Hood Decal and TracKey PCM problem

[efaultless]

So I picked up my Race Red with Black (Torsen & Recaros too) #1429 in September and noticed that the detailer scratched up the hood decal (along with a lot of the paint). After three visits of 3 to 15 days they finally got the paint polished properly, but I am now on my 5th hood decal. The dealership has agreed to paint the hood instead of trying another decal. Hopefully problem solved.

Last Friday I got the TracKey installed. Seems to work well except I have not seen the "Trackey Idle Enabled" message. I took it into the SVT dealership today - they tried to figure out the problem and now the PCM has crapped out. With the US Thanksgiving holiday no one was available at the SVT tech line so now I have to wait until Monday to find out the problem. Has anybody experienced similar problem with the idle and/or the PCM crashing?

Ironically the hood painting appointment is Monday. C'est la vie... at least it isn't snowing yet.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Welcome to BMO. I read about another owner not seeing Trackey Engine/Idle Enabled as well. I wonder if there is a software glitch out there. Seems to me it should either work or not. The hood decal is a minor annoyance to me as it doesn't look good with all the orange peel. I've been tossing around the idea of removing it so it looks like the hood on a LS.

 

[Tcrockstar]

This just happened to me on Monday. The laptop says installed but the car doesnt show Track key. The dealer had to upgrade the software. Once they did that i had my car back in 30 minutes and everything was fine. As soon as i used the red key it showed on the dash. Hope this helps

 

[jeepinocala]

Hey if they do have to change the pcm have for racing put the track key program in it before shipping you will be happy.

 

[efaultless]

Finally all fixed. New PCM then reinstall TracKey. Removed the hood decal and it is now painted jet black - a beautiful job with no edges looks and feels like polished glass. Just in time to put it away for the winter.

 

[jimprw]

Glad to hear Ford took care of you. They're not perfect, but I have the impression they do their best to get things right.

 

[LING952]

Glad to hear that you got it took care of. So many companies do not care,
glad Ford worked it out.