ok so i bought my truck in july and have had no problems w/ it..its a 01 1500 offroad...i was under the hood the other day and on the underside of the hood is a sticker that says the following modifications have been made and its says "flash pcm"...i was reading the "GUTLESS" post and i am having the same problems he is lack of low end power...is this the death flash ya'll were talkin about?...and wud a programmer fix my problem and if it does how so?..does it reset everything or...?

 

If understand correctly a programmer such as Hypertech or Superchip will override the flash program. I do not personally have this flash program on my truck and I count myself lucky. Off_Road_Teacher had a flash program aka "Death Flash" on his 2001 Dodge Ram off-road and he took it off with a performance programmer. Other people have done it on this board but I can only remember him specifically. Just shoot him a pm or email him and I'm sure he would be glad to help you out with the details. -Tyler

 

i have the same sticker on my pcm. I put in a super chips and it made all the difference! Got the power back. It didn't do anything for my milage. Most of that is probably due to my left foot(w.o.t. the only way to be)

 

sorry to rob post but does a programer really help out in performance

 

I've had mine in for about a year and am very pleased with it. Never had the truck on a dyno but pulling up hill to a camp ground with oput the programmer used to drop speed, with programmer i can stay the same or gain. about the best I can give.