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‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
2007 Mercedes s550 182k miles with a rebuilt transmission
Hey,
I want to first say sorry for the long post but I am hoping someone can shed some light on my issues below.
About a month again one of the pulleys on my engine broke which cause the serpentine belt to shred in pieces and of course left me stranded in a parking lot. I had the car towed to my mechanic where he replaced the pulley, crankshaft seal, and pulley. When I picked up my car I noticed that the check engine light was on. I immediately texted my mechanic to tell him about the light. He said that it was a transmission code. Shortly after putting the car in gear it bucks or jerks. It does not slip or do anything while driving. While driving away from the shop I noticed that the car seemed to be stuck in 1st gear or 2nd gear. I ended up getting to work and 8 hours later I was driving and of course it still felt like the car wasnt shifting gears. Within a mile of driving the ac compressor pulley exploded and again I was stranded on a road as the serpentine belt once again shredded. I had the car towed to my house this time as it was 6 pm on a Saturday. When I got home I tried to scan it and noticed that there was no communication with the transmission module and scanner. The rebuilt transmission has 12k miles on it and 13 months ago was rebuilt. The valve body is 3 years old.. ninjabenz who is excellent suggested that it might be the conductor plate plug that might have gotten oil in it. I have another person who works in service department of Porsche who said it might be fuse. Any help would be great. Before the comments about get rid of the car I will say that this car is sentimental value and that I would try in reason financially to keep it. Attached is what ninjabenz said to replace.
This harness is for 722.6 and not for your car, you need to check transmission wirring harness first, rarely case that conductor plate faulty and completely no communication unless wiring issue.
For pulley and serpentine belt, better you nê dto replacea whole tensioner pulley because tensioner pulley easy to misalign over the time and check for crank shaft pulley.
‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
Yes, I misspoke their ninjabenz suggested they part it was another person. Is there a plug for that? Is it possible that I can use the star to scan it?
‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
Also the crankshaft pulley was replaced in June of this year. Thank you for your help.
right now the ac compressor and water pump is being replacing along with the idler pulley
‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
So the car is at my mechanic’s shop as of now but I was just thinking of something that might be related to my issue. When my mechanic had to replaced the hood release cables he had to remove the front left fuse box to be able to run the cable. Do you think that fuse box might be my issue. When I used my generic scanner it say “ communications to transmission”
QUOTE=EasyPhil;8666867]I would start with an Xentry/DAS scan. That will give you the reason for the check engine light and also reveal what transmission codes have appeared.[/QUOTE]
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Generic scanners are fine for minor diagnosis. I use both a $10 Ebay scanner and also a $130 Foxwell Mercedes to read basic PCM and system level codes. The $10 Ebay only does the ECU. The Foxwell does 62 modules. But when you need real troubleshooting, you need a DAS scanner. If your Indie is not making progress; I'd take it to the Dealer. You can pay a simple hourly charge for a full DAS scan and analysis. You don't need to fix it at the Dealer. But you need to know what the problem really is.
If it was mine, I would have the Dealer scan it. Then I would decide whether to use the Indie. I am not a big fan of the Dealer; but I am even less of a fan of throwing parts at the problem and not addressing the issues. Why not consider a scan and let us know the codes they find?
‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
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I actually have star computer but right now the car is at my mechanic. I will stop by there in a few days. Unfortunately my work schedule is brutal the next 4 days as I am working 16 hour days.
QUOTE=vettebk;8667282]Generic scanners are fine for minor diagnosis. I use both a $10 Ebay scanner and also a $130 Foxwell Mercedes to read basic PCM and system level codes. The $10 Ebay only does the ECU. The Foxwell does 62 modules. But when you need real troubleshooting, you need a DAS scanner. If your Indie is not making progress; I'd take it to the Dealer. You can pay a simple hourly charge for a full DAS scan and analysis. You don't need to fix it at the Dealer. But you need to know what the problem really is.
If it was mine, I would have the Dealer scan it. Then I would decide whether to use the Indie. I am not a big fan of the Dealer; but I am even less of a fan of throwing parts at the problem and not addressing the issues. Why not consider a scan and let us know the codes they find?[/QUOTE]
So the car is at my mechanic’s shop as of now but I was just thinking of something that might be related to my issue. When my mechanic had to replaced the hood release cables he had to remove the front left fuse box to be able to run the cable. Do you think that fuse box might be my issue. When I used my generic scanner it say “ communications to transmission”
I just replaced the release cables on my car and it didn't involve removing the fuse box.
Pull codes. Figure out why you keep shredding belts. Benzninja is probably closest, that plug gets oil in it and the car starts glitching. Common issue. With random grease monkey hands under the hood though, there's no telling. Pull codes.
‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
Hello all again,
So I may have missed something that I think is probably huge. I think my car was leaking transmission fluid the entire time due to a failed o ring and that the transmission is low. My mechanic said that he might have found a failed o-ring. He is going to keep looking just to make sure there isn’t other stuff that failed to make it look.
‘16 Mercedes GLE450 amg,’15 Mercedes gla, coupe,’07 Mercedes w221,’12 Audi A
Codes pulled
Just fyi the valve body was replaced 2 years ago.
QUOTE=Senecat;8667379]Pull codes. Figure out why you keep shredding belts. Benzninja is probably closest, that plug gets oil in it and the car starts glitching. Common issue. With random grease monkey hands under the hood though, there's no telling. Pull codes.[/QUOTE]
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