Ford Visteon EECIV SMO-270 Engine ECU Repairs

Type: Visteon Engine Management
Fits: Ford
Engines:
Year:
Fuel: Petrol
Ref: ECUT33175

Note: This ECU may also fit other models.

The years 1992 and 1993 and a 16-valve Ford Fiesta RS1800 are what the record ties to the Ford engine ECU number 92FB-12A650-DD. It is a modest record, so read it as where this unit has turned up rather than as a list of the cars it suits.

We repair it at component level, working on the original unit you post to us. Each part of that record does a different job when you come to check your own unit, and the sections that follow take them one at a time.

What the Fiesta RS1800 and its years can settle

The car and the dates are background. A 16-valve Fiesta RS1800 from 1992 or 1993 is consistent with this unit, and that is worth knowing before the unit comes out of the car.

What they cannot do is identify the unit. The record is too short to rule other cars in or out, so the label is what decides whether this is the right page.

Reading 92FB-12A650-DD off the label

On the label the number carries hyphens, 92FB-12A650-DD. Our table prints the same number without them, as 92FB12A650DD, so expect the two to look slightly different on screen.

Give most attention to the ending. DD is the ending this page lists, and a label with any other ending carries a different number, however closely the characters before it agree.

The heading above carries the SMO-270 name. The Ford number on the label is still the thing to match.

ALSO, the word after the number

ALSO is on record printed after 92FB-12A650-DD, and our table prints it in the same place. Use it to confirm the ending: DD followed by ALSO means your label and this page agree.

If one reads as expected and the other does not, go over both again letter by letter before you post anything. If neither matches, your number is not the one listed here, and the Ford EEC-IV page with the longer list sets out further Ford EEC-IV numbers.

Diagnosis, authorisation and the repair itself

Our engineers carry out every repair in our own UK workshop, on our own equipment, and no stage is subcontracted.

On arrival the unit is logged and inspected, tested electrically, then diagnosed against the fault you describe. We report what we find with an estimate, and chargeable work waits for your go-ahead.

The fault is put right at component level, under a microscope with temperature-controlled rework equipment, and the unit is not returned until it passes final testing. A 24-month warranty covers that repair.

Before the unit goes in the post

Repairs here run by post, for senders in every part of the UK. Before you pack yours, tell us on the Repair Form that the label reads DD and ALSO, and add the car, its year and how the engine behaved when the fault appeared.

A Ford engine ECU with another number may be in the Ford section of our engine ECU repairs. For other cars, go to engine ECU repairs for other vehicle makers.

The one number we list is below, printed as our table holds it, with ALSO after it.

Common part numbers associated with this type of unit