well ive tried several times to seach the topic but its just not searching right now and i have a little problem i unloaded the bullydog to put in a buddys truck today for our trip as hes planning on getting one we get back and i unload it from his and try put it back in mine and then it says recovery mode and a few other things then it goes thru the whole download and says recovery mode failed and now my truck wont start...put the bullydog back in my buddies truck went in and came out fine but just wont load in to my truck now when i try load it freezes right after i push cummins 5.9 it says please turn ignition to run and i do that and it just stays on that screen...anyone have this problem before, do i just have to call bullydog to help get me through it?

 

Yes you must call Bullydog. My buddy had this happen to him when we loaded it in my truck and then loaded it back into his. Same thing, Recovery mode. Bullydog said for some reason it didn't unload correctly out of mine (scary I think). Bullydog said, that this is a common error with the new downloader. The bullydog downloader should have said mismatched vin!!! But it didn't!!!! Unerror in the programming..said the bullydog rep.

But to make a long story short, you have to call Bulldog. They will walk you through what to do. You must be at the truck!! And trust me your truck will start.

 

I will also add that they Bullydog rep was very professional. I have heard horror stories about their customer service, but this time it was very top notch. Guess I got lucky!

 

Or you can send me a PM with your phone number and I will have one of my techs call you.

This is not a problem with the downloader. It is a problem with not completing the entire download on the first truck before going to the second truck. You have to follow all of the instructions at the end of the download...all of the key cycles and button presses until the downloader tells you it was successful and resets back to the install download screen. If you do not the programmer thinks there was a problem with the download and goes into recovery mode.

At that point you would still be okay if you realize that it is still in recovery for the first truck and you run the recovery mode all the way through on that truck. When it finishes with the recovery the downloader would be reset and ready to be put on any other truck.

Where people get into trouble is when they run the recovery mode through on the wrong truck. This flashes the information from the first truck (i.e. VIN# and Engine Code) onto the second truck and then it won't start.

 

It should have still said VIN mismatch. And we did follow all the instructions.

 

did you reset tire size and all the options back to stock? if not then the program is not fuly unloaded.

 

well phoned bullydog...got it back running, but i said something about a tsb flash now? it never said that before, could my truck of had it done and now that it had to be reprogramed thru the bullydog the flash is gone? loaded the bullydog back up and it seemed like it didnt rev as high, before i could get about 3500 before it would stop pullin hard now ts like 3200 or maybe 3300. could just be me thou, kinda got used to drivin dads old 12valve with a 3kgsk while my truck was down.

 

As least your truck is up and running!!!!

 

how do I fix it to the last part you said. I put a bully dog off another truck on my truck and can’t get the truck to run it sent the tuner into recovery mode and truck won’t crank. How do I fix it to get the other trucks and and engine codes off

 

Since his last visit here was almost `11 years ago, I wouldn't hold out much hope for a reply.

Have you been to bullydogs website for technical assistance?