New ECUs, sensors and modules from Dubai, quoted by VIN and part number

Three kinds of part sit in this family. Control modules cover the engine control unit, transmission control unit, ABS and stability module, body control module and immobiliser unit. Sensors cover air mass, oxygen, crankshaft and camshaft, knock, wheel speed and coolant temperature. The third kind is the pairing: a module and the sensor that feeds it are often ordered together. Wiring harnesses, relays and connectors are not part of this page.

Every line is new. We do not quote repaired, reflashed or remanufactured modules, and a line that cannot be quoted new is left off the list. The table shows what decides the match for each kind of part and where the usual trap is, so a buyer knows what to look for on the old part before writing.

A control unit is not a bolt-on part. It carries software written for one engine, one emissions standard and one market, and it often has to agree with the car's keys. Toyota's own service bulletin S-SB-0007-13, dated 6 February 2013 and written for the 2013 FR-S sold in the United States, says that when the main body ECU is replaced a procedure must be followed to complete the registration of the immobiliser key codes, with Techstream software. It concerns one car, and we do not claim every make works the same way. It does show why the VIN matters.

Region coding is the trade's word for this. Our research notes list ECUs and immobiliser units as market-coded and as parts that do not simply cross from a Gulf-market car to a car built for another market. That is analyst judgement drawn from owner forums, not a maker's statement, so we treat the label number and the VIN as the only evidence and give the notes no weight in a quote.

A quote therefore carries two things you can check: the part number printed on the module's own label, and the VIN it was matched to. If either cannot be matched we decline the line rather than guess. A module that is wrong for the car costs you a second trip through your cargo agent, and a person on WhatsApp is cheaper than that.

Send the 17-character VIN or, for a car built for the Japanese market, the short chassis number from the plate. Add the engine code, the gearbox code if it is a transmission module, and the month and year of build. Then photograph the old module's label so the full number is readable, and add the country and the grade you want. Several modules and sensors in one message save a round of questions.

Our quote covers the part. If the car's maker needs the new module registered to the keys or coded to the vehicle, as Toyota's bulletin describes, that work is done by a workshop in your country with the maker's own tool. Ask your workshop what the car needs before you order, and tell us the answer so that the line is quoted with it in mind.

A fault code is not an order. Bosch's technical hotline describes a car whose oxygen sensor was replaced and still read signal too low, because the cause lay elsewhere in engine management. A code names a circuit, not a part, so when you quote us a code, tell us what your workshop found as well.

The common high priority items list, shared by the EU, UK, US and Japan for Russia, names integrated circuits, also called microelectronics, in its Tier 1, covering HS 8542.31 to 8542.39. The UK's copy of the page, last updated 8 August 2024, says tiers one and two hold circuits of the highest concern for Russian weapons systems. A control module is a box built round such circuits.

Other electronics near our parts appear lower on the same list: hybrid inverters and DC converters (HS 8504.40), connectors and switching apparatus (8536), reversing cameras (8525.89), navigation head units (8526.91) and antennas (8529.10). The US list for Russia and Belarus is wider still, naming control panels (8537) and wiring (8544) beside the engine and body headings. How each item is classified is a question for your clearing agent.

Our policy follows from that. We do not supply Russia, Belarus or any other refused destination, and we do not quote an ECU, sensor or module for onward shipment to one. A person asks where the part will be fitted before a module is quoted, and we do not quote a line when the answer points to a refused destination. We do not sell loose boards or chips at all, only complete modules and sensors for a named vehicle.

For control modules the honest answer is that new stock is mostly genuine: the module is made by or for the carmaker and sold in its box. We hold no measured price ladder for ECUs. Our one price check, on 3 November 2026, covered brake pads and a water pump. So ECU prices are given per VIN on the quote and never from a table.

For sensors the middle grade exists. Bosch's data sheet describes its air mass meter as an original equipment product, calibrated with its housing as a complete unit, and says it supplies only complete assemblies to the aftermarket. Denso, which Wikipedia describes as a Toyota Group company, and NTK, the sensor range of NGK, sell oxygen and speed sensors in the same OE-brand sense. The grade and the brand are named on every line.

In the export requests we receive, ECUs, sensors, keys and other electrical items rank high among the lines asked for in West and Central Africa and in the Caucasus. The West African requests are mostly for Toyotas such as the RAV4, Fortuner, Yaris, Land Cruiser 200 and Hilux. Azerbaijan requests asked for ECU, ABS and body parts for Chevrolet, GMC, Mercedes and Toyota Prius models. These are enquiries, and a person checks each against the VIN.

Earlier research on East African requests found ECUs and immobilisers heading the list there too. Our notes list region-coded ECUs and immobilisers among the parts that do not simply cross from left-hand-drive to right-hand-drive vehicles. So the steering side of your vehicle matters less than its market and its VIN, and a module for a right-hand-drive Hilux is never assumed to match a Gulf VIN.