Ecu Under Front Passenger Seat

[mint]

:) Can it get even worse. Since posting the last item about the water pump the ECU under the passenger seat has begun to constantly click like e relay. There is a relay next to it but thats fine, its the ECU itself. Any ideas anyone.

 

I'll have built the bloody thing from scratch in a bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anadin]

depending on what work you have done it may need to relearn the system if you havn't disconnected the battery then try it ,this resets the ecu, if you have , try taking it for a drive it may settle, ive never had one tick though :)

[mint]

It must control the central locking etc as i cant lock the car now!! I discontected the battery before any work was carried out. I have disconected it again and left it for half an hour but when connected the clicking starts again. Think i'm gonna write a film."A CAR NAMED S#*T.

[Andrew T]

Sometime in 98 the ECU was moved up behind the Fascia, and according to a recent posting so was the locking control unit, so you should have both or neither!

[mint]

The unit is definately under the seat, its says "contr asy-r/contr LK & LK alarm sys mn" if this helps.

[Vanbursta]

Yes it's knackered, mine went the same way. Look VERY carefully in the well under the seat and you may see signs of a "tide mark" where the water has been sitting. DONT buy one from Ford they are WAY to expensive, I bought my NEW one from Lynx Automotive in Nottingham (they supply only NEW units not recon and I am nothing to do with them, they just provided exellent service), Tel 01949 836362. They also come up on eBay occassionaly, although I would worry about using a unit pulled from a scrap car as it might have the same, or other faults.

 

When you refit it you will need to get Ford to reprogram it by plugging into WDS or your remote locking won't work, also when I did mine I drilled a hole in the floor and put an aerial cable grommit in it so if it does get flooded again the water will be able to drain and as a last measure I raised the control box up off the floor by mounting it on plastic stalks as per the photo (well actually they are Rawlplug wall fixings but who cares as long as they do the job!)

 

Good luck with it anyway.

 

This is the new drain hole, the blue stuff is paint that I used to coat the bare metal:-

 

And these are the "legs" I stood the unit on, I epoxied them to the floor and used expanding plastic rivets to mount the unit to them using the original mounting holes, looks a bit flimsy but in reality is steady as a rock now the epoxy has set:-

 

You can just see the plastic expanding rivets if you follow the plastic plug up to the top left of the photo.

[mint]

Thanks again vanbursta, looked on the website but no prices. How much did you get yours replaced for and how much did fraud charge to re programme?

[Vanbursta]

I got it for

[Guest 3.5bullet]

I got it for

[Vanbursta]

Yes you are correct, but I did get a lifetime warranty including any further water ingress (as I has the water problem fixed and could prove it) and full support if needed (I did need it as it happens and they were excellent).