Steeda Tunes?
 

I've just purchased an SCT X4 Tuner from Steeda with their Lifetime Tunes program. What are your thoughts on Steeda Tunes?

I am biased ... but you will not find a better tune with the trio of safety, reliability & power!

We have a tremendous track record when it comes to tuning & that is not by accident ... we have some of the best tuners in the game & know these engines inside & out.

You will be very happy with your investment & the safety & reliability is huge for peace of mind!

Best Regards,

TJ

I have a V6 with Steeda lifetime tunes and it really woke up the car. Whenever I needed a revision to a tune, I filled out the online form and within a couple of days I had it.

Steeda = Pretty Awesome stuff -->

What mods do you have currently and what mods do you have planed?

Steeda CAI, Boss 302 Manifold, the SCT X4 Tuner, Steeda 3.5 One Piece aluminum drive shaft, Frame rail and Torque box brace, X brace behind rear seat, Steeda front strut tower brace, BBK X pipe, Roush axle backs.

Great tuners are helpful but if the customer service doesn't get the tuners to help you, the customer still loses.

Did you have an issue with our tuning dept?

Best Regards,

TJ

Yes I had huge issues but the moderator isn't allowing any posts about it. PM me if you are truly interested.

well I hope you tried contacting Steeda before you do the internet freak out thing :)

Yes there have been at least a dozen emails and calls between Steeda and myself. I am not the type to blow up the internet without trying very hard to handle my issues privately. Unfortunately every communication was dealt with by the same person so I was never able to go over his head.


It is important to note that TJ has already PMed me to look into my issue. I am hopeful this will be the nudge to rectify the issues. Thanks again TJ.

Sorry about your experience with them. This should be the exception with Steeda. I have purchased several things from them over the years and they have been great. I've only had to deal with CS once, and they called me pro-actively to tell me that there would be a problem with my order, and it was taken care of promptly. Good luck.

nice! Did you do the intake and the manifold at the same time? Just wondering if you feel the boss manifold is worth the cash.

I hope this works. TJ has all of my email communications now as I had saved them. He needs a few days to go over every to see what can and should be done.

On another front, I finally got hold of one of the admins and he is working to see why my posts keep getting blocked. I was starting to get conspiracy theories going here.😕 So far he must manually check for my posts and push them through.

Haven't had a chance to install yet, Work and Life keep getting in the way but I hope to have it done soon.

I've had their tune since December of last year and so far, everything's great. My only gripe is low MPG but I'm pretty sure that issue is a result of a lead foot and an affinity to the exhaust rumble on a V8. :dunno:

I run my steeda 93 tune as well as my AED tune and the steeda tune is great. similar top end power to the AED believe it or not and its very smooth.

:salute:

TJ

My Steeda 93 Octane tune is running AWESOME!

Keep em coming!!

Makes my job easier :)

TJ

I have been enrolled in the Steeda Tunes for life since April of last year. Since then Steeda has provided multiple tunes as my mods have changed. First I added Cat-Deletes, then converted to a new CAI with an Accufab throttle body; finally last week the Boss manifold. I have communicated primarily with Matt from Steeda and he has been quick to respond if he has further questions about my modification before providing a revised tune. I could not be happier with their customer service or the results their tunes have performed on my car.

My Car, MORGAN, is running awesome on the 93 octane tune and Shell V-Power 93 octane fuel. BTW, Why am I shown as a V6 member?

V6 member will change as you make more posts. It has nothing to do with your car.

I should have known. Thank you.

Guys what's your tune idle set at? Mine is set to 650rpm

Yup right around 650rpms for me too

no issues?

Nope, after u do a quick idle relearn procedure the idle sits right around 650 and rarely even wanders at all

Steeda narrowed it down to me filling out the form incorrectly. Hopefully the revised tune will have me back on the road :-)

900 rpm

This is the biggest issue that I had with my Steeda tune. MY cold start idle is 1500rpm. It slows after about 20 seconds but by that time all of our neighbours are awake! We usually start the car with the garage closed to limit the noise.


TJ tried to get me some help but it seems that Matt is the only person that deals with the tunes. He doesn't even work in the same building as the tuners so nobody was ever understanding the issue. I have seen numerous articles about people toning down the cold start idle but Steeda doesn't know how to do it.

Gary - Matt works in Valdosta and James is in Pompano Beach Fl. with the rest of our support staff. They have done all that they can to help you with resolving the issue.

We have helped others with this concern through the same support we provided you.

Best Regards,

TJ

I not sure I understand. Are you saying that others have had the same idle issue and Steeda was able to solve it but not on my car?

Hello Gary,

We wrote you a tune that we have written hundreds of times (similar set-up to your car) and they have worked without issue.

