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Old 15th January 2018, 07:53 PM
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I spent a nearly a year chasing my tail with EPB issues, I swapped the ECU for a used "good" one, chased wiring, banged my head against a brick wall.

I got to the stage of buying a couple of litres of unleaded and a box of matches, but decided out of desperation to buy a new ECU from the local dealer, cost a few hundred quid but worth every penny.

I uded the petrol in my lawn mower and kept the matches dry for another day

Never saw the issue again, not sure if it re-occurred but mechanico-lee would know!

FWIW and from memory the motor each side is driven by a TRIAC in the ECU, which when too much power is put through them then overheat and die a slow death. As it happens, a failing motor draws enough current to cause this, especially if not replaced quickly. I think some opened up the ECU and replaced the faulty components, I suspect others replace and then out their old "good" ones on ebay
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