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I don't see how anyone should have a problem with that. The tuner needs to proceed with this understanding and should they have any trade secrets they obviously won't put them in an unlocked tune because doing so would remove a point of difference that gives them an advantage in the marketplace.

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Personally I think it's an owner's right to request a tune that they can own - unlocked and free for touchups by anyone. Likewise if you want to buy a car with an ECU in it you should ask for proof that the tune is unlocked, or proceed on the basis that it's locked. Now, as far as a 1 on 1 situation where you go to a tuner and say 'I want my car tuned' you should have an agreement on whether the tuner or the car owner owns the tune - ie whether it is locked or not. If I was a tuner I also wouldn't want people messing with the settings on their own and then going 'XYZ tuned my car and it blew up' when the idiot has done global fuel or timing adjustments of his own accord. I'm playing devils advocate here so you can hopefully understand the scenario from the other side of the fence. Why shouldn't he protect his investment and his company's reputation by making sure nobody makes unauthorised changes to the tune? The tuner is what has made the product useful, you have bought a paperweight and he is selling you the labour that turns it into 'a working ECU' for your car.

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Why should we do all the hard work and leave the door wide open for someone to plug on, download it all and start reproducing product themselves? A tune is the same, a programmable ECU in its raw state is mostly non-functional (it could grenade your engine). We produce PCBs with microcontrollers on them at work and we ALWAYS lock the micro to protect our intellectual property. I would also suggest that the customers are not informed of this.ACCC will act on this but need to have a written formal complaint submitted to do so. Its bullsh1t.you are paying.hence you own it. I know where the car was originally tuned and i can confirm that locking ecu's is common practice.

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Something worth thinking about is that this password may actually be good for you: adjustable ECUs aren't permitted in many states.Ī password that prevents you from adjusting it means your ECU is not adjustable meaning that if your car gets EPA'd and found unroadworthy you're probably entitled to sic them on the shop. If you have an invoice showing '1 hour John tuning your car' (the tuning service) - then it's more debatable. Show them the invoice and demand the password. If you have an invoice '1 tune done on your car' (the object) - you've bought the tune, you own it. You're already paying them for their time, you don't need to pay them again for what they have created.īut it depends on how the original agreement is made. I think that if you pay someone an hourly rate to do a job they are working for you and anything they create during that time belongs to you, not them. If it is all out in the open lets get a register of tuners that lock and don't lock your ECUs on you.ĪLSO IF YOU ARE HAVING YOUR CAR TUNED, MAKE SURE YOU CONFIRM WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO LOCK YOUR ECU ON YOU.ĪNYONE HAD ANY SIMILAR EXPERIENCES? OR KNOW OF SHOPS THAT LOCK ECUs?

The original tuner has said that they inform all customers that they password protect their tuning.

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Similar to a small business owning the intellectual property of customised software they've had a programmer build (at a similar hourly rate). I figure that $150 to $200 per hour (sometimes more) entitles me to own the tune a tuner puts in my car as at this hourly rate I am paying for both their equipment and knowledge. This means they have totally removed themselves from all tuning accountability.

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Plus if your car blows up from an unsafe tune noone but the tuning garage can access it. I personally question the ethics and anti-competitive behaviour of this. My only choice was to go back to the original tuner to have the tune adjusted, or to start a tune again from scratch which means extra time on a dyno. I asked the previous tuner for the password and they told me they wouldn't be releasing it. The guy who had the car before me and had the ECU installed and tuned told me he wasn't informed it was going to be locked. They told me they were unable to view the tune in the aftermarket ECU as it had been locked by the previous tuner. I took my car to a tuner with some issues.

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