Hi all,
A friend recently bought a Focus and was told by an HPI inspection that it was a class C write-off. Person she bought it off had just got it in an auction and sold it on.
She called the previous owner who said that the car ran fine, but occasionally would go into limp home mode. So, she took it to the main dealer for fault readouts. They said that their computer was not talking to the ECU and after agreeing to an inspection they said that the wiring to the dash for the readout was missing. (=A3500 for the inspection I think she said).
They also said that the only thing that they could find wrong is that the thermostat was not working so replaced it (=A3240).
These costs to me seem way off. So I'd like to gauge opinion in case she is being screwed over. I would expect that the inspection to why the ECU was not reporting to their computer would not warrant =A3500 and that a replacement thermostat should not be more than =A360 inc labour.
Another thing is that I wondered if perhaps the ECU fault connection is via the 3-pin plug as per Mk1 Mondeo rather than the connection they expected under the dash. But surely they would know?
I've no experience of the Focus so cannot help her out too much.
Any comments?
Cheers, Mark