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bryonymae

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• Sep 10, 2015

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I'm back again with yet more problems...I'm still a learner driver.. I purchased my car around four months ago for £900 I've already replaced the coils, leads and spark plugs...everything was fine for a few weeks and suspension snapped..so I got that fixed too. Everything was fine for another few weeks and as I was driving the other week my steering went really hard and I couldn't turn...later on that day my engine light came on as well as my power steering light... I finally took it to a garage where they said I need a new ECU and a new power steering column and got quoted £700 ... I'm now in a dilemma...do I spend 700 pound on the car to get it fixed.. Is that price roughly about right? Do I get rid before next mot?

Here are the codes I received from a diagnostics test.. Any help or advice I will be so greatfull of..thank you!

Engine: p0351 ignition coil circuit
Power steering : c1005 steering column motor torque position sensors

 

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• Sep 10, 2015

• #2

700 squid for sensor and which ecu? still a joke tho, you can get used sensor or whole steering column with sensor attached for pocket change, not that hard to replace, if you go some basic tools

this is for hgt but its same for 1.2

https://www.fiatforum.com/punto-mk2...eplace-pas-column-punto-mk2-hgt-part-2-a.html

 

PuntoHowTo

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• Sep 10, 2015

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Don't replace the steering column.

Take the motor out turn the shaft of the motor and put it back in.

Takes about 10 minutes and is fairly successful

 

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alan01256

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• Sep 19, 2015

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I've replaced the whole steering column for £145, on an exchange basics.


Quite a simple DIY job if your good with the spanners.


You don't say which ECU needs changing. The car has a central ECU that controls engine management but the steering has its own ECU.


The remanufactured unit I used came complete, ECU, motor all recalibrated.

 

multipete

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• Sep 20, 2015

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AndyRKett,how much do you turn the motor by,and what does this do??

 

carpy321

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• Sep 20, 2015

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Try just the motor that's what I did

 

Ziggy122

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• Sep 20, 2015

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C1005 is the fatal code for power steering failure

The low battery and motor issue is just as common failures, but when the car is failing to see the torque sensor - it gets painful...

These aren't replaceable units either
it becomes a whole coloumn

Ziggy

 

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• Sep 20, 2015

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You can still get It a lot cheaper then you think!

 

puntofan01

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• Sep 20, 2015

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Ziggy122 said:

C1005 is the fatal code for power steering failure

The low battery and motor issue is just as common failures, but when the car is failing to see the torque sensor - it gets painful...

These aren't replaceable units either
it becomes a whole coloumn

Ziggy

Click to expand...

That happened to my mk2b.