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That's good news then.this ecu is for airbag and not eng
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That's good news then.this ecu is for airbag and not eng
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Yes. And sorry for the delay in replying!Nirvanauk did it do the trick
Nice work if you can get it.Mine's been on for a while now (2004 renault master) renault forums suggest a dealer as ordinary tester wont even bring up the codes,local garage connected their Snap-on tester it brought up open circuit codes suggested probably the clock spring also.I'll get round to it when I get back.costs:
£44.50 to test
£85.00 to flash (which may not solve your problem)
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Ouch, A bit more than two bob. I was lucky and got mine done under warranty.the latest up date all wiring all ok
so it looks like a new ecu ouch £400-26p
Under the seat it would only be the wires for the seat belt warning, the air bag on the drivers side is in the top of the steering column and under the dash on the passenger side. Not advisable to play around with air bags unless you fully understand them and know what you are doing otherwise it can result in serious injury.
Steering wheel ribbon a likely culprit!
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Oh dear! you are destined to learn the hard wayI bought one off eBay for our Smart car. It cost me £30 less than a new one. After I'd removed the old one I thought I'd take a look at it out of curiosity and found that the cover screw, which was hidden under 'don't tamper glue', also connected the unit to earth. It was loose so I tightened it & cured the problem. Incidentally no resetting was needed once the ECU was functional again.
As for dangerous: well they are if you are less intelligent than the parts-changer that passes for a motor engineer these days. It isn't rocket science - just disconnect the starter battery whilst working on the airbag circuitry.
Taken directly from the Smart car service manual as it happens. There are other precautions mentioned - mainly about no-one being in the vehicle when the battery is re-connected - but nothing else. The airbag contains a detonator which requires an electrical impulse to trigger it and it did occur to me that there might be instructions about leaving time for any capacitors to discharge. But there wasn't: just a simple instruction to disconnect the battery. I've no doubt that there is more information about handling and storage but as I wasn't doing either I fail to see why what I wrote constitutes " the most dangerous advice ever given" ?Oh dear! you are destined to learn the hard way
This must qualify as the most dangerous advice ever given
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