SV211 - ECM Module Replacement - New or USED ECM?

[Jjwyatt]

So after the ZR6 6.0 engine shut down on one side on my 2006 SV221. I took my boat to the local Nautique dealer. This is not the dealer I bought it from but it's now the nearest Nautique dealer in my area. After I explained issue and that it is an electrical issue the dealership went ahead and completed $600 worth of totally unnecessary investigation. So after 3 weeks they contact me and as I explained the electrical issue the ECM is identified as the problem and that it needed to be replaced at an additional $1900.

As you can I imagine I am not to happy with a $2,500 outcome but hey it's a boat what do you expect. WHAT I didn't expect when I collected the boat was the engine hours now read 1101, very strange because when I took it in it had 740. The dealership couldn't explain the reason for the issue. So I am not at all happy with the fact the dealership sold me on a new ECM module and I am thinking they have replaced it with a used part. Very disappointed in this as a new ECM should read zero hours.

Any one got any thoughts or comments. TIA

[NautiqueJeff]

I would expect a new ECM to cause the gauge to display zero or near-zero hours as well.

[H2O]

The gauge will display the hours stored in the ECM memory.

[Stevemo14]

I know this is a boat, and not a car, but i had something similar happen to my truck. When it was all said and done, the quote and bill said "Replacement ECU" and not "New ECU". The Dealership claimed that a "New" one would have been close to double the cost. I fought them, and blah blah blah later, I got a NEW ECU. Point here is to make sure it says new, and not replacement.

Doubt this helps, but something to look at. If it says new, I would be calling Nautique and let them know whats going on.

[gary s]

I agree,I'd be on the phone to Nautique as well. Nothing wrong with a used part but it looks as if you paid for a new one and I'd want a notarized affidavit stating my boat came in with 740 hours and after the repair now left with 1101- because the value of your boat is now 361 hours less. Go through channels first if that don't work tell them your contacting your states attorney general sounds like odometer tampering