Can anyone in Seattle Area comment on SSC 40D work done?

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  1. klatu

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    Howdy

    Anyone had any good or bad experiences with the SSC 40D rework done in the Seattle/Eastside area? I just got a 2nd letter from Toyota requesting this work be done and I'm reluctant to have any dealer even touch my oil-pan nut or filter, let alone re-program the crucial code in my ECU. That's like handing you PC's motherboard to an auto mechanic and asking him to re-flash your PC's BIOS ROM.
    Anyway, can anyone out there recommend a Seattle dealer who has done this with minimum damage ???

    Cheers, Klatu-out
     
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    Geez, a firmware upgrade ought to be the least risky service that could be performed. Just connect the computer and press Enter. This is much better than if, god forbid, some real problem occurs which the tech can't correctly diagnose because 40D was not performed, and then the tech has to start fiddling with real mech parts instead of just zeros and ones :_>
     
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    It would seem that way wouldn't it. The thing is that you can drain the battery doing this and it's necessary to put the battery on a charger. Also, the ECUs of a few people somehow got fried during the SSC-40A process--though I never heard if it was due to error on the part of the service person or had more to do with some fault in the equipment. My SSC-40A 45minute upgrade took 3.5 hours!! :cussing:

    There are plenty of things that can go wrong, and, for something of such low importance as this, I would prefer to 'not' be the first one the service dept. did.
     
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    firmware and BIOS updates are one of the most riskiest
    procedures for computer hardware. it is not the same as
    a software update.
     
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    SSC 40D??

    Someone clue me in: what is an SSC 40D repair? Am I missing something?
    Will my centripedal mass neutralizers implode on liftoff?
    B
     
    #5 Bob Allen, Jun 3, 2004
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    Search priuschat and priusonline for threads. It's been described.
     
    #6 richard schumacher, Jun 3, 2004
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    Re: SSC 40D??

    It's *so* freaking helpful that the latest version of this BB does not highlight links/urls, except when they're quoted.
     
    #8 richard schumacher, Jun 3, 2004
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    Re: SSC 40D??

    Sorry about that -- I'll manually color any URLs I put in, unless the default color is changed.
     
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    Hey, no apology required, it's not your fault. The tool ought to do it by default.

    It's also just peachy that one now must enter a *name* for each link, not just the url. (Sheesh. Web-based BBs are like newgroups re-engineered by Microsoft.)
     
    #10 richard schumacher, Jun 3, 2004
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    Actually, I think you can still just type in a URL:

    http://www.google.com

    I just stylistically prefer hidding it under a name.
     
    #11 bookrats, Jun 3, 2004
  12. richard schumacher

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    Ah! Thanks for pointing that out.
     
    #12 richard schumacher, Jun 4, 2004
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