jtr8178

I'm involved in the Commercial Truck world, and this locking of ECMs/ECU's is crazy. Say I own a couple trucks. I want to limit the speed to a max of 75 MPH, and also have it so the headlights come on when the wipers do. I have no way to do this on my own. I have to beg a dealer to sell me the software (Costing $600 & up PER ECU/ECM per year) or go to my local dealership and have them charge me a couple hundred bucks to do it. It takes them literally 5 minutes to change a parameter. I hope that some day they follow what is going on in the auto world, but it is light years away I'm afraid. Have commercial trucks ever come up in your conversations?

For what its worth, I do work with some independent programmers who have written some diagnostic software for commercial trucks, along with the ability to run some functional tests and change some parameters on certain engines. If you ever want to be in touch with them just PM me.

The problem is that OEMs hold the software close to their chest and won't allow anyone to purchase it except dealers. This forces commercial truck owners to bring their vehicles to shops for even minor check engine lights. These shops are often over-worked and charge high rates. Proof: I work at a truck dealership. We are currently on a 3-week backlog to repair trucks and charge $115/hour. California diesel shops are over $150/hour now.

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Well, they got 80 now 12 minutes later, so give it some time.