{"id":18749,"date":"2023-01-06T16:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/?p=18749"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:03:33","slug":"how-to-flash-programming-with-witech-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/how-to-flash-programming-with-witech-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Flash Programming with wiTECH 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flash programming using wiTECH 2.0 software, connect the Micropod II interface to OBD II \/ DLC port in the car. wiTECH 2 will start to identify the vehicle based on VIN and the installed components in the vehicle network, which will bring up the network topology.<\/p>\n<p>In this document, we will explain how to do flash programming using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/goods-5172-wiTech+MicroPod+2+for+Chrysler+Diagnostic+Tool.html\">witech Micropod 2<\/a>. Once your vehicle&#8217;s all set up to flash, don&#8217;t forget to connect the external battery maintainer. For this test, we have in our programming bay a 2018 Dodge RAM 1500 PICKUP 5.7L HEMI.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the Micropod II identified in wiTECH 2 click anywhere in the gray box area,\u00a0it&#8217;ll bring up the network topology. Click on the tab &#8220;All Flashes&#8221; at the top\u00a0bring up the only flash that&#8217;s available for this car. Right side there&#8217;s an arrow select\u00a0that,\u00a0and it&#8217;ll bring you to the module flashing screen, where you&#8217;ll want to click on the consent checkbox. Selecting that you understand that\u00a0you&#8217;re flashing will ask you to select a category of why this particular vehicle needs to flash, I choose Service Information\/documentation led to re-flash the component. This car has a check engine light that meets a flash so we&#8217;ll type in the box flash for drivability issue as per Technical Service Bulletin TSB, and you&#8217;ll click Flash ECU button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-2-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will need to login to Techauthority for aftermarket or if you have wiTECH 2 account from FCA dealer, use your DealerConnect account and then the\u00a0flash process starts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-Flash-Programming-with-wiTECH-2-3-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next screen will show initialing and finalizing the flash process this will take a few minutes and\u00a0it says complete and gives old and\u00a0new calibration numbers, now click on View DTC&#8217;s click clear what DTC to clear after every module flash.<\/p>\n<p>If we go back over\u00a0the topology seeing no codes no flash lightning bolt<br \/>\nsays it&#8217;s up to date gives our calibration part number shows our TSB&#8217;s.<br \/>\nThat is a document for the flash, but now it&#8217;s complete.<\/p>\n<p>After the PCM reflash go to the Restore Vehicle configuration do a restore, this will finalize the flash process on a\u00a0Chrysler wiTECH 2.0<\/p>\n<p>WCM &#8211; Wireless Control Module<\/p>\n<p>PCM &#8211; Powertrain Control Module<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flash programming using wiTECH 2.0 software, connect the Micropod II interface to OBD II \/ DLC port in the car.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2304],"tags":[1893,523,1888,625,1469,1891,1892,524,1890,1889],"views":3578,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18753,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18749\/revisions\/18753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}