Bosch ECU Repairs

Bosch ECU Repair

As the industry leader in engine ECU manufacturing, Bosch produce sophisticated control modules for most vehicle manufacturers. Despite this, quality assurance standards are difficult to maintain during mass production, making failure a common reoccurrence.

When your Bosch engine ECU fails, you may experience performance issues like misfires or cutting out, as well as various warning lights. As this module controls all things engine-related, these symptoms won’t go away until the Bosch ECU has been repaired or replaced.  

Don’t worry, we rebuild a huge range of Bosch engine ECUs for most makes and models. We’ll charge a fraction of the price of a new unit, cover you with lifetime warranty and only take 2-3 working days.

This isn’t just a quick repair of your Bosch ECU either. We’ll completely rebuild it, which involves a total internal rework to eliminate recurring faults or manufacturing defects. We even use higher-than-OEM-standard components to further enhance the long-term durability of your unit.

Bosch produce a huge range of engine ECUs, find popular ones we often rebuild below. If you can’t find your control module, check out our full product range.

EDC17C60 Bosch engine ECUEDC17C60

The Bosch EDC17C60 is a widely used engine control module fitted to Peugeot, Citroen, and Vauxhall 1.6L diesel vehicles (DV6 FC/FD/FE engines). This ECU is known to fail and prevent engine start and diagnostic communication with the ECU.

Common Faults:

  • No start
  • No communication with ECU

Fault Codes:

Affected Vehicles:

  • Citroen Berling, C3, C4 Cactus, C4 Picasso, Dispatch, DS3 (2014-21)
  • Peugeot 208, 2008, 308, 3008, 5008, Expert, Partner (2012-19)
  • Toyota Proace (2016-19)
  • Vauxhall Combo, Crossland, Grandland (2017-19)

 

MEVD17-25 Bosch engine ECUMEVD17-25

This engine ECU is commonly fitted to post-2011 BMW 1 Series vehicles. Failure is often caused by an internal circuit overload as a result of short circuits. This is known to cause significant misfires.

Common Faults:

  • Engine misfire
  • Loss of power

Fault Codes:

  • 140001 - Misfire Several Cylinders Fuel Injection Is Switched Off
  • 140010 – Misfire Multiple Cylinders Detected
  • 140101 - Misfire Cylinder 1 Injection Shut Down
  • 140110 – Misfire Cylinder 1
  • 140201 - Misfire Cylinder 2 Fuel Injection Is Switched Off
  • 104210 – Misfire Cylinder 2 Detected
  • 150102 - Ignition Cylinder 1 Combustion Time Too Short
  • 150202 – Ignition Cylinder 2

Affected Vehicles:

  • BMW 114i, 116i, 118i, 316i (2011-15)

EDC17CP44 Bosch engine ECUEDC17CP44

These control units are very commonly seen on 3L diesel Audi Q7s (2010-15) and prevent the vehicle from starting when they malfunction.

Common Faults:

  • No start
  • Misfiring
  • Cutting out
  • Engine light on

Fault Codes:

  • P214900 – Fuel Injector Group B Supply Voltage
  • P214600 – Fuel Injector Group A Supply Voltage Open Circuit
  • P020100 – Cylinder 1 Injector Circuit
  • P020200 – Cylinder 2 Injector Circuit
  • P020300 – Cylinder 3 Injector Circuit
  • P020400 – Cylinder 4 Injector Circuit
  • P020500 – Cylinder 5 Injector Circuit
  • P020600 – Cylinder 6 Injector Circuit

Affected Vehicles:

  • Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, Q5, Q7 (2010-15)
  • Porsche Cayenne (2011-16)
  • Volkswagen Touareg (2011-16)

EDC17C46-2.5 Bosch engine ECUEDC17C46-2.5

This Engine ECU can often be found on the 2.0 Passat TDI. Water ingress caused by a vehicle design flaw inevitably causes this ECU serious damage, which eventually prevents the engine from starting.

Common Faults:

  • Cutting out
  • No start
  • No communication

Affected Vehicles:

  • Volkswagen Passat (2009-15)

MEVD17.2.3 Bosch engine ECUMEVD17.2.3

You’ll typically find this control module causing issues for petrol Mini Cooper and post-2015 1 Series vehicles. When it fails, the engine will misfire and force the vehicle into limp mode.

Common Faults:

  • Rough running - misfires
  • Limp mode

Fault Codes:

  • 140001 – Misfire Several Cylinders Fuel Injection is Switched Off
  • 140010 – Misfire Multiple Cylinders Detected
  • 140301 – Misfire Cylinder 3 Fuel Injection is Switched Off
  • 140201 – Misfire Cylinder 2 Fuel Injection is Switched Off
  • 140210 – Combustion Misfire Cylinder 2 Detected
  • 140310 – Combustion Misfire Cylinder 3 Detected
  • 140410 – Combustion Misfire Cylinder 4 Detected
  • 150302 – Ignition Cylinder 3: Combustion Time Too Short

Affected Vehicles:

  • BMW 116i, 118i, 218i, 318i (2015-20)
  • Mini Cooper, One (2014-18)

MEV17.4 Bosch engine ECUMEV17.4

This Peugeot 207 engine ECU commonly causes an ‘anti-pollution fault’ message to appear on the dash when it malfunctions. This may even be accompanied by coolant temperate sensor failure, causing the cooling fan to constantly run.

