Paddle shifter update kit
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Paddle shifter update kit
I recently noticed that my right up shift paddle was not upshifting and appeared to be loose. Others have reported the problem. Apperently it is more wide spread than I thought as there is an updated repair kit to fix this glitch. Just wanted to let the board know.
Jimmy
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Test to determine 541011, Perform 5225 W67.
Repair order says "Removed and replaced right and left paddle shifters with Updated Repair Kit.
Repair requires removing air bag. Be sure and remove battery ground before removing air bag.
If you try this at home.
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The symptom that first made me question that there might be a problem was that I began to notice that my car would not upshift when I would pull on the upshift paddle. Downshifts were fine. At first I noticed that, it would upshift, but irregularly. Sometimes it would upshift, then other times it took several tries on the shifter paddle to get the shift to occur. (Reminded me of bad contacts on an electric window switch). I found that if I used the center console gear selector to manually shift the car, the upshifts were precise and immediate, as you would normally expect.
The problem was easily fixed. The dealer ordered a new set of paddles and switches and the replacement only took a couple of minutes. By the way, it turned out that both switches were failing. Both had cracks running across the area where the screw draws the switch assembly into the steering wheel.
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Check your gear selector lever position indicator for the gear range that appears in the odometer desplay. When downshifting, the gear change indicator number should be immediate. If the indicator isn't immediate then your downshift paddle isn't working correctly. If your downshifts are slow, your transmission ecu isn't getting the signal to downshift or it doesn't want to do something stupid like going from 100mph into 2nd gear.
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Part number 171-267-00-46 Rocker Switch.
Test to determine 541011, Perform 5225 W67.
Repair order says "Removed and replaced right and left paddle shifters with Updated Repair Kit.
Repair requires removing air bag. Be sure and remove battery ground before removing air bag. If you try this at home.
Jimmy
Test to determine 541011, Perform 5225 W67.
Repair order says "Removed and replaced right and left paddle shifters with Updated Repair Kit.
Repair requires removing air bag. Be sure and remove battery ground before removing air bag.
If you try this at home.Jimmy
Thanks for the details.
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I recently noticed that my right up shift paddle was not upshifting and appeared to be loose. Others have reported the problem. Apperently it is more wide spread than I thought as there is an updated repair kit to fix this glitch. Just wanted to let the board know.
Jimmy
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Did the updated kit fix the problem permenantly? Did the problem ever return?
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CLK 63 Black Series, 2009 S550, 2011 Range Rover Supercharged, BMW F800 GS Anniv Edition
If we could just get that damn Speedshift Plus software....
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Tcu not ecu. Unless they are somehow together now. My understanding is that they are seperate units- hence the flashing of TCU v. ECU. For this reason I want to flash my tcu for instance with the clkdtm prog as it is the "M1" prog with lighting shifts.
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You did say TCU, my mistake.
Any possibility of that flash happening?
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Hehe np. Yeah I don't see why not right? This is a backdoor way of getting what you guys want when MB won't. I would believe that the modules are the same and 7g trannys as well such that there is no difference whatsoever in doing so it's just a simple flash. Just find a master mechanic you can throw a couple of cigars at 
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Not possible guys as the TCU and ECU are both VIN specific. I've been bangin my head against a wall over this crap for a year now...
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Is that because the MB STAR computer won't let you do it or what? Usually software isn't too much of an issue. If so, a work around would be to swap in the tcu from a c63 with the flash already on it no??
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It's because the newer Speedshift Plus ECUs and TCUs will only mate with cars that have corresponding VINs. If you tried to code a Speedshift Plus ECU or TCU to a BS it wouldn't work. If you were to try something like this, the newer CLS63 ECU/TCU would be the way to go. It would require taking them out of a CLS and then coding them ia STAR to accept a BS VIN. Or something like that...I've been round and round on this topic and Powerchip was going to help if we could get doner ECUs as a starting point...
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Anybody have some broken/spare paddles that they want to let go of? I need some to play around with for an upcoming project. Please PM me if you want to help a lower class CLK driver out 
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Here's what a broken downshift paddle looks like. I had mine replaced under warranty a few weeks ago, and got to take pics of the broken piece. Shifts are instant once the piece is replaced with the updated piece that's stronger.
