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11 hours ago, Yorkshiremidge said:

@jtmattila You're welcome. Did ecu.eu confirm exactly what they do to repair them?

No, but I hope I will get some info after the repair. At least I will demand a detailed list of the repair.

It can't be that you send a component to be fixed and they will send it back with only explanation "repaired".

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    Thanks anyway. The gearlever gaiter was the one thing I did find on Youtube - but on the Fabia Mk3, that just gives access to the top of the selector and not to the electrical socket on the front of i

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    I've dug the gaiter off mine again, photographed the selector (see attached - which looks identical to the one in the YouTube video I linked to earlier in this thread as far as I can see), and sent th

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    In the absense of any corroboration on the need to modify the switch, I decided after measuring again and using a bit of Blue Tac, that it was fouling where I thought it was as per previous photos. S

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Sorry is someone able to share the details of the indy who fixed for £200? Getting silly quotes elsewhere

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8 minutes ago, TheCobraMan said:

Sorry is someone able to share the details of the indy who fixed for £200? Getting silly quotes elsewhere

Yeah you will, as most will quote for a new selector as that seems to be the official way to deal with it on a Fabia. I'll ping you a message on the garage who reckon to have done it cheap so if they are close to you, it might be worth giving them a call.

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On 01/11/2025 at 22:01, jtmattila said:

Thank you for the diagram.

I contacted ecu.eu and got a reply that they have a partner here in Finland, Autotronix.

Next step will be that I will get the refurbished selector, 6C1 713 025 AA, fitted to the car. Then I will send the other one to be fixed to autotronix.fi .

The current 6C1 713 041 C selector is giving hard time...if the fault is active, you can't lock the doors with key fob.

I've booked the selector replacement on the 15th Dec. I also will get the intake manifold, inlet passages and the fuel injectors cleaned.

The selector was replaced on Monday and it seems to work.

Sending the faulty on to ecu.eu.

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@jtmattila Sorry, I've lost the thread a bit on where you're up to with your selectors. Was the selector you have just had fitted, and appears to be working, the one that your auto electrician had a go at fixing back in September but you weren't that confident about because he hadn't actually found the switch, just some defective soldering?

2 hours ago, Yorkshiremidge said:

@jtmattila Sorry, I've lost the thread a bit on where you're up to with your selectors. Was the selector you have just had fitted, and appears to be working, the one that your auto electrician had a go at fixing back in September but you weren't that confident about because he hadn't actually found the switch, just some defective soldering?

Yes. No faults yet. The only problem with this fixed one is that moving the selector from P to D is a bit stiff.

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32 minutes ago, jtmattila said:

Yes. No faults yet. The only problem with this fixed one is that moving the selector from P to D is a bit stiff.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop. It will be interesting to see what ecu.eu do to fix the one you're sending off. At least that might give people an alternative repair option to mine, assuming they can arrange to dig their selector out the car and do without it for a little while.

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On 02/11/2025 at 10:31, jtmattila said:

No, but I hope I will get some info after the repair. At least I will demand a detailed list of the repair.

It can't be that you send a component to be fixed and they will send it back with only explanation "repaired".

On 01/11/2025 at 22:59, Yorkshiremidge said:

@jtmattila You're welcome. Did ecu.eu confirm exactly what they do to repair them?

"Your unit was succesfully repaired and tested. Fault cause: internal cause."

This was all I got... nevertheless now I have two working selectors.

And I have to say it was quite fast. I send out the selector 7th Jan and it arrived today, 16th Jan.

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7 minutes ago, jtmattila said:

"Your unit was succesfully repaired and tested. Fault cause: internal cause."

This was all I got... nevertheless now I have two working selectors.

And I have to say it was quite fast. I send out the selector 7th Jan and it arrived today, 16th Jan.

Typical, but thanks for posting the outcome - and pleased you got yours sorted.

I can see that ecu.eu charge 160 euro (excluding tax and shipping) for the repair so you're probably close to 200 euro for that. But just out of curiosity, how many hours labour was it to remove and then refit a selector?

For those who don't want to try my DIY method using a hacked about VW switch kit, it might give people a viable and relatively cost effective alternative to bending over and having a dealer insert a brand new selector 😢

On 16/01/2026 at 22:14, Yorkshiremidge said:

Typical, but thanks for posting the outcome - and pleased you got yours sorted.

I can see that ecu.eu charge 160 euro (excluding tax and shipping) for the repair so you're probably close to 200 euro for that. But just out of curiosity, how many hours labour was it to remove and then refit a selector?

For those who don't want to try my DIY method using a hacked about VW switch kit, it might give people a viable and relatively cost effective alternative to bending over and having a dealer insert a brand new selector 😢

Garage charged 190€ so it might be something around 2 hours. I might assembly the factory refurbished unit my self. It's not difficult but you need to get under the vehicle so you need a car lift (or something, don't know the right term)

Got the selector back today by mail.

Surprise, surprise ... ECU.eu added an external additional microswitch. So they did not do any internal repairs. I'll try to attach photos.

The repair order states:

Repair result: repaired, your unit was successfully repaired and tested

Fault cause: internal cause

Hints from our technician: after installation, please clear the trouble codes entries in the corresponding control units. An initialisation drive may be necessary

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