moonrkr23

We got her car fixed yesterday. I scanned the invoice but I am not sure how to post on here. If someone could let me know, I will post it. Thanks

OldSchoolC240

Same error my '03 C240 Wagon had. Indy did the conductor plate R&R for $950. Dealer quote was $1,400 and that was just a month ago. Think the dealers are bringing the price down under pressure or just to capture all of that almost guaranteed business?
Now I'm living the CPS circuit failure dream. Note that the only thing these two problems share in common is that they occurred on my car - man this is getting frustrating.

moonrkr23

could nt get the invoice of work done on this page, but i do have it on my photo page.

Norwichdelta06

2007 C230 61000 miles. On the highway my car light up like a xmas tree.. then ESP warning lamp along with something stepstronic? It seems to me its the same problem everyone else is having on this post

LILBENZ230

Here we go again.. damn. Was your transmission serviced at 39k miles?

Glyn M Ruck

Did the car go into limp mode?

Norwichdelta06

nope.. it shuttered for a little bit while my dash board lite up but thats about it. And Lilbenz I did have my fluid changed at 45k. So hopefully 1200 sounds decent for this job. Anyone have any recommended dealers for me. Long Island NY

LILBENZ230

You accept that much better than I would at 61k miles.

Norwichdelta06

lol not something i would like to shell out..but gotta do what you gotta do. My question also... this part that they are going to change out.. is that going to fix my hard shifting as well? Because that has been addressed about 3x with a transmission reset? which did absolutely nothing

SickSpeedMonte

Add me to the list too... if someone is putting together a class action. 81k miles on mine, bad conductor plate/turbine speed sensor. Same exact symptomes and service was done at 39k miles.

Glyn M Ruck

Arghh! Long time no hear SSM. These bloody VDO conductor plates are a disgrace.

SickSpeedMonte

Yes indeed Glyn. I was just enjoying the MB... 55k miles of trouble free driving and then this. When the indy shop was researching the problem, I remember seeing your SA scenery pop up on their computer screen

SickSpeedMonte

Did they say it was the turbine speed sensor?

Norwichdelta06

Im bringing it in on monday 7am. I went to autozone and got these two Codes P0335 and P0025. I know those are CPS senors but would that cause a message to come up" "speedtronic" failure or something along those lines? Because the symptoms you guys describe on this post kinda match what I have

SickSpeedMonte

In my experience with this issue, and it seems that others are having the same issue as I am, the only light or warning that appears is the check engine light, and that doesn't happen all the time, or to all of the people with this problem. There is a 0730 code that is stored by the TCM, but it does not give any warnings.

kikev

well hello to all i have my c280 avant-garde 2007 with 7G transmission with the lousy limp mode and been diagnose with the sensor plate failure, so count me in on the statistics, and with just 37800 miles and no warranty left.

04mbc230

Wow what did they do? They drove you car 706 miles to repair this? What did they do? Drive it to another dealership to get it done?

Or did they found that they had fixed the problem and was having a blast with your car?

LILBENZ230

I think of the techs were going to have a blast with a car, they'd pick something other than a C230 automatic.

samaritrey

+1

Norwichdelta06

if my Valve Body was changed back in 2010. Would that include the conductor plate? MB is telling me that my numbers are off on my transmission and they need to readapt it. Instead of doing a one hour adaptation they require a 2 hour adaption to fix the harsh shifts. And they said if the adapation doesnt fix the harsh shifting I will need a new tranmission or have mine rebuilt. My car has 60K miles you believe this bs.

LILBENZ230

Your numbers are off? Take it to another dealer this one smells like BS.

Norwichdelta06

honestly Im very mechanically inclined but if the numbers are off they are off right :op. But anywayz Put it this way if that fixes the problem then i'll be happy. Better then paying 1200 for a conductor plate or something. But i told them they had to show me the numbers when I pick up the car and they said not a problem. So anyone have any idea what "numbers" they are talking about.

Glyn M Ruck

By your "numbers" they are talking about all your clutch pack lock up parameters & pressures. They can reset these with Star up to a point. If the clutch packs have been hammered some of the "numbers" can be borderline on spec.

Norwichdelta06

so can that cause a harsh shift?

Glyn M Ruck

Yes.