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Old 12-10-2008, 04:59 PM
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Used smarty question

I hate to spend 500 plus on something that could be broken or vin locked when I get it. If I bought a used smarty and it was vinlocked could I send it in and get it unlocked? Whats the odds of buying one and it being broken?
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Any honest DTR members have one forsale? I see them, but not from anyone that I have seen active on the forums.
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Where are you located in Texas? I have an extra one, not really looking to sell though.
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Where are you located in Texas? I have an extra one, not really looking to sell though.
I'm currently in the abilene area.
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I saw one in the classifieds the other day...
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There is one in the classifieds today...
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Samuel,

This is your wife... if you so much as spend $10 on that thing leaking diesel all over the parking lot, you will have a lot of free time to DREAM about getting a smarty and blowing your transmission to hell on DTR. Also you will be spending ample amount of time with the couch as well.

GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND COME TO BED.

Take out the dog and the trash while you're at it.
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Originally Posted by MarioGavazzi
Samuel,

This is your wife... if you so much as spend $10 on that thing leaking diesel all over the parking lot, you will have a lot of free time to DREAM about getting a smarty and blowing your transmission to hell on DTR. Also you will be spending ample amount of time with the couch as well.

GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND COME TO BED.

Take out the dog and the trash while you're at it.
LOL, thats exactly what she would say....
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LOL, thats exactly what she would say....
Yeah, I can keep a secret. Good Luck Bro.
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Originally Posted by Sam Turner2
I hate to spend 500 plus on something that could be broken or vin locked when I get it. If I bought a used smarty and it was vinlocked could I send it in and get it unlocked? Whats the odds of buying one and it being broken?
All the answer's I'm getting is no. Throw it away because it's useless. The mad's site says they have a one time code to unlock one but Bob Wagner hasn't answered my question in over 2 days but he might be busy and just hasn't gotten back to me yet.
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Matt, I just checked my pm's , nothing from you. sorry.


Whats your question?
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Originally Posted by Matt S
All the answer's I'm getting is no. Throw it away because it's useless. The mad's site says they have a one time code to unlock one but Bob Wagner hasn't answered my question in over 2 days but he might be busy and just hasn't gotten back to me yet.


The one time PASSWORD is for the error message"software changed" only. It is not for unlocking a vin locked smarty.


I hope this clears up the confusion.
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My suggestion is try it before you buy it or pay for it. If that is not possible then don't buy it.
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Originally Posted by Bob Wagner
The one time PASSWORD is for the error message"software changed" only. It is not for unlocking a vin locked smarty.


I hope this clears up the confusion.
So I don't understand the difference between the two vin locked situations. To me, either way is the same to the smarty. It doesn't recognize the truck as the one it loaded the software on to. Also, if it's updated to POD then wouldn't that reset it also since you have to change the board?

Apparently I'm in need of an education.
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Matt, "software changes" is just that the e software in the ecm has "changed" since the smarty was last in the ecm.

Where do you see the words "vin locked" ?


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