Oct
18
ABS ECU Test and Repair Services
- What Is An ECU?
- What Does The ECU Do?
- What Is ECU Coding?
- What We Do
- Common Faults
- Technical Fault Terms
- ECU Testing
- Non-Repairable Unit?
- Repair Or Exchange?
- Prices
- Warranty
- Ready To Send Us Your Unit?
What Is An ECU?
Each car is installed with several ECU units. ECU stands for “Engine Control Unit”
although the say term is given to electronic control modules of other systems.
There is an ECU for your engine management, one for your dashboard/lights,
one for your gearbox, one for your air bags, ABS and so on.
The engine ECU’s are also known as ECM (Engine Control Module).
These units amongst others are becomming more and more popular to us, we have stripped and rebuilt hundreds of these units this year all with similar faults whereby the ABS light on the dashboard stays on. This fault is due to a communication failure with the ABS ECU (control unit) which is built in to the ABS pump. If there is no communication failure, then it will be because the wheel speed sensor reading is failing – again, this is a fault within the control unit.
Every week we get calls from anxious customers looking for a more affordable option to replacing their ABS ECU modules and most commonly it’s the Ford KA using the ATE ABS ECU Module. ATE is the name of the manufacturer which produce the ABS ECU’s but there are other manufacturers out there too.
When the ABS light appears on the dash in your Volvo, 9/10 times dealers and garages will put it down to the ABS ECU Module being at fault.. this is because it’s a very common fault with these units.