locked ecu

[gman86]

May be prudent to make it clear that the ECU on these needs to be removed and opened, making it very obvious that it's been tampered with which may go towards invalidating any power train warranty claim.

[Steve30]

I can do GTD golfs with my eyes closed ;-)

He speaks the truth

[Steve30]

May be prudent to make it clear that the ECU on these needs to be removed and opened, making it very obvious that it's been tampered with which may go towards invalidating any power train warranty claim.

When Carbon do it, you cant tell its been opened 

[gman86]

May be prudent to make it clear that the ECU on these needs to be removed and opened, making it very obvious that it's been tampered with which may go towards invalidating any power train warranty claim.

When Carbon do it, you cant tell its been opened 

That's only if they bother physically looking at it. Plugging the car in will tell straight away anyway. And unless Carbon has somehow emulated the ECU manufacturing process, I doubt they would be able to reseal it it as well.

[p3asa]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=204609.0

Shows what they can do.

[gman86]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=204609.0

Shows what they can do.

Don't doubt the guys are great at what they do - just saying if an ECU has to be cracked open, it will be easily identifiable. Again, though, if the car is plugged in and a full download is sent to Wolfsburg (which it will be if it's a major warranty issue) then a TD01 code will be flagged against the download and a warranty claim will be rejected.