andlid Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 A generous offer there Mark +1 Good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRigby Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thanks Mark! The dealer are actually being very good about it. They suspect ECU failure so are getting another 350z in tomorrow to swap the ECU over to see if this cures it. If it does they are going to persue Nissan UK for the cost of the repair (car is 3 weeks out of warranty). I still feel they have jumped to a conclusion and if I hadn't of suspected NATS failure I would have done the tests myself, I dont believe they have checked all feeds into the ECU with a multimeter against the workshop procedure. When I asked if they had checked the IPDM they looked puzzled, so to come out and say its 100% the ECU is not good. I'll have to wait and see! I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRigby Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 I have been to see the dealer this morning. The inside of my car was in bits, they have stripped everything on the dash. This gets better.... When I spoke to the engineer he told me they may have found the cause last night - a fuse had gone in the IPDM module! They are going to put my car back together today and try it. Where do I now stand in refusing to pay for the labour in stripping my car and them telling me its '100% the ECU' etc? When all along it was a fuse! I've looked in the service manual and one of the first thing it tells the technician is to check the components in the IPDM before anything else. How would you guys proceed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 By being very polite. Honestly, they're completely in the wrong to charge you much more than a couple of hours labour for this, so if they give you a bill for £200+ then I'd simply say that you don't feel you should, and what would they do if they were in your shoes? Truth is they sound like a decent place anyway if they were going to start chasing Nissan for you as you're only just out of warranty, so just be polite to them and I'm sure they'll do the right thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRigby Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Yeah, thats what I think and i've been very good with them so far. It gets a bit frustrating sometimes when I have to ring or call in to let that know what I think is wrong. I'll see how they get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky370z Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 i'm very interested in how this turns out!! hope all goes well mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRigby Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Car is now back and all working again. Diagnosis found that a connector to the IDPM box had worked loose and needed to be reconnected! Total cost was £154 which I do feel reasonable considering they have had the car 4 days. Even though for some parts I had to babysit them well done to Chorley Nissan for sorting this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie34 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Good result Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 More than reasonable, glad you got it all sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky370z Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 happy days mate!!! good result!!! its not too bad paying £150 better than £1700!! nice one!! Sparky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R35LEE Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Told you to check all connectors £154 is very good from Nissan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Good result in the end, glad it wasnt too costly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 good result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 a result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Good result but a bit worrying that a connector should work lose, car connectors are normally a bugger to shift if never disconnected before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 nice one - good job you were prepared to stick your oar in a bit though - well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Great result Andy. I would consider that pretty fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 deadly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_Patmore Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I know this is a REALLY old thread, but just wanted to say cheers to Andy for posting about it. I just had the exact problem so ended up stripping out my ipdm and there was corresion on the connectors. Cleaned them all up, plugged back in and she's back working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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