samaritrey

I know my car when i went to get my xenon to present would not talk to my car for like 20 minutes. we had to restart the star machine restart my car like 10 times reset all connections and then all of a sudden it started working. strange because it was working fine on a sl65 black 5 minutes before they plugged it into mine Wish i could help you guys more but i don't know much about star GL i hope you can get your car fixed.

johnand

[QUOTE=emrliquidlife;4097844]So the car doesn't want to talk to the STAR via OBDII. We need to find the connector that is in the engine bay. Anyone know where this circular plug is located?

Still looking for the connector location Ed.

On the ESM module, according to EPC, it is only available with the whole entire floor shift assembly. Part A2032678824 $550 MSRP

SeaCoupe

Karo is resetting the errors. I did a quick drive, I have all the gears. I buggered up the circular pin that holds the shifter to the shift rod, so I will need another. $550! Yikes!

I'll tell you how we got everything back together. Need to get back to Karo, who by the way is a super cool dude.

Ed

SeaCoupe

Okay, so we now have reoccuring SRS, ESP, and a faulty display warning. However, we did not do the correct post battery synchro procedure. Now need to find info on that.

Ed

Glyn M Ruck

The resynchs are in the stickies.

Your SRS/ESP problem - Turn steering from lock to lock - sometimes multiple times required. Reboot everything multiple times by starting the car - sometimes +6 times required. Good luck!

EDIT - activating the steering angle sensor will have no effect on the SRS message

Glyn M Ruck

In my haste I should have explained more clearly. Disconnecting the battery causes the car to forget the position of the steering. This confounds the system. This in layman's terms.

Driving the car for a while usually kills the SRS message. I do not understand why the STAR won't fix the SRS message - it should.

SeaCoupe

Okay we are 100% fixed! WOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO ***** fukasssss.

The gear shift was stuck in Drive. After taking the assembly out, It was still stuck. After approx 10 min, I was holding it and trying to figure out what was sticking, it just moved freely. So, I suspect the module got itself reset or something when power was unapplied to it, with no connection to the car.

I'm going to drive the car around for a bit. If it sticks again, I know how to get it to work. At least this way, I can call around and get the part for as cheap as possible.

I buggered the clip that holds the gear shift to the shift rod, so I need another one of those. One of the issues we found on testing out the car had to do with clearing the codes. Since I didn't have the center console on, the car was giving a SRS code that wouldn't go away. Simply because the top rows of switched couldn't be see. While were test driving the car, Karo had the thought that it would go away if we simply plugged it back in. Viola, success.

Karo's Star machine is a lifesaver. Instead of being at a beach, or being with his girl, he was helping me out. Guy was here for some 9 hours. Karo, you are a lifesaver I tell you. I owe you.

I'm going to enjoy my G&T tonight!

Ed

mleskovar

splinter

Excellent!

Glyn M Ruck

Good news - Karo is indeed a star (with a STAR) - he has been most kind to me stuck here on the Southern tip of Africa.

Ed - are you saying that the entire problem was within the CAN system & that no mechanical defect or required adjustment was identified?

Glyn M Ruck

Oh! - and you did not blow or put the rear SAM to sleep permanently - also good news!!!!!!!

samaritrey

Wow great job Karo. 9hours wow glad you guys got it fixed though hope you make it to 225k lol

nlpamg

nice! glad you got it all worked out! Karo is definitely a good guy.

SeaCoupe

Currently all gears work. I get nervous every time I shift, but all gears work fine. Once the whole shift assembly was removed it didn't innediately shift. But after being out, it simply start working again. There were no mechanical issues once the shifter started moving.

I bet the gear shift locks up again..

Glyn M Ruck

I hope that does not happen - keep & eye on it. My experience has been when the brake switch f---ks out the ESP & resulting interlock problems remain in the electronic domain so I think the prognosis is good. But who knows - it was definitely sounding as though you had a mechanical problem as well.

BTW - did you ever find the round 38 pin diagnostic plug? SA cars have been fully OBDII compliant for a long while & the 38 pin connector was deleted long before my car was built. I've never seen a W203 with one.

Strangely - BMW cars here have only recently become fully OBDII compliant.

johnand

Great news Ed Glad Karo was able to help you out. He's really becoming a wizard with STAR.

W203E35

Thanks for all the complements guys.

When we first hooked up SDS to the car it would work but wouldn't recognize the modules. Then we went in the house and tried to see if we can find info (maybe it used a different pin). We called up a lot of people including John. Then we went back and now the damn key wouldn't work. As if the car didn't recognize there was a key. When we put the battery back there was a spark and Ed said sparks are bad because you can blow out a SAM. Ed was playing around with the fuses and he removed a fuse and put it back on and it worked!! We were back in business and from there everything went great.

Currently the car is fine without any malfunctions and I hope it stays that way. Thanks to the team we have at MBWorld we got the car fixed . I'm glad it worked out because Ed is a great guy. During our test drive he took me around the beach and every 10 minutes commented on how the car shifts better than ever. Before it would shift harsh or hang in high RPM.

In the end I'm glad it all worked out.

Yesterday was the first time in a long time that I went to bed before 8PM, came home and just crashed.

C230 Sport Coup

Ancient post, but I'm having this issue.
I got a few odd codes from Carsoft before getting a solid P0705 which is supposed to be indicative of needing a new shift module, ha, a $600 part new.
Lucky me, the day after this happened, a 2003 coupe popped up at the pick and pull.
And it was 1/2 day price or whatever, actually the whole weekend is.
So I got a shift unit for like 15 bucks! Thing is it's a different part #.
I found this thread by searching the pn, but don't see anywhere in the thread..hmmm.

The pn I got is 2032676124. A quick look in the EPC it says 'nothing found' for this part #. Haven't pulled the one from my car yet.

What did you guys do for 9 hours? Besides drink beer...well, I wonder if Karo or Ed will read this....
Tracy at oediscountpart had this to say
P/N 2032678824 is the latest P/N for your car. The older P/Ns are 2032672124 , 2032672724 , and 2032674924 . I really don't know why so many.

So did this fix the issue permanently? Just clearing codes?
I pulled the shifter unit apart I got from the junkyard, thought there might be contacts to clean, but not seeing any. The sensor unit is like a hall effect sensor.
Now to put it back together and see if it resolves the issue in my car.

Dvdmike

Bumping an old thread I know, but I have this and wondered if it's common or repaiable?