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Well today on my way to school my car's check engine light came on, my car lost power and died. I got it towed and took it to the dealer just so they can tell me its not under warranty because of the superchip on it. So they take that off and retest it and the car starts working like normal. Then when i got home i put the chip back on to see if it indeed caused my car to die and it works fine. Anyone have any idea what the heck is going on?? I just payed 100 bucks to have them take off the chip and it started working so i was hoping i might figure out what happened at least for my conscience's sake.
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kkm intake w/heat shield, custom MAF,under-drive pulleys,braided brake hoses,carbon fiber brake pads,painted calibers,17x7 borbet t's with g-force tires,bat euro struts,eibach pro-kit,custom burned superchip,sho offroad y-pipe, bassani exhaust with high flow cat,formula one tint,kenwood excelon cd/mp3,mb quart compents w/mtx amp,b & m short shifter, carbon fiber pedals,hyper-bright bulbs,painted oval ring and many mods to come.
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Getting ahead of myself already, but the title should be "SUPERCHIP CAUSES CAR TO DIE??"
2000 Svt
kkm intake w/heat shield, custom MAF,under-drive pulleys,braided brake hoses,carbon fiber brake pads,painted calibers,17x7 borbet t's with g-force tires,bat euro struts,eibach pro-kit,custom burned superchip,sho offroad y-pipe, bassani exhaust with high flow cat,formula one tint,kenwood excelon cd/mp3,mb quart compents w/mtx amp,b & m short shifter, carbon fiber pedals,hyper-bright bulbs,painted oval ring and many mods to come.
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Common problem. Just ask Iceman22. :p Make sure the PCM contacts are very clean and that the ship  is securely fastened. If it loses contact with the PROM port, the car will do exactly what you described.
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Make sure the chip is programmed with the CORRECT code.
I got a Diablo Chip that had the wrong code in it.
It worked fine for ONE DAY.
After that the car wouldn't start unless I removed the chip.
DiabloSport replaced the chip and I haven't had a single problem since then.
Pete... 98.5 SE Sport Duratec ATX (P66L) Black Clearcoat on Greystone DOB 11/21/1997 DOP 12/25/1997 PIAA 510 Super White Driving Lights SVT CAT-BACK EXHAUST (No Resonator) DiabloSport Chip (LPQ4) - Engineered To Raise Hell Too many other mods to list... Sounds sweet, runs quick... Crazy Horse Dyno @ 121.4 WHP/129.6 TQ
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I want a SuperShip! something like this maybe 
SVT EMBLEM MOD HERE :::96:C:LX:::Black 2.5L ATX "my beater" - Shaved ? badgeless ? SE rocker panels :::99:SVT:C::: #2566 of 2760 T-RED/TAN "the bitçh" Brullen Cat-back w/ 3.5" angle-cut tips ? BAT European Suspension ? AFE Filter ? CnL 73mm MAF ? Diablosport Chip :MNQ3: ? Mirko front spilter ? Apexi SAFC (i'm scared to install! anyone in Norcal wanna help me?) ..::nyceboicreations.com::.. email:junkmail@nyceboicreations.com
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Lesson number one over on www.ford-diesel.com dealt with chips (installation and removal). Lesson number two was that you never, ever, ever let a dealership know that you have a chip in your vehicle because many of them will try and void the warranty. Lesson number three was that if you choose to modify the vehicle, then either find a friendly dealer or be prepared to litigate warranty issues (and even then, you will still have to pay the upfront expense and hope for recovery after going to court). As they say, you gotta pay to play...doesn't matter if it is a small car like a Contique or a behemoth like the PSD (which admittedly can be fun considering it really does not take a whole lot to get them running 1/4mile strip times that are VERY reasonable).
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