COBB Tuning: Difference between revisions

In 2016, COBB had announced a free update in May for AccessTuner that would be released in June of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cobb Tuning |date=2016-03-05 |title=Accesstuner Race Updates |url=https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2787356 |url-status= |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=NASIOC}}</ref><br> After missing their release window, COBB announced at the beginning of July that they were removing AccessTuner "Race" from their website for download. This meant that customers were required to pay for the $130 licensed class in order to use the software they previously had access to for free to tune their car.<ref>{{Cite web |last=el_muerte17 |date=2016-07-25 |title=PSA: Cobb is paywalling their (formerly free) Accesstuner Race |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/subaru/comments/4uk62x/psa_cobb_is_paywalling_their_formerly_free/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605080634/https://www.reddit.com/r/subaru/comments/4uk62x/psa_cobb_is_paywalling_their_formerly_free/ |archive-date=2023-06-05 |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=Reddit}}</ref><blockquote>"An updated version of Accesstuner will return in the near future, be fully featured, and will continue to be offered for free to COBB Accessport customers. Because this is a powerful piece of software, we have decided that in order to fulfill our mission of delivering responsible and safe tuning solutions, we will require that end users attend a paid online training course and pass an evaluation through a third party educator in order to have access to download this free software (Accesstuner)."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshall |date=2016-07-07 |title=Accesstuner Updates : Where did ATR Go!? |url=https://www.cobbtuning.com/accesstuner-updates-where-did-atr-go/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708152545/https://www.cobbtuning.com/accesstuner-updates-where-did-atr-go/ |archive-date=2016-07-08 |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=COBB Tuning}}</ref></blockquote>In 2022, As a part of their "Green Speed" initiative, COBB officially discontinued AccessTuner for any independent use. Customers are no longer able to download the tune management software, and those who completed COBB's official class are barred from downloading either tier of software from their website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=unabromer |date=2022-04-18 |title=Cobb has also turned off personal versions of the tuning software |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/WRX/comments/u6qegi/cobb_has_also_turned_off_personal_versions_of_the/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418231522/https://www.reddit.com/r/WRX/comments/u6qegi/cobb_has_also_turned_off_personal_versions_of_the/ |archive-date=2022-04-18 |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=Reddit}}</ref> The current website that originally hosted vehicle-make specific versions is still blank as of 3/5/2025. This leaves only retail dealers of COBB equipment the only people able to create and upload tunes to customers' vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=AccessTuner |url=https://www.cobbtuning.com/products/accesstuner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203001620/https://www.cobbtuning.com/products/accesstuner/ |archive-date=2022-12-03 |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=COBB Tuning}}</ref>