hi guys i think i know the answer to this one before i start but i just want to confirm...

the little darling has cut out twice on me this morning once was only a momentary drop in electrical power on a relatively bumpy road doing 50mph on Cruise Control, no warnings or lights but i noticed the rev needle jumping back up. the other was doing 30-40mph and it died with ASR, Loose Connection warnings flashing up... had to cycle the ignition to get her to run again :'( (i never managed to get to a stop, so didnt fire the starter motor) there posibly was other warnings but my MIL was on due to a lambda/cat issue and my Airbag light is on as i have sent my emulator off for diag.

after fixing my laptop and installing MES i have the following DTC
U1702:- Can Network (NCM - NGE)

NCM Engine Control Node
NGE Electric Steering Node

is this a common DTC that appears when the ECU takes a funny?
should i be looking to get it repaired? (i do have a spare ECU that needs re-virginising)
is there anywhere you guys can recommend here in the UK for repair/virginising or will i have to ship it off to our dutch friend?

also i dont know if this is right, i know there was an update for the Firmware on the ECU. has mine had it done or not?

I'm guessing you've already ruled out the obvious, faulty battery, bad connections as they both cause weird and wonderful errors that could make you think your ECU is failing.

Give these a try ..
http://www.ecutesting.com/ecu_testing__exchange___repair.html

:bang: BATTERY

damn it... Cheers Stu!

I was going to say that statistically, an ECU failure is really unlikely. Far more likely to be a connection problem...

-Alex

your ecu has already the updated software - the cutting-out problems of the 1.6 Stilo's ecu are well known and due to the location on top of the engine.
I can revirginise your spare ecu if you can't find a supplier in the UK (but will cost you 2x shipping costs to/from NL) - you should consider relocating the ecu towards the battery compartment to avoid similar problems in the future.

alexGS said:

I was going to say that statistically, an ECU failure is really unlikely. Far more likely to be a connection problem...

-Alex

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in most cases you are right, in case of a 1.6 Stilo this is most likely an ecu failure....

yellowstilo said:

in most cases you are right, in case of a 1.6 Stilo this is most likely an ecu failure....

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Thanks for the advice. We don't have 1.6 Stilos in NZ, probably why I'd never known of an ECU failure... so it's handy to know

-Alex