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@swoop223- I musat admit that I don't have much experience with these systems. I read the service manual, compared the new (reblt) card to the original & everything checked out at that end. I compared the part # from the dealer to the part # from SMH- they were the same.

It surprised me when I learned that no one would sell a card matching the components my unit had. All cards were sold fully packed & any options not on the unit had to be removed by an authorized dealer's handheld device.

The challenge I have is that it took the tech almost 8 hrs ( 2 trips @ 2hrs travel time each & 4 hrs actually programming ) to get the unit working. When I asked what took so long he advised me that the drive control main fuse was bad- which he replaced. The company where the unit is tests electrical components as their busines. They tested the "bad" fuse- pulling 500 amps thru it- proving the fuse wasn't bad. This type of service really gives dealerships a bad name. I think almost $1,000 to program a card is outrageous.
  • Posted 21 Jun 2012 06:27
  • By bbforks
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  • Pennsylvania, United States
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