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From what I've heard it cant be detected at the dealership. Go with a tune that doesnt push the limits. OV tune and KD max are not tweaker tunes. If a guy tells you he developed one I'd shy away from that. The two mentioned are built to perform within the trucks capabilities without destroying it.
Oh, man - better not be a gimmick. First thing I noticed driving my Gen3 was the lag (and my first thought of wondering if I made a mistake getting rid of that bulletproof 4.0 engine in my Gen2) so I got a Pedal Commander as one of my first mods on the Gen3 back last summer.
I understand, it's more of a it's great until it's broken and leaves you with zero throttle control on the highway. Bank's Power throttle box has a OBD plug that locks out the extra control in reverse and supplies 12v to power the module; so if the module ever goes out, it will basically fault to a bypass mode whereas your Pedal Commander will create an open circuit if it ever faults.
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I'm normally the guy that is pretty good about thinking through the what-ifs but not on this decision. Didn't even occur to me that the Pedal Commander will create that open circuit if it goes bonkers - and now thinking about it, makes sense if it were to do so.
All good. I hope you don't think I was grouping you in. I definitely don't want you to think that. I was going to the majority of people, not saying just you.
No worries - didn't think that at all.
