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key fob programming
Posted:
Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:52 pmby reaso
recently found out that my car has been fitted with an ecutek ecu maybe because it was decatted which i have removed and replaced with the standard exhaust and got the ecu tweaked back to a safe map.i dont have the original wr1 ecu but i have picked one up can i just plug the new ecu in and reprogramme the keys myself do i need the transponder(what is this)or do i need to take it to subaru to do this.
cheers
Posted:
Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:45 amby SteveS
Hi mate, personally, I would take it to the stealers as if you do it and it goes tits up, you will be landed with a large Subaru shaped paperwieght and be left in a whole world of hurt.
Let us know how you get on.
Posted:
Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:15 pmby Gee Wr1
Ecutek is not acctually an ecu it is the software used to remap the ecu. You still have a standard ecu fitted just its been rewritten with a map suited to whatever mods have been fitted using the ecutek software.
Ecutek were the 1st company to crack subarus code in the standard ecu's allowing for it to be remapped. There is also other opensource software available to remap.
As for your questions about the keys sorry i can't help lol.
Posted:
Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:02 pmby grahampesking
you need to take the keys with the car to the stealers mate ,, it will only take them 2 mins to program the keys , I had to do it with one of my keys
Posted:
Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:08 amby Autotecnica
cheaper to pay a mapper to re flash a standard wr1 map back on the car!
Posted:
Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:18 pmby reaso
should have done this first you are correct gee wr1 i do have my original ecu fitted with the correct reg chassis number on it etc,i was told by somebody that these where locked and could not be overwritten so i assumed that i had a different aftermarket one that could be overwritten,
unfortunaltly i went and bought a wr1 ecu which i no longer need anybody know off any body looking one.
well at least a dont need my keys reprogrammed now
i must have been talking to the wrong people at the time at least on the forum you get people who know what they are talking about
cheers lads for the replies
Posted:
Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:26 pmby IAN
it all depends what part of the key u want to programme if it is just the button/alarm you can do this yourself with the alarm keypad but if its the chip / transponder you need to programme the ecu good luck