how much for genuine ecu

[Adam 182]

a friend of my girlfrend has just had to have a new ecu for her 1.2 04 clio. the garage charged her £850 for the part and fitting! i couldnt believe how much this was! looked on ebay and they are going for £160 brand new!

has she been robbed?

 

[Jay Payne]

Does the one on ebay come with fitting, coding and diagnostic time?

 

[Adam 182]

it didnt say anything about that! seemed like a propper seller though. had ecu's for lots of cars along with other parts.

 

[Fred@BTM]

a new ecu? are you sure it even needed one?

 

[Dangerous_dave]

a friend of my girlfrend has just had to have a new ecu for her 1.2 04 clio. the garage charged her £850 for the part and fitting! i couldnt believe how much this was! looked on ebay and they are going for £160 brand new!

has she been robbed?

Does a bear s**t in the wood's?

 

[Adam 182]

a new ecu? are you sure it even needed one?

i thought the same fred. she was driving along and suddenly the car just died! nothing at all. like the battery was dead. didnt no an ecu could just go like that but im no mechanic.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'm yet to see an ecu failure on a clio

most likley to happen on the 1.2 16v though as its above the f**king exhaust manifold LOL

 

[Jay Payne]

it can but ive been in the trade for 16 years and i can count the number of failed ecu's ive seen on one hand (of all manufacturer)

 

[sideways danny]

Seen a few old 8bit ECUs fail but normally down to mis treatment and not normal use. Only failure of a renault ECU i know of was Schweppys 182

 

[Brett]

Sounds like she's been had. There are loads of 1.2 16vs at breakers yards etc she could have got an ecu off or ebay as you said.

Hence why I'd never let my mum or gf (if she had a car) go to a garage alone.