Paid for car repair but broke down again 1 mile later

rich13348

Strider590 wrote: »

Less dry solder, more fractured solder joint due to using lead free solder in one of the harshest environments you can exposed electronic devices to...... A car (extremes of heat, extremes of cold, humidity, electrical noise, etc).

Things like ABS and EPAS controllers are "safety critical" and allowed to use SN/PB solder, but not the engine ECU (unless it has direct overriding control of safety critical items).

There's a well respected aerospace electronics engineer (who's name escapes me) that once said that the day they start putting RoHS compliant parts in aircraft is the last time he gets on a plane.

Unless people start licking lead solder there is no harm to people using lead solder on anything not related to drinking water.
And if people do start licking solder joints they should get what they deserve.

jimmylad007

Marktheshark wrote: »

Get rid quick.
Dry solder syndrome, unless they have replaced the full ECU, this could get very expensive shortly.

I've had it professionally reconditioned with all joints re-done. The guys said they see the same problem all the time with this model.