We were on our way to Avon Bank Meadows and the Airbag ECU failed again. The warning lights were flashing along with the seat belt warning lights. They all went out , then came on and eventually settled with just the airbag warning light remaining on.
We carried onto the campsite. I rang Crash Data who repair the modules by resetting them and I explained what had happened.
We came to the conclusion that the ECU module was beyond repair. I explained that we were away but they said they did not need the broken unit because they already had the data to set up a new unit for our van. They would do that ready for when they received the payment.
When we got home the following weekend, I sent them the payment on Sunday. I received a brand new 2023 unit the following Tuesday, preset for our motorhome so I only had to swap it with the old unit.
Apparently after reading forums etc the 2016/17 units are not very reliable after a few years. Fiat have updated the unit several times and I have just received the latest unit dated February 2023, so hopefully it will go on for years, at £300+ it needs to.
This is the third time I have done this exercise so it only took me 25 minutes and everything was back and working.🤞🏻
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