Maj. Dundee

If it is loose, center the column by using the level position of the signal lever. There is an access hole (red arrow) on the right side of the column. At the top of the hole there is a bolt that holds everything in place.

Insert an extended T30 Torx Socket 1/4" drive into the hole and tighten the bolt, but not to the extreme.

dc2k

It has a little bit of play, would that cause these problems?, do you know if the the ism is bad what other symptoms it would cause other then the no shifter not working, randomly all the lights on the cluster would come on, rpm goes crazy. I went by a shop with the star computer but when I got there the truck was running fine he just checked the codes and didnt really do anything he said come back if it happens again and he would do further diagnostic but every code he told me i already knew. I am wondering if the alternator the shop put is 180amp by accident instead of 220.

dc2k

If the truck was boosted I read that it can damage the modules, is there a way to see if they are damaged, does star tell you if its a bad module?

Maj. Dundee

Yes Star would tell you. The reason I suggested this loose steering column fix is because of the message "put it in park".

Why don't you tighten it before asking other questions. We can only work on one thing at a time.

SunnyT

Hi, I know I might be chiming in late and this may have already been checked, but for what it's worth, this was my issue. My ML once had similar symptoms. I left for vacation and had the car on a trickle charger that shorted out while I was gone and fed the car impulses of 16v... Yeah, glad it didn't blow the whole electric system.
Anyway, the result of that was the triangle light, cruise control inoperative, abs fail, run flat fail, and the whole SRS system went down. Turns out the voltage surge caused the Steering Angle Sensor to short and malfunction. The car constantly thought the steering wheel was at -6 degrees, which caused it to go into M-B**ch mode and plague me with flashing lights on the dash. Might want to give that a check. New part cost me about $600 installed, I think you can get it for around $300 if you want to DIY it.

dc2k

Was your shift lever acting up to? Like sometimes would be fine and then randomly wouldnt work.

SunnyT

No, I did not experience problems with the shifter. However, the source of my problems was a voltage surge, so reading about the batteries and other things that were addressed previously, it might be a problem source. These cars have stupid amounts of fail-safes installed. You can't even switch basic bulbs with LEDs without tripping some sort of error message.

dc2k

Ok so I tightened the steering wheel and re scanned it and these codes came back

dc2k

The shifter has been fine since it got reset by the star computer

Maj. Dundee

So tightening the shifter module did the trick, correct?

dc2k

I think so I didn't have the long torque, so i asked the guy with the star computer to do it, he kept saying its fine but did it anyway but the code was already reset, i will test it out tonight, but since the reset the triangle light it mostly on when I start the car.

dc2k

Hey guys, so the car was running fine for about 2 weeks and it started do it again, took it to shop and they changed the alternator and its still doing it, I attached a video if anyone had a similar issue, i did notice if i leave the ignition on for a while or turn of ignition off/on couple of time its perfectly fine. The shop told me maybe the esp module or ism does anyone know how to test those modules?
thanks

dc2k

The srs light is not on this time.

Maj. Dundee

And what are the new codes?

dc2k

its the same codes once that happens, the same codes come back on.

Maj. Dundee

You have two problems that you have to address. I would say that the B96/1, left sensor should be replaced first. But I suggest that you change both sensors while you are in there. This requires removing the turbo and the shutoff motor. Are you going to do this yourself?

Then depending on the codes, replace AdBlue.

dc2k

Do you think that sensor will cause this issue, that code has been on for a long time maybe since last February 2016. The adblue error was since this July for the heating element. A mechanic told me that port will break after changing it and there is a delete kit I just never got around to searching it up.

Maj. Dundee

Then take care of the AdBlue.

dc2k

Hey guys so quick update , i got it running again seems ok but will Update if anything happens, I took it to a guy he recommended fixing the eis first, since it might not be waking up all the modules. So got that fixed and it started right up.