Power steering light on dash

Russ59 · Post by **Russ59** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:38 pm

firebobby wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:51 pm
Russ59 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:30 am
firebobby wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:06 pm My car did this last year and it turned out to be the ECU on the motor. I removed it and sent it away to ECU testing, they did there magic and once re fitted...my steering was back to normal

How much was the cost of repair??
I think it was around the £300 mark. I had no power steering and the sports button didn't work.
You can remove the motor without taking the column out, if it is the ECU ?

Not got my car back yet but had a call from my mechanic this morning saying ecu testing are rebuilding my unit and it’s costing me £550 including my mechanics labour all in.
Does it need programming to the car once fitted, if so is that a BMW job?

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:03 pm

Russ59 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:38 pm
firebobby wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:51 pm
Russ59 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:30 am

How much was the cost of repair??
I think it was around the £300 mark. I had no power steering and the sports button didn't work.
You can remove the motor without taking the column out, if it is the ECU ?

Not got my car back yet but had a call from my mechanic this morning saying ecu testing are rebuilding my unit and it’s costing me £550 including my mechanics labour all in.
Does it need programming to the car once fitted, if so is that a BMW job?

No programming required, just plug and play.

£200ish for labour is pretty good too, I saved that and put up with the contortion tricks

Russ59 · Post by **Russ59** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:36 pm

Had a call from my mechanic today to say he had replaced my steering motor and guess what...NO CHANGE

so he’s had to take it off again and send it back to be checked over again. Ecu testing diagnosed the fault in the first place so I don’t know what the problem is

AaronMaguire · Post by **AaronMaguire** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:24 pm

Did you get the EPS issue sorted?

Russ59 · Post by **Russ59** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:01 pm

AaronMaguire wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:24 pm Did you get the EPS issue sorted?

Yes, came back fine after sending it back.
All worked good after.

AaronMaguire · Post by **AaronMaguire** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:40 pm

That’s great news.
I’ve just changed my suspension and lowered the car and have the same issue.
Fuses are all intact. It seems coincidental that it would fail immediately after changing the suspension

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