so i went to the dealership today
06-16-2009, 11:12 PM
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i recently had the tcu unplugged from my car because it was causing the radio to skip and make a loud fuzzy distorted sound every now and then...it fixed the problem but then the sos call malfuntion warning came up on the screen so i had em put a different tcu in but now my radio is acting up again but the sos warning is gone now.....now they say i need to replace the whole tcu unit because its most likely faulty and its going to cause other things in my car to screw up and i'll get warnings for my traction control and my memory seats wont work properly etc etc....i was just wondering does this sound right? cuz it doesnt seem like ive had ne other warnings pop up and everything seems fine when i had the tcu unplugged....its guna cost over 1000 bux to replace teh unit so i thought id get some opinions before i made my decision, thanks in advance for any help!
06-17-2009, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by dixon' post='914199' date='Jun 17 2009, 12:12 AM
i recently had the tcu unplugged from my car because it was causing the radio to skip and make a loud fuzzy distorted sound every now and then...it fixed the problem but then the sos call malfuntion warning came up on the screen so i had em put a different tcu in but now my radio is acting up again but the sos warning is gone now.....now they say i need to replace the whole tcu unit because its most likely faulty and its going to cause other things in my car to screw up and i'll get warnings for my traction control and my memory seats wont work properly etc etc....i was just wondering does this sound right? cuz it doesnt seem like ive had ne other warnings pop up and everything seems fine when i had the tcu unplugged....its guna cost over 1000 bux to replace teh unit so i thought id get some opinions before i made my decision, thanks in advance for any help!
06-17-2009, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by theXman' post='914398' date='Jun 17 2009, 09:50 AM
You should find another dealer and get a 2nd opinion.
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