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Old 05-23-2013, 07:01 AM
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Did you buy your 06' new or used? There was a lot of controversy around 2009/2010 with dodge updating your ecm without your knowledge. Probably been doing it longer than that. I forget what they were doing at the time but I steered clear of the dealer at all costs. I believe MADS may have incorporated some of the controversial load because I DIDN'T have the horn issue until after I loaded 5.12a. Smarty affects the key on counter why can't they affect something like the horn??? Scared the crud out of me the first time it happened! I went back to stock and it was still there. I'm convinced Smarty can/did leave changes in my stock programming. I bought my truck new, opened the door when backing up to my trailers every time, horn NEVER went off until I loaded 5.12a.
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john40,
Did you buy your 06' new or used? There was a lot of controversy around 2009/2010 with dodge updating your ecm without your knowledge. Probably been doing it longer than that. I forget what they were doing at the time but I steered clear of the dealer at all costs. I believe MADS may have incorporated some of the controversial load because I DIDN'T have the horn issue until after I loaded 5.12a. Smarty affects the key on counter why can't they affect something like the horn??? Scared the crud out of me the first time it happened! I went back to stock and it was still there. I'm convinced Smarty can/did leave changes in my stock programming. I bought my truck new, opened the door when backing up to my trailers every time, horn NEVER went off until I loaded 5.12a.
I bought my truck used in '08 with 17,000 mi. on it and I don't know its history. I sometimes forget about it and I'm briefly shocked when the horn honks. I too like to open the door when backing into a tight spot. I can only think that this feature was installed as a safety device. If so, does this mean that you can only fall out of the truck in reverse? I don't understand their logic, if any. All I can say is, grin and bear it. The whole thing is a big P.I.T.A.
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Wonder if Bob Wagner can remedy this?
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