Just wwanted to know if any! has had their ECU randomly fail on them while driving and how much it costs for a new one - or if you can programme a used one in to the car.
I've been quoted a potential £300 and wanted to see if i'm being mugged off!
Cheers guys.
ECU Failure
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Re: ECU Failure
it happens quite alot on vectras and astra.
from what i can tell its usually a dodgy earth in the ecu and they can be repaired
but then it all depends on whats actually wrong with your ecu
Dan
from what i can tell its usually a dodgy earth in the ecu and they can be repaired
but then it all depends on whats actually wrong with your ecu
Dan
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Well the bloke said that the ecu isnt sending a signal to the coils or something and because its not doing that the spark plugs wont spark :/
Tbh it was all jibberish - i know vertually nothing about cars!
Tbh it was all jibberish - i know vertually nothing about cars!
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Re: ECU Failure
what engine, i have a sapre ecu
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Re: ECU Failure
in that case.... i dont.
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Re: ECU Failure
Lol! Cheers anyway - can you just plug them straight in like a straight swap or do they need to be re-coded and stuff?
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Re: ECU Failure
you will need the matching transponder ring and chip from the key from the car you get the bits from as there all coded together
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