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This isn't necessarily about "connectivity to the Internet". When they pull your "BRZ" into a service bay at a SUBARU dealer, it begins exchanging data with SUB
by vaxman 5y ago
This isn't necessarily about "connectivity to the Internet". When they pull your "BRZ" into a service bay at a SUBARU dealer, it begins exchanging data with SUBARU via RF. The SUBARU-side of that equipment is closed to the local grease monkeys. Also, this means if you want to add a supercharger to your BRZ, SUBARU will become instantly aware of it and void the warranty on everything, even your seatbelts and axils. Also, dealership mechanics are usually NOT better than local grease monkeys at performing repairs, though they are now artificially superior to them at diagnosing problems.
- spike021 5y agoI haven't experienced this personally. My car was on a custom dyno E85 flex fuel tune with ecutek for a while and there were a couple times I brought it into a dealer. The only thing they noticed and cared about was the flex fuel kit, and even then that was because they mistook it for a custom aftermarket fuel pump, when in reality it just reroutes the fuel line through the sensor. In fact, about a year after this my warranty had expired. But Subaru ended up extending it due to COVID and offered to reimburse any repair expense up to like $500 or something. At that earlier time, dealer missed some issues despite running diagnostics on my ECU and wiring harness. So later I brought it to another shop that fixed the problem. Subaru still reimbursed the whole cost of that repair plus parts. This was after they would've checked my ECU and seen that it had been modified with an ecutek license.