soccerdude92
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- 2001 Mazda Protege MP3
TL;DR - ECU died, dealer wants $1200 + labor to fix, can I do this myself?
Driving my car one day, it just shut off. Got it towed to a mechanic. He says the temp gauge still maxed after a few days, nothing else seems wrong with the car, just won't start, so it's probably a bad ECU or the wiring, but he couldn't fix it. I got it towed to a mazda dealership. They said the same thing, probably need a new ECU, but they quoted me $1200 for one, plus labor. They also said, if it was wiring, it would probably be a couple thousand just in labor to fix.
I know I could get an ECU online for probably about $200 - how easy is it to replace? Or does it require some programming or something that I can't do myself?
Thanks!
Driving my car one day, it just shut off. Got it towed to a mechanic. He says the temp gauge still maxed after a few days, nothing else seems wrong with the car, just won't start, so it's probably a bad ECU or the wiring, but he couldn't fix it. I got it towed to a mazda dealership. They said the same thing, probably need a new ECU, but they quoted me $1200 for one, plus labor. They also said, if it was wiring, it would probably be a couple thousand just in labor to fix.
I know I could get an ECU online for probably about $200 - how easy is it to replace? Or does it require some programming or something that I can't do myself?
Thanks!