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What’s inside 196,420 original ECU files

Brands, models and control units behind stock ECU reads, updated with every import.

196,420original files
507vehicle brands
3,337vehicle models
81ECU manufacturers
3,551ECU types

Who makes the ECUs

Share of all files by ECU manufacturer.

  • Bosch51.6%
  • Denso7.6%
  • Delphi6.3%
  • Continental6.0%
  • Siemens5.9%
  • Magneti Marelli3.6%
  • Temic3.3%
  • Other (74 makers)15.6%

Brands with the most files

Top 20 of 507 vehicle brands.

BMW30,123Volkswagen13,154Ford11,822Mercedes11,112Audi8,836Renault7,116Peugeot5,947Opel5,525Toyota5,150FIAT4,530Iveco4,361Nissan4,332Hyundai3,815Mazda3,608MINI3,606Citroen2,939Kia2,802Honda2,745Volvo2,537Mitsubishi2,417

Most-read vehicle models

Top 20 models by number of files.

BMW 3-Series8,457BMW 5-Series7,090BMW 1-Series4,918BMW X Series3,669Iveco Daily3,068Mercedes C2,463Mercedes E2,091MINI Cooper S1,935Ford Focus1,888Ford Transit1,811Audi A41,772BMW 4-Series1,646Audi A31,416Opel Astra1,410Volkswagen Golf 61,410Audi A61,386Ford Ranger1,305Volkswagen Golf 71,235Volkswagen Polo1,175Ford Fiesta1,172

Busiest ECU types

Control units with the most original files.

Bosch MEVD17.2.34 vehicle brands4,291Bosch EDC17C50 DDE701a2 vehicle brands3,325Bosch MEVD17.2.92 vehicle brands2,929Bosch EDC16C3940 vehicle brands2,698Delphi CRD3.404 vehicle brands2,031Bosch MEVD17.2.G2 vehicle brands1,949Bosch EDC17CP148 vehicle brands1,717Bosch EDC17C4926 vehicle brands1,707Bosch EDC7UC3136 vehicle brands1,549Bosch EDC17C464 vehicle brands1,431Continental PCR 2.14 vehicle brands1,373TRW EMS2.311 vehicle brands1,320Bosch EDC17CV4128 vehicle brands1,252Bosch EDC17C6910 vehicle brands1,198Bosch EDC17C847 vehicle brands1,194Bosch EDC16C347 vehicle brands1,159Bosch EDC17C502 vehicle brands1,137Continental SID2085 vehicle brands1,094Delphi DCM3.711 vehicle brands1,091Denso D76F019XXX4 vehicle brands1,089

The most versatile ECUs

Same control unit, fitted by the most vehicle brands.

Bosch EDC17CV54606 files42Bosch EDC16C392,698 files40Bosch EDC7UC311,549 files36Motorola CM850159 files30Denso SH7058695 files29Bosch EDC17CV411,252 files28Denso MA275700-8921866 files27Bosch EDC17C491,707 files26Bosch EDC17CV44325 files26Bosch MG1US008363 files25Bosch ME7.8.8183 files24Motorola CM2350A191 files23Bosch ME17.8.8211 files22Bosch MSE6.0544 files21Motorola CM2150E129 files20Delphi MT05.2196 files19Bosch MS A11269 files18Denso --95 files18Bosch EDC17CV52740 files17Bosch EDC7C1351 files17

Hardware variant champions

ECU types with the most distinct hardware numbers: the more variants, the more important it is to match your HW exactly.

Bosch EDC17CP14577Bosch ME7.5331Bosch ME7.1.1307Bosch MED9.1306Bosch EDC17C57252Bosch EDC16C39246Bosch MED17.5.5220Bosch EDC17C49213Denso SH7058179Bosch EDC15C2173Bosch EDC15C7162Bosch EDC17C74157Bosch EDC17C70156Bosch EDC16U34156Bosch EDC17C08155Denso MA275700-8921152Bosch EDC15P145Bosch EDC16CP34145Bosch ME7.1145TRW EMS2143

Who supplies whom

ECU makers behind the 20 biggest vehicle brands, same colours as the chart above.

