Truck will not do anything

85,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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TMOODY405
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My son got a programmer for Christmas and he thought he would mess with me so he hooked it up to my truck said he was not able to try anything on the programmer. now my truck will not do anything. could he have erased the factory settings?
Jan 5, 2018 at 5:10 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good morning.

Yes, he may have as the start of the process is to erase some settings from the PCM and install other settings.

You will most likely need to have the PCM re flashed.

Roy
Jan 5, 2018 at 8:01 PM
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