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DTUK CRD-3 2nd Hand

Uggers

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
United Kingdom
Hi,

Has anyone had any experience purchasing a box 2nd hand?


I realise there is no warranty for DTUK but wondered if anyone had taken the risk.

I see they are often listed at half the price from people who've moved to a new car etc, even on forums like this (I guess less risky than eBay)

I'm guessing there is no support either if the box has issues.

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chrismc

Passed Driver's Ed
From experience the DTUK box works to a point.

More torque but Power delivery was spikey, diesel clatter on a light throttle @ 1800rpm & it rendered the mpg reading useless as it modifies the signals to the sensors and thus overreads!!

Claims for ~240hp are far fetched in my experience.
 

Buncy

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
England
Ive used a second hand DTUK box and had numerous issues from limp mode, juddering and engine randomly stalling. And that in a low setting too! Its now just sat on a shelf in the garage gathering dust.
 

chrismc

Passed Driver's Ed
Ive used a second hand DTUK box and had numerous issues from limp mode, juddering and engine randomly stalling. And that in a low setting too! Its now just sat on a shelf in the garage gathering dust.

I replied to their YouTube vid that claims ‘240hp’ with my experiences & received a reply suggesting that there were various GTD ECU revisions & tweaks since 2014 that would contribute to a less than optimum result

Given that VW’s claimed output has never ever varied from 181hp I find it hard to believe that any ECU revision would significantly alter the operation of the tuning box.

I just think they are somewhat flakey. I wouldn’t ever be tempted again. Be warned folks
 
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