For whatever reason, your car would not take the tune without the idle issue.

There may have be something within the car that we can’t “tune out” & identify.

The tune is as complete as we can make it.

There have been several data logs done and still could not resolve the issue.

James is one of the best in the industry & he could not figure it out:

Lead Tuner and Calibrator

As stated previously,we can/or have sent you a return label and we are willing to provide you with a refund.

Best Regards,

TJ

Cold idle fixed:
https://themustangsource.com/forums/...-start-443845/


http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...dle-cold-start

Forum jumping but I have an 07 GT. Steeda tune is great.

Gary, like previously mentioned, we could not figure it out with your car.

You may want to p.m. them just in case they have a tuner that can resolve it.

Not trying to dismiss this but other than a refund, there is nothing more we can do.

Best Regards,

TJ

Mines fine at 900rpm, then again, I don't have any close neighbors to worry about.

To be honest the first 87 tune installed made my car smell like burning oil and it acted like it was going to make the engine explode. I emailed Matt and got that tune resent. Well I installed it again and the shifting was very jerky and the lag was terrible. I was told to data log which wasn't to hard to do but you have to do a. Lot just to get to that point. Matt never responded back only TJ on here and I thought that was ridiculous but at least I had someone to relay something to them. I went ahead and installed the 93 tune and this one is a whole lot better. The shifting not as jerky and not much lag. I am dissapointed in the service I'm getting from steeda themselves but TJ is doing the best he can. I did the data log on thanksgiving and still haven't heard anything back about it. I may never will smdh :dunno:

Also the car will drop lower than 600 rpms and shake kind of bad. Which makes me nervous bc the car acts like it wants to die. Who knows???

I have run both the 87 and 93 octane tunes with the Steeda CAI without issue. They both run good, with the 93 tune pulling harder. I have a manual transmission car, so there is no shifting problems. Are you running the CAI or just the tunes?

I have the drop in k & n filter with their tube. So idk if that makes a difference. I have an automatic car so idk if that makes a difference

The tunes are different for the manual and automatics. In addition, they have different tunes for their CAI and the stock airbbox. You may not have the correct use for your setup. They should be able to tell once they review the data log.

who knows lol. But we shall see if I ever get the data log. I emailed Matt, called him and nothing. TJ was the only one to contact me. I even left Matt a voicemail and email. To me that is terrible customer service. Most likely I won't be buying anything else from them. Or worrying about a revised tune. I'll just go to someone locally. That's just my opinion

You are having a very different customer experience that I have had with Steeda. They have been very helpful and responsive. That is why I have several of their products on my car. I would send TJ a message and explain the situation. He should be able to get things moving.

yea idk what is going on. When I called to speak to Matt, I spoke to some guy and he said I will tell Matt you called and also leave a voicemail for him and I heard nothing. That was over a month ago. I stopped bothering with him. I already have sent TJ a message. He was the one making sure everything was ok. He can only do so much. It's on these other people, but idk we shall see. I hope it's not because I'm a girl but you never know

Being a girl shouldn't make a difference. You drive a Mustang, which is their primary business. Tj should be able to get this worked out.

yea I know. I appreciate TJ though because he is helping me out the best he can!! I'll just have to wait and see

Let us know how it turns out.

will do!!!

Last I heard & checked - the tune was with James & he was looking it over to see what he can diagnose - I will double back with him & see if I can get this all resolved.

Thank you for your patience.

Best Regards,

TJ

So Matt finally emailed me today and asked me to take a pic of the stock air box bc that could be the problem. I did put what I had on the car on the form they had me fill out smh. Well hopefully this is the problem and they get the tune revised.

It is good that they are looking at it. Hopefully they get it figured out quickly.

yea it just took a few months smh. Oh well hopefully they have the tunes by early next week because I know it's not good for my car to shake like that.

Did they get your tune straightened out?

They want me to put the stock air box on and do a data log with a stock tune and their tune smdh. I don't have time really to do this!! They said the fuel trim was off. I just don't understand why they just can't fix the tune with the air filter that is on

Putting the stock air filter back on is a minor process & little time - I am sure once you do it, you will see the difference & how the Steeda tune is supposed to work.

There are a few CAIs out there that change the mass air transfer function & hence, some of the issues you are experiencing.

Unfortunately, you never know how it will react WITH a tune until you try it.

This is one more step in the process - you have come this far & you have an audience ... we are so close!


TJ

yea but now I'm out of 180 bucks if they don't fix the tune to work with it. That k&n filter and tube cost me that much. I'm not made out of money lol I'm in nursing school. I can't just throw money away

Hey Rene, I'm an engineer and I work in the auto industry on controls software. I think Steeda's request makes a lot of sense. Here is why.