Common Faults:

  • ‘Anti-pollution’ warning message
  • Overheating warning light
  • Cooling fan running
  • Misfires
  • Irregular engine idling

Fault Codes:

  • P0599 – Thermostat Heater Control Circuit – Short Circuit To Positive
  • P0135 – Oxygen Sensor Heater Malfunction – (Bank1, Sensor 1)
  • P0031 – Oxygen Sensor Heater Control Circuit Low – (Bank 1, Sensor 1)
  • P0141 – Oxygen Sensor Heater Circuit Malfunction – (Bank 1, Sensor 2)
  • P0958 – Controlled Thermostat Control – Short Circuit To Earth
  • P0037 – Oxygen O2 Sensor Heater Control Circuit Low – (Bank 1, Sensor 1)
  • P2237 – Oxygen Sensor Positive Current Control Circuit
  • P0014 – Exhaust Camshaft Dephasing Fault Coherence

Affected Vehicles:

  • Citroen C3 Picasso, C4, DS3 (2008-11)
  • Peugeot 207, 308 (2007-11)

ME17.3.0 Bosch engine ECUME17.3.0

You’ll find this Bosch ECU fitted to 1.4L Fiat 500 vehicles. Failure causes significant running issues and misfire-related codes will store.

Common Faults:

  • Rough running
  • Misfire-related fault codes

Fault Codes:

  • P0300 – Multiple Misfires
  • P0301 – Misfire Cylinder 1

Affected Vehicles:

  • Fiat 500, Tipo (2009-21)
  • Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2014-19)

EDC16U1 Bosch engine ECUEDC16U1

This control module is a common head ache for many diesel Volkswagen and Audi A3 owners. Unit failure causes intermittent to permanent non-start conditions, without illuminating any warning lights!

Common Faults:

  • Intermittent to complete non-start
  • No communication with engine ECU
  • No EML

Affected Vehicles:

  • Audi A3 (2004-08)
  • Skoda Octavia (2004-10)
  • Volkswagen Caddy, Golf, Phaeton, Touran, Touareg, Transporter (2002-10)

MED17.2 Bosch engine ECUMED17.2

This Mini Cooper engine ECU also fails as a result of internal component failure. This typically creates running issues for the 1.6L petrol engines they’re responsible for managing. It’ll also cause the engine management light (EML) to come on.

Common Faults:

  • No start
  • No communication with the engine ECU
  • Misfires
  • Loss of power
  • Engine cutting out
  • Limp mode
  • Engine light on

Fault Codes:

  • 2BD3 – Monitoring Power Supply 2 CY230 / Power Supply For Sensor 2 Power Supply Not Within Range
  • 2BD4 – Monitoring Power Supply 3 CY320 / Power Supply For Sensor 3 Power Supply Not Within Range
  • 2BD0 – DME Internal Failure
  • 2B0B - Throttle Valve Position Sensor 1/2 Faulty
  • 2B02 - Throttle Valve Position Sensor 1 Faulty
  • 2B06 - Throttle Valve Position Sensor 2 Faulty
  • 2848 - Fuel Pressure Sensor Faulty
  • P0641 – Sensor A Open Circuit

Affected Vehicles:

  • Mini Cooper (2006-13)

ME7.3.1 Bosch engine ECUME7.3.1

This Alfa Romeo 147 engine ECU is another commonly failing unit. Engine issues like cutting out and misfires are common with this malfunction, as well as eventual non-start conditions.

Common Faults:

  • No start
  • Cutting out
  • Misfires
  • Engine light on
  • Unable to communicate with engine ECU

Affected Vehicles:

  • Alfa Romeo 147, 156, GT (2001-08)

Test and rebuild:

All Bosch engine ECUs are rigorously tested on state-of-the art testing rigs before and after being rebuilt. We only use components of the highest-standard, to ensure your control module is returned to working order for good.

 

Programming:

All programming information previously stored in your Bosch engine ECU will be preserved throughout our process, meaning you can return it straight to your vehicle once we’re done.

 

Quality:

We take quality seriously. This is exemplified by our proud defect rate of just 0.49%, which has helped us become the chosen provider of remanufacturing services for automotive specialists worldwide.

 

Warranty:

Lifetime unlimited mileage*

 

How do I get my Bosch engine ECU rebuilt?

To pay for the rebuild click the Shop Now link above, select your part number and click: Get yours rebuilt.

Print the payment/booking confirmation email.

Package the engine ECU inside a sturdy box with plenty of packaging material (make sure you include your confirmation email in the box).

Send us your package by tracked courier (the shipping instructions are on the confirmation email).

Once received we will test, rebuild and return your ECU with an unlimited mileage lifetime warranty. (if your unit turns out not to be faulty then we will refund your payment less a small testing fee and return shipping)

 

What if I don’t want to pay up front?

This is not a problem, if you prefer this option then follow the following steps:

Fill in and submit this test form.

Print the booking confirmation email.

Package the control module inside a sturdy box with plenty of packaging material (make sure you include your confirmation email in the box).

Send us your package by tracked courier (the shipping instructions are on the confirmation email).

Once received, we will test your ECU and call you to advise on the outcome of testing, if your unit is faulty and you choose to go ahead with the rebuild then we will take payment over the phone using a debit/credit card.

We will then rebuild your unit and return it to you with an unlimited mileage warranty.

If you require further information regarding this Bosch ECU rebuild then please contact us.