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Yellow engine light, car not communicating with cylinder 3

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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 05:57 AM
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Yellow engine light, car not communicating with cylinder 3

Had this happen on the way to the airport and just dropped the car off yesterday. Cylinder 3 is not firing but no issues with coil pack or injector. Also not communicating with the ECU.
Very concerned, as it is a 2012 with an Evolve tune. As of today, they have not been particularly communicative or helpful.
Thoughts on this one?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ignitionmodule
Had this happen on the way to the airport and just dropped the car off yesterday. Cylinder 3 is not firing but no issues with coil pack or injector. Also not communicating with the ECU.
Very concerned, as it is a 2012 with an Evolve tune. As of today, they have not been particularly communicative or helpful.
Thoughts on this one?
How many miles do you have on there? Any chance it could be carbon buildup?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 08:01 AM
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Put the old tune back on the car and that will tell you if it's the calibration.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 10:22 AM
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7500 miles. Shouldn't be anything at this point.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 11:02 AM
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Car is sitting at the dealer - I can't get to it at the moment and after discussing w/DDMWorks, I opted to let the dealer diagnose the issue with fault codes intact, although they do no know it has be remapped.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2013 | 05:47 AM
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Got a call from the dealer yesterday. Apparently I had an ECU failure, new one is ordered and should be back in the car today.

Also got follow up from Evolve, they took time to explain what they do and were very thorough. They are also following up with the remap of the new ECU.

Good end to a bad couple of days.
 
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