Im new here so I apologise in advance if I'm going over old boring ground!
I have a Peugeot 206 cc 2L 02 plate
Let me get to the point straight away. My COM2000 unit seems to be failing and in good style. It started about 6 months ago when I noticed the headligts would come on all on their own. Sometimes when indicating the headlights would come on and stop the indication. Obviously as you can imagine this is a problem at junctions and may even cause an accident. Then over the past month or so other problems have started. My better half was driving one day to work and the airbag light came on and stayed on. The centre display on the dash then started displaying the messages "AIR BAG FAULT" and "HANDBRAKE ON" (everytime the handbreak was applied) along with the usual annoying "beeps". I took it out for a spin and she was right. The airbag light was displayed on the dash pod. It was at this point that I also noticed the speedo on the dash pod wasn't functioning. FANTASTIC
Obviously I drove straight home and contacted my mechanic. My mechanic stated that the COM2000 unit had probably gone and as for the speedo, it could either be the dash pinacle itself or the speedo drive sensor. I'm not a mechanic so was totally confused
Over the next few days my mechanic had the car. He fitted a new sensor for the speedo and the speedo still didnt work
I then purchased a second had dash pod off ebay and fitted that. Still nothing!!! However the speedo needle moved up to the first line (the one below 10mph) so I knew power was going to it. But again the speed would not register and the needle would stay still. Just to confirm all other needles were functioning correctly! Thank god! I removed the cowling from the COM2000 unit a few weeks ago to see the what the part number was. I found a barcode type sticker on top which stated *96477519XT*. I assume this is the part number?
I have spent the past two weeks trying to source a second hand COM2000 unit with the same part number as above but with no luck!
Every COM2000 unit has a different part number.I swallowed my pride and phoned my local Peugeot dealership who at first tried to state that it wasn't a common fault even though the internet says different. I asked them if they could repair the COM2000 unit. Peugeot said NO. They did however offer to replace it with a new one along with a new dash pod and speedo drive sensor. How predictable
hahaha! Anyways the price was ridiculous 
The COM2000 replacement alone was £350 + VAT.So my questions are:
Q1 - Could a dead speedo be down to a faulty COM2000? Or something else?
Q2 - Can I rebuild/replace my COM2000 unit from/with another unit with a differrent part number?
I don't want to give it to Peugeot as I fear the bill will be half the price of the car and wouldn't be worth it.
I love the car, but it's driving me mad. I'm on the verge of selling it for spares!!!
Please help!!
