ECU's can be repaired, there are several places who could undertake the testing and if necessary the repair of the unit, i've had two Merc ECU's repaired sucessfully over the years with a saving of around £1200 on each unit.

BBA Reman is one that gets good feedback, has even impressed my MB indy, which is impressive in itself, i used a company on the Isle of Wight both times for mine, this was before i or he had heard of BBA.

The better repair shops will test the unit fully and if its not faulty won't fix it, obviously, and a very reasonable charge will be imposed for testing and carriage, but beware there are poor repair shops out there too as i found out, so be careful where the unit gets sent if this option is explored.

edit, just realised they've fixed it with a new unit @ £££, if i was you i'd ask for the old one back with a view to flogging it on via a certain online auction site, but i have a suspicion it will already have been 'disposed of'.

Edited by gordonbennet on 09/04/2016 at 08:30

Having spent a bit of time in the trade and seen a few "scares" and reading the "exclusions"... (They've all got them!)

I consider any aftermarket warranty to be so much expensive toilet paper,

Would only go for an extended manufacturers warranty.

Personally I now get rid of cars after warranty expires and don't buy any extensions.

I realise that not everyone can do this, but a car is now "white goods" with a finite service life and with modern electronics a potential minefield.

And what if water gets into the lovely ecu, not covered..

PD, have you or anyone you know personally used actronics please? or have you seen other presumably independant praise?

Many thanks for that pd.

Luckily i haven't needed the services of one of these shops for some years now, handy to have one that comes recommended in mind now i've been daft enough to say that.