Make a replacement or used engine computer work with your car, keys and immobilizer.
A failed engine computer from the dealer can be expensive and slow to arrive. A used or remanufactured unit is often the faster option — but it has to be matched to your vehicle first. Sask ECU & Airbag Services clones and programs replacement ECUs so they work with your car's keys, immobilizer and other modules.
Bring the vehicle, or the original and replacement modules. We read the original unit, test the replacement, transfer the data, then install and confirm the vehicle starts and runs with no stored faults. If the original can't be read, we'll explain the other options, such as key and immobilizer programming.
We work on domestic and Asian vehicles as well as BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Porsche and Land Rover.
Usually not by just plugging it in. The used ECU still holds the donor vehicle's VIN, immobilizer data and sometimes mileage, so the car may crank but not start. Cloning copies your original ECU's data onto the replacement so it works with your keys and other modules.
Programming loads software or a calibration onto a module. Cloning copies the full data from your original unit — VIN, immobilizer and adaptation data — onto an identical replacement unit so the car treats it as the original.
In many cases, yes. Water-damaged or burnt units can often still be read directly. Bring both the original and the replacement so we can check them.
Engine computers (ECU/ECM/PCM), transmission computers (TCU/TCM), airbag modules, and many body and instrument cluster modules, depending on the vehicle.