Our ECU Repairs Blog!
A VW Golf Mk6 that will not start puts the engine ECU on the suspect list quickly, and it is the one item you cannot settle where the car stands. The unit in this job
A cooling fan running at maximum speed from the moment the ignition was switched on, even on a cold start, was what a workshop in Bolton had found on this 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL350. They sent
On our bench, this Bosch 0281 013 869 engine ECU switched on yet would not talk through its own pins. Its van, a 2008 Peugeot Expert 1.6 HDi, refused to start. The fault was inside
The part of this engine ECU that had to be replaced was the one carrying the car’s immobiliser information. The unit is a Bosch M7.4.4, numbered 0261 207 318, from a 2004 Citroën Xsara Picasso
The engine ECU fitted to the Volkswagen Golf Mk4 2.8 V6 is a Bosch ME7.1, carried under Bosch number 0261 206 619 and VW number 022 906 032 E. If that unit is under suspicion
On the Volkswagen Passat 1.4 TSI, Bosch number 0261 201 928 and VW number 03C 906 022 G identify a Bosch MED17.5.20 engine ECU. It is the unit that reads the accelerator pedal, which makes
Several checks on this Skoda Fabia 1.4 TDI came before its Bosch engine ECU, 0281015050 / 045906013R, reached our bench. The customer reported Mass Air Flow sensor faults, replacing the sensor did not solve them,
No communication was the fault that extensive diagnostics by a workshop in Waltham Abbey, Essex, had narrowed down to the engine ECU of a 2001 Mercedes SLK320. On our bench, the Bosch unit, 0261 207
Loss of power and poor running could have sent the search almost anywhere on this 2001 Fiat Punto. The fault codes stored on the car were far narrower. Diagnostics showed two: P0351 – ignition coil
The customer’s local garage removed the Bosch engine ECU, 0281 011 739, from this Mercedes C200 and sent us the unit along with its diagnostic report; once we had repaired it, the customer’s garage refitted