fredo
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