Every engine control unit does some adaptive optimization of vital parameters, like spark advance, air fuel ratio, timing etc. The original software programmed into the engine has a nominal range to all those parameters. Let's say that the factory setting for parameter X is 25 to 50 degrees, with most mustangs running ~35 degrees nominal on average. There are going to be outlines out there, meaning a few Mustangs will run 26 while a few others are running at 49. This can be due to worst case tolerance stack ups, manufacturing deviations, or things being assembles or calibrated just a little off center.

So to me it sounds like your car is one of the ones operating closer to the lower or upper bound. Steeda's tune counts on your car being closer to the nominal value, but it simply is not.

So instead of taking a guess (which is what they would have to do without real data) they are asking you to go back to stock and datalog. This way they can make an educated decision which way to go with their parameter settings. Closer to 25 or closer to 50 in my example. That's what I would do as well. Engineers NEED data.

Hope this helps. :nice:

If it runs anything like mine with the Steeda CAI and Tune it will be worth it.

Think of it this way ... if the tune is that good with the stock air box, you may not want to go back to the K & N - another member may want it, putting you in the green.

Trust me, I understand the amount of money you have invested thus far & time spent going through the process - I just want to see this through & take that final step!.


TJ

Yes, what he said, lol :salute:

Best Regards,

TJ

ok thanks for chiming in. I will try to do it tomorrow since everything worked out with my semester of school. I'm officially on break!!! Woohoo

yea I just wish I could save that money you know but I will get it done

yea I just hope I could sell it that's all. It won't be easy trying to sell the k&n tube

Congrats on being done with school for the semester!

This reminds me. I have a Steeda CAI and tuner combo sitting in the basement waiting for spring to install. There is about 14" of snow outside right now :doh:

I will take a few dataloging traces of cold idle, warm idle and driving around before I put the Steeda intake on. This way if I have issues I will already have a baseline datalog. :)

thanks!!
And yes I would do that just in case. Idk if they are having issues because it is just one of those drop in filters with a different intake tube or what!! You will probably have better luck with their CAI. Yuck snow!!! We are suppose to get some flurries here and I want it to stay away!!! Lol

Installed Steeda 93 tune & CAI at 1,000 miles. I just rolled over 40,000 miles on the way back from their Valdosta shop finishing up my suspension and a few other goodies. That being said, I've had 39,000 miles with their tune and not a hiccup/ check engine light etc. You can't go wrong with Steeda. Matt, Randy and Jamie are the epitomy of customer service and true professionals promoting the Steeda brand at it's finest.

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I also have the 93 Steeda tune with CAI and O2 sensors turned off.
All I can say is Ditto to 2012GT comments.
For a Safe canned tune, Steeda is at the top of the game.
I drive my car without worries. But most important is..... I'm Happy with what I have and knowing Steeda will always be there should I require help.
To be honest, I got the tune only because of the Steeda CAI I installed. Everything else was a bonus...
I'm not a>>Got to squeeze more HP out of this motor guy!

Renee,

Have you been able to remove the K & N & load the tune?

As others have said ... you are going to be very happy once we get the tune loaded with the stock airbox.

Best Regards,

TJ

hey TJ no the only thing I have been able to do is put my stock tune back on and I haven't been experiencing the idle issues with it. I'm going to try and get it done soon. I've been working 14 hour days. So when I'm off I'm usually sleeping lol. But I'll get it done
thanks

Just my thoughts here: I have dealt with many of the major mustang parts houses such as AM, CJ, LMR, Brenspeed and Steeda over the years. Every one will have some issue at some point with a supplier. So far my experiences when an issue has arisen were mostly positive. Sometimes you have to dig in deeper to get a desired result but for the most part I have been treated with respect each time. In regards to Steeda, Matt and crew did a major accommodation for me with a set of gearing on my 07 last summer in the Valdosta shop that I will never forget. When I bought my 2012 the first thing I did was to order a Steeda CAI and their 93 tune. Randy helped quite a bit in making it happen. Huge difference in the power, shifting (auto) and all around daily use. Gas mileage is great as well. So far I am very satisfied with my Steeda tune.

This is a dumb question but I'll ask anyway. After I installed my tune my oil life meter and tire pressure monitor stopped working. I'm assuming this is just happenstance and has nothing to do with my tune. Am I wrong?

There's no reason for that to happen installing a tune. Did it reset them or they are just now set at 0?

Put the stock tune back on and see if it starts working again!! The first tune I got from steeda I thought my car was going to fall apart. It was shaking bad and smelt like gas. I was freaking out

The oil life stays at 100% no matter what. The tpms just doesn't work. I check my pressure all the time out of habit and I had a low tire and no warning. I also swapped the rims to my winter set and nothing happened.

