gregers

Hi, I have a 2007 TDCI Ghia galaxy with a very wet ECU unit from under the passenger seat, the problem started from water getting into the footweels from the sunroof drains being blocked. I have removed the unit and sourced a working second hand unit. As i understand it this unit controls the central locking etc but i now have no electrics on the car at all. When you put key in ignition there is nothing not even lights on dashboard and the clock is also out. Could it be blown fuses from the water inside the ECU and if so where should i start looking? Any help would be appreciated! Ant is this a mk3???if so isnt this still under warrenty of some kind???

well from whats been posted on here,the panel flashes for approx 15 seconds and this is meant to tell you that theres a problem i:e empty,now your panel doesnt flash probably means something else within the system is faulty.

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iirc they just twist off,they have little tabs on the grill and they usually break so you might need a dab of super glue.

after nearly a year and a half,PROBABLY NO :D

iirc the door cards have to be removed,do a search its been posted before.

maybe so,but iirc when ever a major repair is carried out on the air con,does it not have to be refilled and tested under pressure?.so if thats the case how can a garage hand the car back saying its working fine??,if the aircon doesnt work then it dont work,so surley the job hasnt been done correctley??.

if that doesnt give us all an excuse to do this i dont think nothing will,well done for highlighting this.

or kwik fit maybe they do a service of some kind for aircon,dunno how good they are,mixed reports on here about them,or try a local air con specalist.

i cannot believe that all these garages who are meant to be the experts continue to replace items and charge and do not seem to check the car is working correctlyhow do they get away with saying the cars are working when clearly there not?

im sure if you do a search its in here somewhere? are you sure its a 90bhp?i thought at that age it wouldve been a 115bhp model.i:e a vw pd engine.

big im assuming your compressor is u.s?i have 1 in my garage without the clutch plate :D :P if its of any use to you?

check the fuse board.

im surprised your having that much trouble in obtaining a new one?all i did was tell ford the age of the car and they said its either 2 or 4 pin switch,armed with the price from fords(which were bloody expensive) i phoned vw and they said the price was the same for the 2 or 4 pin iirc

yep tell the dealer theres no bloody chance your paying a penny towards any costs,and if they get nasty tell them there conning gits by throwing the problem at the aa warrenty.well thats what i would do.if your happy then fair play to you.

maybe maybe not, :D

just for info malc,the switch is only 8 quid odd at vw,fords want about 17 quid for the same thing and its made by vw/audi group.

probably not as much as you think as he was going down hill.

i must admit that was 1 of the main reasons i got rid of my zafira,i was always thinking the worst when they were in the back the seats are far to close to the rear door.

you know ive just had to look this up and it converts to nearly 112 mph,still its 1 way of checking to see if the cars working ok or not as the case maybe, ouch on the price zeps hopefully no more probs.

You could be right there Gregers but as far as I'm concerned, I don't care who picks up the tab as long as it's not me. I want to avoid getting stuck in between a "It's not our problem the dealer should pay" and a "it's not our problem the warranty should pay" turf war. i can appriciate what you are saying smitch,but once armed with some knowledge the dealer will not argue with the law(well they might but there be bloody stupid to, :) )i agree as long as it aint out of your pocket who cares,but as previously said i susspect the dealer knows what is wrong with the car and were hoping it wont come back to bite them on the arse,ME i would let it bite :) just for info you have 28 days(iirc)to list all problems with the car and notify the dealer to rectify faults.but plz check this out with the trading standards peeps.

check for fraid wires in the door(rubber boot/s)sounds like an electrical problem where the wires are shorting out. as i dont know what mk you have it could also be the main box under the passenger seat sitting in water???

thats because its a mainly a vw, ;) :)

dunno why you spoke to the warrenty peeps,iirc under the sale of goods act the suppyling dealer has to deal with the repairs.for the 1st 28 days its there problem,me thinks they are aware of the problems with the car and hope that the warrenty peeps will pick up the tab.

if you can hear the pump running then at least you wont have to have it repaired,but remember if you do there are intructions in the faqs on how to repair it yourself.