InTune + Powerstroke 6.0 gone wrong

[MagnaPilot]

Earlier today, I traded in my 2009 Silverado 5.3 that had an Intune on it. I made sure to fully remove the programing and return the truck to stock before clearing out the truck. No problem, everything went to plan.

Later today, I'm the proud owner of a 2006 Ford F250 Powerstroke 6.0 in very good condition. Of course I'm excited and such, and late this evening I start reading about what the Intune can do for the 6.0. So I venture back outside, hook up my battery charger to the truck just in case, and chose the Tow tune for the 6.0. The process is slightly different to tune versus a GM (asks to turn the ignition on and off a lot), but all seemed well until it programed the TCM tune. It eventually claimed to have failed to install the tune, and recommended return to stock tune, which I then followed the procedure in the Intune recovery mode. This too failed. Each time it attempted to program the truck, it always said "Tune TCM" at the top, never did it attempt to recover the PCM so far as I could tell. Each recovery failed, and recycled the same errors. "An error occurred while restoring Original Backup", and when it attempts to restore said backup, the percentage bar never leaves 0%.

To top it all off, my truck will not start at all, no crank, no nothing. So I now have a very nice shiny paperweight in my driveway, and an extremely pissed off Wife, because it was her Silverado I traded in for this Ford. Not to mention a ticked off Boss who expected me at work tomorrow.

Just for more FYI, I've disconnected both batteries from the truck twice, each time for 30 minutes per the common Ford forum procedures. There has been no change. I've also attached the last tune files from my Intune.

I need some help with this ASAP, I intend to call first thing in the morning, but felt I should post this as well to document.

[mikel]

is the device in recovery where it tries to restore the stock tune when you plug it in?
If so, when it asks for a key cycle at the start of the tcm flash, just leave the key in RUN and click next/next then see if it is able to restore.
other than that please call with the tool powered up in the truck.

Thanks

[MagnaPilot]

Mike,

Thank you for your response. I skipped cycling the ignition like you said and the TCM tune reloaded the back up like it should have. The truck starts now just as it did before. If I were to want to use this tuner on this truck again should I do something different? Or should I just not use this tuner on this truck?

[mikel]

Yes, reload it and skip that same key cycle at the start of the tcm and it should go fine.

[MagnaPilot]

Just an update, I attempted to load both the PCM and TCM tunes again twice to the truck. Unfortunately whenever it's attempted to load the TCM tune and I then tried to skip the ignition off on sequence, but it would not detect the TCM computer and eventually failed with an error code of "Failed to read TCM Original backup, error code 0x00000324"

I was able to start the truck however, but I returned the PCM to stock tune just in case.

[mikel]

that device might not be happy. Have you verified it is up to date?

You will need to do any key cycles on the read portion, just skip them for the write of the tcm.

Thanks

[MagnaPilot]

I did verify it is up to date. It was up to date prior, but I double checked.

When it attempts to load the TCM tune, it continuously requests the ignition off/on. It does this for the PCM as well, but it works on the PCM. On the TCM, if you attempt to skip the off/on, on the third try to skip it, it gives that error code. I haven't yet attempted to just load the PCM tune and TCM tune individually. That might work since it seems to talk on the first off/on only. I'll post back later today and let you know what happens.

[mikel]

OK, but it sounds like you tried to skip it during the read portion, which is not necessary, just during the write.

[MagnaPilot]

If you're referring to read as in the back up portion of the process, then yes I follow the on-screen prompts exactly. The back up worked without an issue. The only problem is programming the TCM. The PCM process works fine according to how the InTune instructs you. The TCM however will not program it seems. Even if I perform the TCM tune only, it will not write the tune, just keeps asking to Off/On the ignition until it error out, or if I perform the off/on, it will never progress past 0%. The restore process however will write to the TCM if I skip the Off/On, but not if I perform the Off/On.

[MagnaPilot]

Assuming there isn't a way to get the TCM programmed. Is it safe to run the Tow PCM tune with the stock TCM tune?

[mikel]

Yes, that will be fine.