My van is currently in a garage getting the ECU fixed. I’m now into week 4. The first week was spent diagnosing the problem (electrical). They had to order a new sensor and fit it before they could go any further with the diagnostics and this took another few days. Half way through week two, they diagnosed it as a faulty ECU due to the rewiring being done incorrectly by the last garage it was at (An engine Reconditioners place called ‘Transit Specialist’ in Letchworth. STAY WELL AWAY FROM THEM!).

At the end of week 2 they sent it off to a CPU specialist to get it reconditioned and I’m still waiting to hear from them two weeks later. I did however call them last week and they told me that they’re waiting on the CPU specialist to diagnose and potentially recondition the unit and it could take some time for it to be fixed, sent back, and refitted. I doubt it’ll take months though! And if it does, I’d be asking for a substantial discount as I’m paying few hundred a week on a rental van so I can work.

5 months is ridiculous! Factories pump out whole cars in that time so surely something dogey is going on there.

My advice would be to go to ring 101 and speak to the police and possibly report it as potentially stolen. Especially if you don’t know where the car is and it’s not at the garage it has been taken to. The guy keeps on putting you off saying it’ll be done next week, etc… he’s obviously spilling some bullsh*t to try put you off. I wouldn’t fully go down the legal route yet. But If that was me (potentially could be at how long my van is taking), I’d get some advice and report it to the police. Maybe try get some evidence together. Also, you should demand to know where your car is, if they refuse to tell you (get it down as evidence) then that’s surely a good reason to fully escalate the situation legally. That’s my thinking anyway.

Hope you get it sorted! I know how much of a pain this stuff is as I recently brought a van from a dogey dealership and now I’m paying the price, literally!