Airbag warning light 2017 Fiat Ducato

The airbag warning light has just come on my 2017 Fiat Ducato based motorhome. I see it is a fairly common fault from a Mobilvetta owners group. It appears there are a few firms in the UK, Crash Data etc where you can send the ecu to be fixed re set. Has anyone had the same problem in Ireland and how did you get it fixed?

I have a contact who can sort that out in Co Wexford, he is aware of a fault particularly in motorhomes, if the battery has run down because of lack of use, and the unit looses it's memory, in case that's not the reason, he would like to know what the fault code is saying, and would prefer to have the vehicle on site in order to clear the fault codes and make sure its working correctly when reinstalled, cost is approx €200.

This is exactly the reason why this forum needs to stay

OK so, if I may ask?, what year is your big white box, what was at fault and what did they replace that solved it and at what cost

I've a 2018 model and got Crash Data to reset it, great service. Pm gone to you there

About the beginning of April last year, I was taking the van out for a drive. While going around a roundabout, the fault appeared again. This time the light didn't go out. I had the battery replaced just in case that would help, it didn't, the mechanic told me there was nothing wrong with my battery. Taking advice on the forum , I contacted Crash data, they told me they were very busy and couldn't guarantee a fast turnaround, I was going to France and my ferry was only a week away, so I decided to just put up with the warning light until I came home. I sent the ecu to Crash data on Monday afternoon, got an email on Tuesday lunchtime saying the unit was fixed and had been dispatched, I received it back on Wednesday and it was back in the van less than 48 hours after it had been removed. I think the total cost was about 90 pounds including postage. A great service.

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Have used this guy before and he is great, just take the ecu unit out front under the centre console, it is literally a 5min job post it off, and within 2 to 3 days you have it back again for something like £50 odd pounds or so, also you can contact yhem via phone first if you are not sure, 100% highly recommend them

So after dithering for a while I decided to take out the airbag ecu Yesterday and I have sent it to Northern Autotech in the UK.
I watched a YouTube video on how to remove the ecu which is located behind the engine battery towards the centre console.
The video made it look easy, disconnect the battery, undo three nuts, unplug two connectors!!! Simple.

To be honest if you are a contortionist with the hands of a five year old it would be simple. But bits of trim, matting, centre console and lying between the front seats and having to use a spanner as I couldn’t get to the nuts with a ratchet made a 5 minute job take 20. Still not bad.

So I post it to Northern Autotech, they can hopefully fix it, price to be determined by them when they know what they need to do. Then I’m having it shipped to Address Pal and forwarded here.

Northern Autotech wouldn’t post back to ROI they said they’d ship to NI or I could arrange a courier.

The ECU will cost me more with the double VAT and 10% custom duty. Which I could have saved if I had sent to NI and forwarded here. But I didn’t want to inconvenience anyone else.

Hopefully I’ll get it back next week. I’m already looking forward to re fitting it.

I got my Airbag Ecu back from Northern Autotech yesterday, they had it for 2 weeks. Cost to fix £110 plus £10 postage (to a UK address) plus vat £24. Then I used address pal to forward from the UK to here £6.50 then an extra €34.60 customs, Vat and a post fee.

Good point, it is fixed.
Bad points, their prices have risen quite a bit from previous years. Also they were a lot slower than their website indicates.

I am now aware there are one or two options to get the same service in Ireland.