Hi,

I had the misfortune to lose battery power and, following a single journey, the 'two strikes and you're out' philosophy' of Nissan cut in and the car became immobilised. Neither I or the AA could bring it back to life so I sent it to the Nissan delaer in Northampton to sort it. They spent five days with the car and eventually reported that the EPS module within the power steering assembly was not responding on start up and the error code suggested a dead electronics module. Their solution was a new assembly at £1,500 including fitting, maybe more than half the current value of the car.

A solution would be to get a recon unit fitted (cost around £200 plus fitting) but, obviously, the dealer would not touch such a solution. My question is whether a recon unit would automatically communicate with the rest of the car electronics without the intervention of dealer-type diagnostics. Another niggling worry is that this fault is hiding one or more other faults in the NATS system. I should hate to have to return to the dealer and again be at his mercy.

Any comments, experience or advice would be welcome.

Tonymcc