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Did Ford go too far in calling the DPS6 transmission an "automatic" [4 vote(s)]

YES! It's a dry clutch transmission that is automatically shifted by the computer
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No, fuck em' if they can't take a joke
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I have no idea
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I don't drive Fords.
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My dealer is about $200/hr right now. But the PCM you bought is the correct one as the tear tag and engineering numbers match. This does not necessarily mean that it is presently configured with the correct "as built" data for your car, but it means it can be configured for your car because it has the correct internal hardware.

Since AI says Forscan can do the parameter reset, at least the paid version of Forscan, then that would be by far the cheapest option for you if you insist on doing this yourself.

Forscan is kind of taboo, because it's basically Russian hack software. But the paid version of Forscan is very powerful and has no guardrails. The dealer tools have built in protections to try to keep you from doing something you shouldn't, Forscan has no such protections and you can really mess up a vehicle, potentially beyond recovery if you don't know what you're doing. There are web forums that show you exactly which bits of as-built data to change in a module to change specific configuration settings/add features etc. This is information that I don't even have access to at a dealer, because Ford doesn't want that information out there. In fact, I have had instances where I spent a great deal of time trying to diagnose ungodly strange problems which turned out to be the result of the customer changing configuration settings with Forscan.

The Forscan website will allow you to download the software and should link you to a method of purchasing the paid version you need for your task, and it's not much money. Their site also recommends some very specific pass through devices that work with their software, and I would only buy one of their recommendations. I have one, but presently I only have the Free version of Forscan so I can't do much more than read/clear codes etc. It's just something I keep as a backup in case Ford screws up a software update on their own tool.

Either way, if you go the Forscan way, I'd watch some youtue videos about how to use it before you try it on your car.

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I'm going to look into this FORScan you speak of and report back... you might be on to something here!

I'd like to get the car back on the road soon... it's been sitting for much too long for such a simple issue, however I have brought it back a long way for the least amount of money since it got wrecked. 

I guess since it's paid off, and it's not costing anything while off the road being fixed -- nobody seems to mind looking at it because it reminds us all of my Grammie Bea... but I'd really like to see that car standing tall and roadworthy again.

I'll be very grateful for your suggestions if this FORScan works out! It's been more or less a brick wall for the past two months since installing the wire harness and new ECM.

My strategy is as such, fix it progressively -- I started with the suspension because it couldn't be moved, not even pushed because the strut became detached from the lower control arm. After that I started on the wiring and computer so that it will actually start, run and drive. Once it's starting and running and driving again, I'll be testing it to get it driving properly. I haven't had it on the road since the accident, so I'm sure the alignment is out, and it may need a pull and tug here and there after that. Once it's roadworthy I'll buy an entire front clip the same color to save on paint costs, and they are coming down in cost as the car ages... once it's running and driving good again I'll start replacing the three air bags that went off and then it should be a pretty solid daily driver. Since I have no plans of selling the vehicle (for sentimental reasons already mentioned) it will be there for my family to drive as needed, just like it was when my Grandmother and my Mom owned the vehicle -- before it was given to my son for school and some idiot rode the center lane and hit him doing 40 MPH.

Here are some photos of the progress,

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This photo above is of the Focus right after the accident. It is shown here in the towing impound lot right before I had it towed back home.

focus_smashed_ecm.jpg

This photo above shows how hard it got smacked in the corner where the ECM lives. Wiped out the harness and the ECM!

focus_knee_assy_removed.jpg

This photo above shows the entire knee assembly removed.

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This photo above shows it re-installed with the spare tire because,

focus_wheel.jpg

It got plugged right in the corner while he was turning (as seen in photos of the accident on page 1)

focus_wire_harness.jpg

And finally, this shows the old and new wire harnesses side by side before installing the new one along with the new ECM.



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If you do the Forscan method, you should post process pics of that. I haven't used Forscan in that capacity, just the OE tools so it would be interesting to see the Russian hack software at work.

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