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My Toyota Celica(new type - 2000YR) has just failed its MOT, because of a faulty ECU. The dealership is quoting £870 to replace and fit a new one. I was hoping to sell the car, which has been faultless till this problem and don't want to spend this money unless I have too? Does anyone have any advice? There are lots of companies on the web offering replacement ECU...should I go for one of those? Any help - much appreciated. Cheers, Jim.
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Go for a repair of your present ECU. There are quite a few companies offering this service - BBA-Reman and ATP are the best known.
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PS - many of these companies offer a test facility to verify the fault before replacement. Lots of 'faulty' ECU's are actually OK, it turns out to be connectors, wiring or sensor problems.
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Wise words from Aprilia, also, you might want to contact these people, who are Toyota specialists:
www.fensport.co.uk/parts.htm
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Was the fault light on or any symtoms with the car or did the MOT pick up a gases emmisions problem and just blame the ecu. Regards Peter
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Just curious - does anyone know how much a typical car ECU costs to make? I'd reckon less than five pounds, probably less than one pound. I'm basing this on the cost of computer chips. Am I way off?
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I was going to suugest asking on: www.celica-club.co.uk but it seems to be down just now - not sure how long it has been like that.
I used to browse it every couple of months and I seem to recall that they owners used to drive a fair bit to go to a friendly dealer contact.
Try google with 'celica club shutty' first result - make sure you select the 'cached' option.
Hope this helps. If that doesn't help you may be able to get one from a damaged car being broken up at a scrapyard. Maybe even ebay?
Let us all know if you get a result with this.
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all wise words but i think Peter D has the answer here.
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\"a little man in a big world/\"
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Not sure where you are but a very good 'main dealer alternative' in Essex is Westfield Motors of Rayleigh. They seem to know everything about Toyotas.
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