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Toyota Trouble

T.F.S.B.I.G.W.S.
T.F.S.B.I.G.W.S. Posts: 309 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
edited 28 April 2010 at 7:55PM in Motoring
My Toyota Aygo went in for its fourth year service yesterday and I asked Toyotaworld to look at a flashing light on the dashboard - the airbag warning light.
Their diagnosis is that it needs a new Airbag ECU - £198 for supply and installation. They charged £34 (+ VAT) for the diagnosis as it, apparently, took half an hour (or part thereof I suppose) to investigate. In many years of motoring I have not been charged for such a diagnosis when completed with a service.
The Airbag ECU is not a wear and tear part and should surely last a lot longer than four years.
Has anyone had an Airbag ECU replaced - either in the Aygo or the equivalent Citroen or Peugot models?

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  • somech
    somech Posts: 624 Forumite
    you asked them to check something outside of the service shedule the charge is normal.

    try asking toyota for a goodwill gesture (with the recent bad press you never know)
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