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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 01:10 AM
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CLK320 manual shifting

Hi guys, i have a problem in shifting my transmission from D to the manual (-/+) .everytime i try to do that, the D wont change to the manual mode. Any suggestions or help?

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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 01:28 AM
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tell me how did you shift it ? Did u hold the shiftknob and push it to the left ? and jsut for you to know it will takes like 2 or 3 seconds to get it in the gear not like the real manual tranny.


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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by M-bENZ
tell me how did you shift it ? Did u hold the shiftknob and push it to the left ? and jsut for you to know it will takes like 2 or 3 seconds to get it in the gear not like the real manual tranny.


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I just directly shift it to the left for like 1 sec and it will bounce back to the D, but nothing happen
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 01:40 AM
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yea but at what speed ? have you tried to reset your ECU ? not sure it will help but it wont hurt to try.

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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by M-bENZ
yea but at what speed ? have you tried to reset your ECU ? not sure it will help but it wont hurt to try.

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mm, what do you mean at what speed? Do you mean the car speed when im shifting the gear? It doesnt really matter right? nope, i bought this car used and havent tried anything yet. can you tell me how to reset the ECU?
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 01:44 AM
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use this key "ECU reset" for searching.

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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:16 AM
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04 CLK 320 > CLK32K
Here try this.

Reset ECU
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:26 AM
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r u in C or W
FYI in W it will not go in to 1ST untill u hold it hold like 4sec
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by buffyclk500
r u in C or W
FYI in W it will not go in to 1ST untill u hold it hold like 4sec
Do you mean C or S? ive tried both, but the results is the same. so hold the gear to the (+/-) for 4 sec?
for now my car is still in the bodyshop, i will try to hold it later on after i take my car back
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You have to hold to the left (-).
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dynomite05
You have to hold to the left (-).
hey, ive tried to shift it to the left for 4 sec but still it didnt change to the manual mode i think i'll just bring it to the dealer
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That's probably your best bet. If you could find an Indy shop, it would save you money over the dealer.
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