That is very peculiar & the first I have I have seen of that - with or without a tune.

I will see if our tuning dept. has any insight to what may be taking place.

Best Regards,

TJ

After reading this I checked my oil life monitor it is still sitting at 100% as well. I can't remember the last time that I reset it. I change my oil based on mileage, not the oil life meter, so I never noticed before. I am not sure about the tpms, but I assume it is not working either as well. The tire pressure light usually comes on when it gets colder out and I add a couple pounds. It hasn't happened lately either, but I haven't been driving the car much either.

I guess I'm not the only one. Thank you for sharing.

tj@steeda any info on the oil life monitor/tpms affects of the Steeda tunes yet?

Yes and there feedback is, that is a question for SCT & their software.

Our lead tuner, James has never heard of or seen that.

Steeda does not change anything that effects the aforementioned.

If it is programmer related, it may be a firmware issue.

Best Regards,

TJ

I bought the tuner from Steeda with the CAI about a year and half ago and have not done anything since loading the tune. How do you determine what version of firmware you have and how do you update?

I'm a little confused by this answer. I purchased the cai and tuner from Steeda. It's a Steeda tune. I did not choose SCT, Steeda did. I chose to purchase from Steeda because of their reputation. Does this answer equal," go call SCT, this isn't my problem?" Unfortunately, that's how it reads to me. I'm disappointed to say the least. It appears as though I'm done with Steeda.

Mr. V - we are a distributor of SCT products & that is the platform that we write our tunes with. Yes, you chose to purchase a Steeda tune with it written to a device that is not manufactured by Steeda.

The tune does not have any effect on the issues that you are having.

It is best to call SCT & tell them about your situation. Steeda would be acting as the middle man & if additional information is requested, we would be sending information back & forth.

It is not being typed as "this isn't my problem" it is being typed as, it has something to do with SCT & a phone call to them, with your units serial number, model number, etc. would yield quicker results then working through Steeda.

Sorry for the misunderstanding if you took it a different way.

Best Regards,

TJ

As mentioned to Mr. V - it is best to call SCT & provide them with your information & that you ordered the unit from Steeda.

I will look on their site & send them an email in the interim.

Best Regards,

TJ

You can hook up the SCT tuner to your PC, and get the firmware updated through the SCT site.

I'm anticipating having a similar issue once my CAI and tune combo is on in a few months. I have a question though. There are multiple tunes on the SCT.

The Steeda tune has your name on it and should be under the custom tune section.

Under pre-loaded tune you can go in and change options like tire size, gears, intake, TBs, cat options, etc. If you go that route this is now an SCT tune, not a Steeda tune anymore.

Which option did you guys go with?

I am running the 93 octane tune that Steeda loaded on the tuner for my car with their CAI. I have done a little more research on the oil life monitor malfunction. It appears that this has been a problem for some time affecting some cars and Ford even had a TSB on it a few years back. It may be purely coincidental that we are both running Steeda tunes. I do not use the oil life monitor, so I am not worried about it not working properly. I am more concerned about the tpms, which at this point I have not been able to confirm if it is working properly or not.

Here is a thread talking about the oil life monitor not decreasing:

https://themustangsource.com/forums/...easing-533024/

I installed my 93 octane Steeda tune and got a chance to drive the car yesterday. No warning lights, tpmsworks fine. The throttle response is vastly improved and the car is clearly making quite a bit more power across the rpm range with the Steeda CAI and tune. Can't wait to install my catback for more grumble! Also installed jacking rails, and will do clutch spring soon too. Very pleased with my Steeda parts quality and excellent service!


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No complaints here on the Steeda CAI, tune or service. All have been great. The CAI and tune really transformed the car.

Sorry for the late answer. I was really annoyed with steeda's reply and didn't look back. I did change the tire size and I used the 91 octane tune file. There was also an 87 tune on my tuner. These tunes were per my request. The directions on the tune do mention updating the firmware before installing, which I did. I updated the firmware again yesterday and reloaded my tune. I don't know if this will fix my issue. Time will tell. TJ mentioned he would email SCT. I never heard anything after that and no one from Steeda contacted me here after my issues. Steeda serve was great in the past. Perhaps not so much anymore.

Mr. V,

I have not heard back from SCT & based on some of the feedback above, it seems it has nothing to do with the Steeda tune.

You may want to contact them directly with your serial number on the device & the issues you are experiencing.

I have sent SCT another note = TJ

If you are looking for our tuning dept. to contact you, please contact them here:

https://www.steeda.com/contact-us

I don't have any of your info & I apologize if you were waiting on me to have someone contact you.

TJ

I emailed SCT last week about the same issue and have yet to hear back from them.

I will give them a call tomorrow & try to nail down feedback.

TJ