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Updates · 22 July 2026

Toyota Hilux, Land Cruiser, Fortuner and HiAce 2.4 and 2.8 D-4D (2015 on): bench read and write

Flex 8.7 adds bench read and write for the Toyota Denso Gen2 ECU behind the 2.4 and 2.8 D-4D (2GD and 1GD) in the 2015-on Hilux, Land Cruiser Prado,...

1 min readBy JF AutomotiveMaidstone, Kent

The 2015-on Hilux and its relatives run a Denso ECU that Toyota locked tighter with each software update, and the newer Gen2 hardware has been a boot-only job. Magic Motorsport’s Flex 8.7 (22 July) adds a bench protocol: two minutes to read, one to write, checksums handled, on the 2.4 and 2.8 D-4D.

Vehicles

  • Toyota Hilux (2015 on) 2.4 D-4D 150 PS and 2.8 D-4D
  • Toyota Land Cruiser Prado J150 (2015 on) 2.8 D-4D 177 PS
  • Toyota Fortuner (2015 on), HiAce (2018 on), Innova (2015 on)

What it means

The 2.8 1GD is under-stressed from the factory. A Stage 1 typically takes it from 177 PS and 450 Nm to around 215 PS and 520 Nm, which on a Hilux towing a trailer is the difference you feel on every hill. The 2.4 gains a similar 35 PS. The ECU comes out for the bench read and goes back the same day.

Owners: put your registration into the tuning builder. Dealers: Denso Gen2 files through the file service; the Flex is the tool for the bench read.

Garages and tuners Buy or lease the MagicMotorsport Flex From £1,600ex VAT, slave This one is a bench job. You can do it in your own workshop with the MagicMotorsport Flex, or send us the read and we will build the file. Custom tuning file service Finance and lease What bench tuning means File prices See the MagicMotorsport Flex →
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