BMWmostly Bosch, 86%Volkswagenmostly Bosch, 62%Fordmostly Bosch, 37%Mercedesmostly Bosch, 51%Audimostly Bosch, 71%Renaultmostly Bosch, 43%Peugeotmostly Bosch, 51%Opelmostly Bosch, 42%Toyotamostly Denso, 91%FIATmostly Magneti Marelli, 63%Ivecomostly Bosch, 99%Nissanmostly Hitachi, 44%Hyundaimostly Bosch, 50%Mazdamostly Denso, 68%MINImostly Bosch, 92%Citroenmostly Bosch, 49%Kiamostly Bosch, 58%Hondamostly Keihin, 77%Volvomostly Bosch, 65%Mitsubishimostly Mitsubishi, 52%

Engine sizes

Files by engine displacement.

13,012up to 1.0 L
14,4551.0 to 1.4 L
29,5181.4 to 1.7 L
55,2991.7 to 2.0 L
23,4942.0 to 2.5 L
23,7592.5 to 3.0 L
9,1733.0 to 4.0 L
25,356over 4.0 L

Displacement read from the engine field; files without it are not counted.

Power ladder

Files by stock engine power.

23,012under 100 hp
55,782100 to 149 hp
52,789150 to 199 hp
33,875200 to 299 hp
24,391300 to 499 hp
5,965500 hp and more

kW converted to hp; PS and CV counted as hp.

Cars, trucks, bikes, tractors and boats

The catalogue split by kind of vehicle, grouped by brand (a few brands build more than one kind, so treat the split as a close estimate).

Cars82.2%161,527 files · 233 brandsaverage 183 hpmostly Bosch ECUs (53%)
Trucks & buses8.7%17,024 files · 73 brandsaverage 352 hpmostly Bosch ECUs (46%)
Bikes & powersports4.8%9,411 files · 72 brandsaverage 109 hpmostly Bosch ECUs (37%)
Agri & machinery4.1%8,101 files · 113 brandsaverage 198 hpmostly Bosch ECUs (53%)
Marine0.2%357 files · 16 brandsaverage 189 hpmostly Mitsubishi ECUs (46%)

Giants and minis

The 20 most and the 20 least powerful vehicle models in each group, each model counted by its strongest stock version. Values outside a realistic range for the group are left out as data errors.

The Lamborghini Revuelto has 203 times the power of the Grecav Sonique. Both are in the catalogue.

Diesel or petrol? The Bosch family tree

Bosch names its diesel ECUs EDC and MD1, its petrol ECUs ME, MED, MEVD and MG1. Here is how the 96,010 Bosch files split, generation by generation.

Diesel 58%Petrol 42%

Diesel generations

2,995EDC15
12,827EDC16
31,899EDC17
5,223MD1

Oldest on the left, newest on the right.

Petrol generations

4,985ME7
1,207MED9
24,656MED17 / MEVD17
5,031MG1

Oldest on the left, newest on the right.

Engine code hall of fame

The engine codes with the most original files.

N20B20Amostly BMW, 2 brands in all2,223651mostly Mercedes, 3 brands in all2,028N47D20Cmostly BMW, 2 brands in all1,559N55B30ABMW only1,441B48mostly MINI, 2 brands in all1,101N47D20O1BMW only1,016N57D30ABMW only871CAYCmostly Volkswagen, 5 brands in all773B47D20Amostly BMW, 2 brands in all753N20B20BMW only733N47D20DBMW only619B47D20U0mostly BMW, 2 brands in all494�mostly Renault, 6 brands in all442N55BMW only399CFFBmostly Volkswagen, 4 brands in all392B48A20O0MINI only383B38B15mostly BMW, 2 brands in all372N55B30T0BMW only367OM651DE22LAMercedes only346CAYBmostly Audi, 4 brands in all337

The widest model ranges

Vehicle brands with the most different models.

John Deere181Ford80Toyota73Nissan70Volkswagen67Hyundai60Yamaha58Renault55FIAT53Chevrolet53Scania53Audi48Honda Moto48Massey Ferguson43Honda41Opel41Citroen41Volvo Trucks41Mitsubishi39Peugeot38

The brand alphabet

Files per first letter of the vehicle brand. Darker tiles hold more files; tap a letter to jump to its brands.

15.3%of all files are BMW, the largest brand.
51.6%of files were read from a Bosch ECU.
100brands have exactly one file in the catalogue.
14,427different hardware numbers in the catalogue.
37,527different software numbers.
4,952different engine codes.
604vehicle models are one of a kind: a single file.
34rare ECU makers with fewer than ten files, such as LIDEC, AECS, BYD.

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