It'll be written on the sheet they give you detailing what work was done. When
they called to tell me my truck was ready (this is when it was in the first time
for the ping back in September), I asked what had been done and they had to find
someone who could tell me.
They are required to put a few stickers under the hood if they flash the
computer to indicate it was done, what program was used, and what the reason was
(TSB number in my case). There's one on top of my radiator support bracket,
dead center, and another somewhere else "obvious" that I can't think of right
now but I know it's on the left side near the power distribution block (fuse &
relay box). But on an '01 it may be in a different location.
Chris Lang wrote:
> Do they have to tell you that they did it afterwords though? or can they
> just not mention it?
>
> >From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> >Subject: Re: DML: 5 speed problem
> >Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:22:31 -0400
> >
> >It's my understanding that when you sign that paper when you drop the
> >vehicle
> >off, it authorizes the dealer to perform any and all warranty work,
> >including
> >TSBs, available computer reflashes, etc.that they find record of.
> >
> >I tried to complain to Sam Dell in Syracuse about them doing TSB work
> >(flashed
> >the PCM) w/o asking me they told me "hey, you signed it, we're authorized
> >to do
> >it w/o asking."
> >
> >Chris Lang wrote:
> >
> > > I'll have to find out from my dealer if they are planning on reflashing
> >the
> > > computer. What would that have to do with replacing the trans at all?
> >I
> > > have an appointment for next thurs for them to put my tranny in so it
> >looks
> > > like about a week to get one in stock.
> > >
> > > >From: Crit Bennett <crit@engineer.com>
> > > >Reply-To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> > > >To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> > > >Subject: Re: DML: 5 speed problem
> > > >Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:25:14 -0400 (EDT)
> > > >
> > > >Chris, I'm up in arms over it right now. The dealer that was gonna
> >replace
> > > >the
> > > >tranny would only do so if I agreed to be flashed. The truck left
> >there on
> > > >Tuesday and went to a second 'good ol boy' dealership which won't flash
> > > >unless
> > > >it pings. The problem there is that I'm being told that my 1st, 2nd,
> >and
> > > >3rd
> > > >gears whines are normal but they'll call the Star-5 line tomorrow about
> > > >5th.
> > > >5th concerns them. They'll likely replace the 5-Reverse fork and look
> > > >everything over but don't think ChryCo will go for a totally new
> > > >transmission.
> > > >If I go back to the original dealership I can get a new tranny but will
> > > >loose 4
> > > >degrees of timing, so I wanna see what dealer No. 2 will do for me
> >first.
> > > >I'll
> > > >let you know what's up. If anyone has an NV3500 in the mail to a local
> > > >dealership pipe up, I'm curious what the supply's like. My throwout
> > > >bearing
> > > >and fork were on national backorder for 2 weeks.
> > > >
> > > >Crit
> > > >
> > > >------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:39:19 -0400
> > > >From: "Chris Lang" <langerdak@hotmail.com>
> > > >Subject: Re: DML: 5 speed problem
> > > >
> > > >Crit how long have you been waiting for the tranny to come in from the
> > > >dealer?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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