Mother in law has a W plate 1.216v Agila. The engine management warning light is on. Local vauxhall dealer have said ECU needs replacing and identified fault code P0141. ECU is over =A3500. Anyone have any other suggestions before we go ahead?
Why does the dealer suggest the ECU is faulty? What is the actual code he is reading?
Tim..
yes do not let them replace it because the code P0141 is the lamba sensor in the exhaust under neith the car just behind the cat it should cost no more than about £85 to fix
P0141 code is: O2 Sensor Heater Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1 Sensor 2)
At this point I think naming and shaming the dealer in question would be good. If it is indeed just a sensor fault, advising somebody to replace the ECU is appalling practice, possibly even fraud.
cheers, clive
That reads like a standard OBD code and relates to the oxygen sensor.
I'd have it checked at a decent independant garage.
Maybe the O2 sensor is working but the sensor input on the ECU is knackered? - hopefully not, but it's the only way the VX dealer's diagnosis makes sense. I secoond dave's suggestion to ge tit chekced out at a decent independant first.
If it does turn out to be the ECU at fault, I've no doubt this Co can supply one cheaper.
Or maybe get Trading Standards to come with you to the independent then all go and revisit the main dealer...
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