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C55 Limp Mode when hot, manual mode works fine

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Old May 16, 2026 | 06:54 PM
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C55 Limp Mode when hot, manual mode works fine

Approaching 200k miles with my C55. Recently I've noticed that when it's hotter outside, above 85 degrees, after about 15 minutes of driving, the car sometimes goes into limp mode (third gear). Once this happens, if I shut the car off, restart it and put it into "M" mode, I can shift through all the gear perfectly fine.
The issue only seems to happen when in "C" or "S" mode with the transmission.

I have parts to the conductor plate because I got the speed sensor check engine code, but wanted to see if anyone has experience with this where "M" mode works perfectly fine when C and S go into limp mode?
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Old Jun 21, 2026 | 06:01 PM
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Ce comportement sur les C55 avec boîte 722.6 ressemble très fortement à un problème de gestion de boîte lié à la chaleur, souvent aggravé par un conducteur plate déjà fatigué ou un capteur de vitesse intermittent. Le fait que le mode M fonctionne normalement est un indice important : la boîte elle-même peut encore mécaniquement fonctionner, mais le calculateur passe en mode sécurité en C/S à cause de valeurs incohérentes.

À chaud, les capteurs (vitesse turbine/sortie) ou les soudures du conductor plate peuvent dériver, ce qui déclenche le limp mode. Le redémarrage réinitialise temporairement le défaut.

Vu que tu as déjà un code lié au speed sensor, le remplacement du conductor plate est clairement une bonne première étape. Pense aussi à vérifier le niveau et l’état de l’huile de boîte, car la température peut aggraver le problème.
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