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Updates · 10 August 2026

Ford Ranger 3.0 V6 EcoBlue and VW Amarok V6 (2022 on): the Bosch MD1CP061 opens in the workshop

The 240 PS 3.0 V6 diesel in the new Ford Ranger and VW Amarok runs a locked Bosch MD1CP061. Flex 8.11 now unlocks it in the workshop with a boot...

1 min readBy JF AutomotiveMaidstone, Kent

The new Ranger and the Amarok built alongside it share a 3.0 V6 EcoBlue with 240 PS and 600 Nm, and a Bosch MD1CP061 ECU that was locked from the factory. Until August the only way in was to send the ECU away. On 10 August Magic Motorsport’s Flex 8.11 added a boot glitch that unlocks it on the bench in the workshop: connect, glitch (around five minutes), read in two and a half, write in two. No soldering, and a full backup before anything is written.

Separately, Autotuner’s OBD protocol for the related MD1CP062 gained the Ford Ranger Super Duty 3.0 V6 in July, so the heavy-duty version is a plug-in job.

Vehicles

  • Ford Ranger (2022 on) 3.0 V6 EcoBlue, 240 PS
  • Volkswagen Amarok (2022 on) 3.0 TDI V6, 237 PS
  • Ford Ranger Super Duty 3.0 V6 EcoBlue (OBD)

What it means

The V6 Ranger is the pickup people buy to tow, and the standard map leaves plenty in it. A Stage 1 is typically around 290 PS and 680 Nm, with the ten-speed automatic file available to match so the gearbox is not the limit. The truck is on the ramp and off the same afternoon.

Owners: put your registration into the tuning builder. Dealers: MD1CP061 and MD1CP062 files through the file service; the Flex does the workshop unlock and the Autotuner handles the OBD version.

Garages and tuners The tools that cover this job Autotuner and the MagicMotorsport Flex both handle work like this. Buy or lease the tool and do it in your own workshop, or send us the read and we will build the file. Autotuner MagicMotorsport Flex Custom tuning file service What bench tuning means Compare the tuning tools →
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