# 3884038 Module | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta module from the Ignition and Control Systems group, weighing 0.846 kg and superseding part number 3843557. No engine fitment list is published against the number, though cost records show 1 application, so it should be ordered by part number.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   0.846 kg control module
-   Supersedes 3843557
-   1 application recorded in cost records
-   Ignition and Control Systems group

## 🔌 Function

Processes engine and drive signals and drives the outputs that control running, protection and instrumentation.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Engine failing to start or shutting down without warning
-   Warning lamps or gauges behaving erratically
-   Fault codes that cannot be cleared or point back at the module
-   Connector pins corroded, or water tracking into the housing
-   Housing cracked, swollen or heat-marked

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Check supply voltage, earths and connector condition before condemning the module — a bad earth gives the same symptoms
-   A replacement module may need configuring or programming to the engine before it will run
-   Module 3883656 is the other control module in this range at 0.941 kg, superseding 3818615 — confirm which one you need

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   3884038 → Supersedes 3843557

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   3843557 earlier number superseded by this part

## 📦 Condition

-   Genuine Volvo Penta part
-   Brand new
-   Supplied in original or equivalent packaging

## Details

- **Price:** 3609.55 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Ignition & Controls
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 3609.55 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 3884038 Module | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/3884038-module-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-09