Superchip freak out computer?

[01EB5.0]

Have you guys read about superchips freaking out a ECU? i had one in my truck for about 3 yeras but lately the truck has been freaking out stalling and stuff so I took out the chip and its been running ok now, just less power and sloppy shifts :-(. i ran the chip for about 100,000 miles with no problems. is this common for them to go bad?

 

[MountaineerGreen]

Thats strange- is it a chip or a flasher?

 

[celly]

Have you guys read about superchips freaking out a ECU? i had one in my truck for about 3 yeras but lately the truck has been freaking out stalling and stuff so I took out the chip and its been running ok now, just less power and sloppy shifts :-(. i ran the chip for about 100,000 miles with no problems. is this common for them to go bad?

I had similar issues once with my SCT chip on my '00 Sport. Turned out it was a connectivity issue. I re-seated the chip and all was fine.

In order to avoid that issue repeating, I went with an XC2 flasher. Never have to worry about connection problems if you go that route.

 

[aldive]

Where did you get the "chip"?

 

[01EB5.0]

Where did you get the "chip"?

Bought the chip off the internet from someone. It was about 4 - 5 years ago so I am not sure where it came from, but it got reprogrammed for my truck when i bought it. It seemed to work well until now. I took it off and my truck has gone 300 miles so far with no engine problems so I am thinking it was the chip.

 

[Turdle]

It was probably due to bad connections.
No harm in trying to clean the connector on the PCM, and trying it again.

You have to scrub the connector pretty good,