On most vehicles no. Superchips does not leave ghost data or a data footprint. It is highly recommended you return your vehicle to stock prior to going to a dealer for service to avoid any hassles or complications.
Superchips strictly enforces their MVP pricing policy which sets the price on each of their products in the market.
Superchips wants you to have the most-up-to-date firmware and tunes in your tuner prior to tuning the vehicle so you can enjoy the latest and greatest features.
As often as you like.
Superchips tuners are designed for use on primarily stock vehicles. In many cases, however, the addition of a cold air intake, exhaust system or throttle body spacer will improve performance.
Yes, you can use the tow-haul button as normal as it does not affect Superchips tuning while driving under heavy load.
They no longer offer tuning for the older vehicles due to the fact their computers are not as capable or stable as newer vehicles. If you have one of these vehicles, there are many sources that still sell previous generation Superchips products that do support older model vehicles.
No. It is illegal for a dealership to void your warranty based solely on the fact that you have installed an aftermarket product. The dealership must prove in a court of law that an aftermarket product has decisively caused the damage to the vehicle under warranty. As a precaution, always remove the tuning before going to a dealer for service. For information regarding denial of warranty coverage, review the Magnuson-Moss warranty act.
You can use the tuning all year round. Temperature does not effect the performance.
Ford and GM Flashpaq and Cortex are capable of tuning more than one vehicle at a time. There is an extra fee to install the capability. While vin-locked to your vehicle update your tuner online and this feature will be displayed in the menu options as a downloadable feature that you can purchase.
The BDX OBD-II cable is compatible with the following:
Yes, you may return to stock and tune a different vehicle up to 5 times. Your remaining unlocks will be reduced every time the device tunes a different VIN number. However, only one vehicle can be tuned at a time. In order to tune multiple vehicles simultaneously, you will need a device per vehicle.
Your device will automatically enter "Sleep Mode" after being idle for some time. Press any button on the device to bring it out of "Sleep Mode".
This error happens when the internal memory isn’t reading or when the device firmware or tune revision is missing. If you are currently experiencing Device Comm Error, please take the device to a Windows OS Computer.
If you experience a check engine light and have no pedal response after starting the vehicle immediately following installation. Check to make sure all connections are solid and secure, if they are then do the following:
IF YOU HAVE A KEY: Turn the key back to the off position, remove the ignition key, wait 60 seconds for the ECU to reset, and then restart the vehicle. When you restart the vehicle, the check engine light will be gone and the pedal response will be restored.
IF YOU HAVE A PUSH BUTTON START: Make sure that the vehicle is off and that the dash lights are off for at least 60 seconds. When you restart the vehicle, the check engine light should be gone and the pedal response restored.