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nikitopo I appreciate the constant responses and sentiment that it get's fixed. Believe me this has been nothing but a nightmare for something I am being wrongly accused for. As for whether or not tinting the windshield is illegal in the U.S. I cannot confirm. However, I know that in California any level of tint in the front two windows and windshield is illegal.
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steve99 thank you Steve for your knowledge on the matter. I'm glad you have some of the technical knowledge that unfortunately I do not have to fight the dealer on this. As I said, the Service Manager claimed COBB accessport and 2015 STi profile and then hours later called me to say it was a 2015 BRZ profile. As for your techstream photo thank you! The service manager is saying that despite the "0" readings there's no way the ECU could have been affected by a flattened battery, or malfunction, etc. Rather it has to be a "tune/flash". As per your post however, It seems that even if my battery flattened, a jump start or something else would have brought the car to life before the alleged tune or flash the Service Manager is claiming.
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specCWanabe I did have the windshield tinted. Could you elaborate with maybe pictures on how and where the liquid could have ruined the ECU. I think your hypothesis may be spot on but not the question is how to get that proven? I don't see how to convince the dealer to look for evidence of the ECU shorting because of liquid/solution without seeming like I'm on some wild witch hunt to disprove the tune/flash allegation.
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Braces I agree. There is no plausible reason why a tint shop would flash my car. And as I have previously stated there was nothing in the surveillance footage that would lead me to believe otherwise.
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BRZnut There's no way I can absolutely say the battery was perfect but the key on dash would turn green when I pushed the clutch in. All electronics came on (audio, alarm, horn, lights both interior and exterior, and upon trying to jump the car nothing happened.
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FRSBRZGT86FAN Thank you again for the constant responses and help. After reading your post, I just don't know how the Service Manager came to that conclusion. My feeling is that upon diagnosing the issue, the easiest approach was to just stop at step 1 and tell the customer it's his fault, see if he owns up to it and have him pay for a replacement ECU, rather than going deeper than that to see if something else would trigger this.
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Side Exactly! I did the same thing. Just wanted UV protection for the sake of protecting the dash a little more than if it had nothing on the windshield.
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justatroll I wish I would've tried that before towing it but now that the car is at the dealer's nothing much I can do on that front but nonetheless thank you for the input. Any and all help is appreciated!