rmvembe
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Hi Guys,
I need your expertise on a problem I have encountered. I've got a CLS ith 89k on the clock. It had a gearbox service at 80k and has generally been reliable. A few weeks ago when driving it went into limp mode and I was limited to 3k revs. A restart resolved this. A few more day later booting it, I could feel a thump when I let of the accelerator after it had kicked down. This then led to getting stuck in gear. So far I've been getting stuck in 1st, 3rd or 7th. No real pattern upon from it happens frequently on junctions rundabouts etc.
I get the following transmission codes:
P0717
P2767
Research has led me to believe I need a new conductor plate which I've had quote for £800 for a replacement and fitting etc from merc.
However, I had merc diagnose it to make sure and after a short test drive the mechanic said It was a valve body because when I go into limp mode changing the gears manually has no effect on the gearbox??? He reckons even in limp mode when it's stuck in gear, manual selection should still work etc For the valve body the cost then rises to £1.4k (btw its the vgs2).
Are merc right or are they trying to rip me off here? I've also read somewhere that getting a valve body is easier for them than getting just the conductor plate. I've also attached the torque obd output, ignore the rest of the codes as they are all linked to an o2 sensor which I know about.
Thanks in advance.
I need your expertise on a problem I have encountered. I've got a CLS ith 89k on the clock. It had a gearbox service at 80k and has generally been reliable. A few weeks ago when driving it went into limp mode and I was limited to 3k revs. A restart resolved this. A few more day later booting it, I could feel a thump when I let of the accelerator after it had kicked down. This then led to getting stuck in gear. So far I've been getting stuck in 1st, 3rd or 7th. No real pattern upon from it happens frequently on junctions rundabouts etc.
I get the following transmission codes:
P0717
P2767
Research has led me to believe I need a new conductor plate which I've had quote for £800 for a replacement and fitting etc from merc.
However, I had merc diagnose it to make sure and after a short test drive the mechanic said It was a valve body because when I go into limp mode changing the gears manually has no effect on the gearbox??? He reckons even in limp mode when it's stuck in gear, manual selection should still work etc For the valve body the cost then rises to £1.4k (btw its the vgs2).
Are merc right or are they trying to rip me off here? I've also read somewhere that getting a valve body is easier for them than getting just the conductor plate. I've also attached the torque obd output, ignore the rest of the codes as they are all linked to an o2 sensor which I know about.
Thanks in advance.
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