Ecu unit

[Tyler37]

Well to say im fed up is a understatement... After only 17,000 miles the ecu unit needs replacing cost £800. After already spending over £500 on other things. Was so excited when i first got the car and now i will never buy one again!!!!

[Dangerousfish]

What did they say was faulty with it?

After only 17k, I assume it's under 3 years old. Any reason why it's not being done under warranty?

[Tyler37]

No unfortunately its not under warrenty its a 60 plate!!!!. Was going to take out a private warrenty but read that many bad comments about them... Everyting just packed in whilst driving on motorway... Abs fault, esp fault, powersteering fault, airbag and also loss of speedo ,mileage etc. All wieing and fuses have been checked by citroen specialist and then told it must be ecu....!

[joeking27]

Did you buy from a trader? If so, when did you buy it?

[Dangerousfish]

No unfortunately its not under warrenty its a 60 plate!!!!. Was going to take out a private warrenty but read that many bad comments about them... Everyting just packed in whilst driving on motorway... Abs fault, esp fault, powersteering fault, airbag and also loss of speedo ,mileage etc. All wieing and fuses have been checked by citroen specialist and then told it must be ecu....!

Ouch, as a long shot - It might be worthwhile speaking with Jamie at SP-tuning to see if he would mind taking a look at it for you.
(www.sptuning.co.uk/)

Failing that, if it's only the ECU that's failed and not a fault with the loom it might be worthwhile looking through a through scrappers and seeing if you can find an identical model to swap with.

[MadMan0]

I'd recommend calling Citroen for advice before paying for it. Surely with such low millage and only 4 years old it should be repaired as faulty goods, regardless of being out of warranty because it's such a major part and should suffer "wear and tear"?

[Dangerousfish]

Did you buy from a trader? If so, when did you buy it?

This also has potential if you've only recently bought the car ^ ^ ^

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/54

[Bigfeet]

OP, can you give us more details about the car and the nature of the sell please?

[DaveB]

Can't really blame Citroen for the failure of a Bosch part . . . & just about any car you buy will use a Bosch ECU.

German quality???

[Jamie@SPTuning]

Which ecu?

[Tyler37]

Its the abs ecu.... They did a recall on the unit from june 2011 , mine is sept 2010 . Wondering if i would have a case with citroen uk?. I decided i had better have a diagnostic thru main dealer EVAN HALLSHAW ROTHERHAM!!!! Useless is all i can say, the report SUSPECTS this may be the problem but for £100 cost i want a diagnosis not a suspected one!!! And got back to the car and non of the covers they took off were replaced so i had to get them to put the car back on the ramp to replace esp cover!!!!! As stated before the cost of replacement will be £800

[Superfly Guy]

I'd recommend calling Citroen for advice before paying for it. Surely with such low millage and only 4 years old it should be repaired as faulty goods, regardless of being out of warranty because it's such a major part and should suffer "wear and tear"?

its up to six years and he will need to prove there is an inherent fault. if there was a Citroen driven recall then that might be enough.

[supernielsen]

When you take a diagnosis on a car it WONT tell you exactly what the problem is, thats a big mistake that people always thinks that it tell you exactly whats wrong, it will just say the errors it found and that can often be connected with many thing..

As i work at a dealership i recommend you go to the nearest Citroen dealership and have a talk with them, they will contact citroen in the uk, and most probadly they will have a new unit for you under extended warranty, especially when it is a ECU. That something that should last as long as the car.

[Toxic]

When you take a diagnosis on a car it WONT tell you exactly what the problem is, thats a big mistake that people always thinks that it tell you exactly whats wrong, it will just say the errors it found and that can often be connected with many thing..

They depend too much on "what he computer says"

My reverse sensor was playing up last week, hey took a look at it and could not replicate the fault though it was there for a full week previous to leaving it in.

Drove it out of the dealership, within 5 miles Reserve sensor was faulty, drove it back to the delearship, where i flagged the Service rep down and said Oi! look, its the reverse sensor faulty again, you dont need a computer to
see this! DOH!





they have now booked it in to replace the sensor.

[Chris_Blue]

Oi! look, its the reverse sensor faulty again

Is this terminology generally used in the Industry then- knew i was doing something wrong