What's the problem?
Chrysler DRB III Diagnostic Dealer Scan Tool Scope Module DRB3 Kit Smart CARD2 | eBay
Used, “Good shape.” Buy It Now $3,399.
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Tired of sending your customers to the dealership? We have something that should remedy this.
Being offered is a DRB III you wont find everywhere else. This tool is for the older Chryslers out there. The Unit is in very good shape, the protective cover is worn but its done its job. Has the latest software on the Smart Card2 . Also this has the optional scope/pep module installed.....and the kit is included. Has a brand new main cable from SPX not a chinese copy off ebay.
You'll be proud to have this tool in your toolbox. This tool would run you $6500+ or more if you had to buy it new and that doesnt include all the extras so save some here...
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For the newer models, there's...
Chrysler Witech MICROPOD2 Licensed for Aftermarket with Tech Authority | eBay
New, Buy It Now $3,294.25. Laptop not included.
You want it to continue working?
1 Year Tech Authority Programming 1 Year of Witech Tool Licensing | eBay
Buy It Now $1,445.25.
So feel free: no one's actually stopping you from unlocking all that wonderful horsepower. It may not make good business sense for Joe Bob's garage to spend all that money just to go above and beyond for one car lineup, but it's easy enough to do.
Security issues (this equipment + PIN codes can program keys) exist even before the legal (emissions and mpg) and warranty issues come into play, but those aren't actually preventing anyone from getting the stuff from ebay and getting the PIN code for a car they actually own from a dealer.
But from a maintenance and liability perspective, no, they just don't want the headaches: at least a riced out Civic shows physical evidence of not being completely stock. Every corporate legal department dreads facing an unintended acceleration lawsuit or something else along those lines with their logo all over the news alongside pictures of dead children and whatnot, believing their engineers who say that the sortware they wrote couldn't have done that but not being able to prove it because the PCM melted in the fire.
So they're not going to make it easy, but you already can do it. If you can take your car to a tuner shop, it follows that you can DIY. Cheap and easy? Not so much.