Hi,

I would like my 2010 ML550 W164 to start off in second gear (in comfort mode), like most other models do.
By design the car does not have any explicit C/S/M drive mode, but with Vediamo I selected both C and M, so I can toggle between both.
I checked the setting 'anfahren im 1. gang' in Xentry which is disabled.

Does anyone know how to make a W164 take off in second gear?
In manual mode I always take off in second gear as I find the first gear too short for any normal use other than off-road and towing.

Thanks.

 

After enabling in Xentry 'FPC-Anzeige' I can now see which driving mode is actually selected and it turns out that the default driving mode is 'S' not 'C'. I also see 'Standard' selected in the transmission unit in Xentry.
This explains the car starting in first gear I guess.

Something seems incorrect with the VGSNAG2 Manager decoding; the default hex code suggests that the default mode is 'C':


VGSNAG2 Manager default value

When I add/enable S, M and A then C, M and A become available.

Now the new issue is: the car drives horrible in C mode; the car barely shifts, only >3k rpm regardless of speed/throttle.
When I toggle back to S everything is back to usual.

Does something go wrong with the VGSNAG2 Manager part or does the C driving mode need some reprogramming/calibration or so?

Thanks for any insights!

 

I finally managed to fix this issue:

I copied the values of the following 'variantpointers' from a default ML63 HEX string, which has natively the C/S/M option:

which correspond to bytes 12, 13 and 14.

After copying these values the car now starts in second gear and the Comfort mode actually drives less sporty / lower RPM.

If anyone knows what these variant pointers do, please chime in!

Thanks.


Working settings

A default ML63 HEX string