A321
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Communication Breakdown; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors; Procedure
Holding short Runway XXR [at] ZZZ we received an ECAM 'ENG 1 FADEC A FAULT.' Upon informing tower of the need to examine a fault; tower cleared us to cross [Runway] XXR and hold short of XXR on the eastern side. Coordinating with Maintenance Control a circuit breaker reset failed to resolve the ECAM.  Maintenance informed me this was a 'no-go' ECAM. We informed tower we needed to return to a gate; tower then cleared us to taxi onto XXR and exit taxiway 1. We subsequently taxied to gate XX.This was an unfortunate mechanical failure. This item was a repeat item and had been examined by maintenance technicians; cleared and 'signed-off' as recently as the previous flight.This was an unfortunate mechanical failure but as a repeat item the only suggestion is possibly more scrutiny on previous occasions.
First Officer reported a gate return due to an engine 1 FADEC ECAM message that was a repeat discrepancy.