Bosch AS 3.1 Engine ECU Repairs

Type: Bosch Engine Management
Fits: Fiat
Engines:
Year:
Fuel: Diesel
Ref: ECUT13250

Note: This ECU may also fit other models.

The Bosch engine ECU on this page, 0 281 001 442, went into load-carrying vans and into passenger-carrying people carriers alike. What links those vehicles is the engine rather than the badge or the body, because the unit is recorded as the engine ECU for the 1.9 turbodiesel.

Below, we set out which vans and which people carriers it is recorded in, why a page headed Fiat carries a Peugeot and Citroën part number, how to check your label, and how we repair the unit once it reaches us.

Which vans use the Bosch 0 281 001 442?

On the van side, the unit is recorded most often in the Fiat Scudo 1.9 turbodiesel. It also appears, though in far fewer records, in the Peugeot Expert and the Citroën Dispatch, which some listings name the Jumpy.

The Fiat Ducato is the other van recorded with this unit. Whichever of these vans it came from, the check and the repair described below are the same.

Which people carriers use it?

The same Bosch number turns up in three people carriers: the Peugeot 806, the Citroën Evasion, which also appears in the records as the Synergie, and the Fiat Ulysse. The Evasion and the 806 are the better documented of the three; the Ulysse has the fewest records behind it.

A people carrier and a working van are bought for different jobs, but that difference stops at the body. The ECU is the same Bosch part in both, and it is identified and repaired in the same way.

Why a Fiat page carries a Peugeot and Citroën number

The spec lines at the top of this page say Fiat. The vehicle manufacturer’s number in our table, 96 263 739, is a Peugeot and Citroën number, and on a label it usually appears with two more digits, as 96 263 739 80.

That is not a contradiction. The same unit appears under the Fiat, Peugeot and Citroën badges, and it is the Peugeot and Citroën number that is recorded beside the Bosch reference. Ten independent sellers pair 0 281 001 442 with 96 263 739, so the two belong together whatever badge the vehicle wore.

For identifying the unit, the Bosch number does the work. It is the one constant across every van and people carrier named on this page, while the model name on the back of the vehicle changes from one badge to the next.

Checking your label against this page

Our table holds a single reference, so the check has only two outcomes. If the Bosch number on the case reads 0 281 001 442, with 96 263 739 80 beside it, this page covers your unit. If the Bosch number is anything else, the unit belongs on a different page, however closely the vehicle matches the lists above.

Spacing is not significant. Our table prints the reference as 0281001442, you will also see it written 0 281 001 442, and both are the same number, so compare the digits and ignore the gaps.

Owning one of the vehicles above is a reason to look for this number, not proof that you have it. If your label shows something else, go by the badge instead: the other references we cover are on the pages for Fiat engine ECU repair, Peugeot engine ECU repair and Citroën engine ECU repair, and there is a separate route for engine ECUs from vehicles outside these three badges.

How we repair the Bosch 0 281 001 442

We run a mail-in service for the whole of the UK, and every unit is repaired in-house by our own engineers, in our own UK workshop and on our own equipment. None of the work is passed to another company.

On arrival the ECU is logged, inspected by eye and tested electrically, then taken through diagnostics aimed at its particular fault. We contact you with the outcome and a quote, and no chargeable work starts until you authorise it.

The repair is carried out at component level, under a microscope and with temperature-controlled rework equipment, so the work is aimed at the part that failed rather than at replacing the ECU. The unit must pass final testing before it is returned, and the specific repair carried out is covered by our 24-month warranty.

Sending us your 0 281 001 442

Once the ECU is out of the vehicle, use the Repair Form to give us the Bosch number and the vehicle it served, adding 96 263 739 80 if it is legible and a line on how the fault shows itself. Our engineers confirm from those details that the unit is the one covered here before you post it.

The Bosch reference and the Peugeot and Citroën number it is paired with are listed below.

Common part numbers associated with this type of unit