Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC??? YAAASSSSS!!!!
Get it going good and snag somebody's stimulus check (and then some) with it? -Curt On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 10:47:11 AM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Well. Spoke to the stealer this morning and the service rep says the accumulator will be covered under the SBC warranty. There would be a charge for scanning it but if it is indeed the SBC (which it is) then there will be no charge for the diagnostic. AND. [drum roll] he told me to call Mercedes roadside assistance and they would pick the car up for free and bring it in! He also said it is possible that the SB fault would be causing the limp mode, which is what I started thinking. I should probably look at the RR air strut issue, it is throwing a code but no problems with it, I think it might just be a sensor or connector. Hot damn this could work out really well. Fixed for free and will probably get a wash out of it too! I guess I would need to go fetch it with the trailer after they deal with it since I don't have plates for it yet, but that isn't a biggie. This could work out really well. I might even spring for a detailer come clean it, it is a pretty nice car and for $900 in it I will not begrudge a few $$ to get it looking nice. I'm not sure what I would do with it, don't really need it but the 500 is a LOT of fun to drive. I guess I could sell it and make some good bank. --FT On 4/5/21 10:50 PM, Buggered Benzmail wrote: > Gotcha. I already know the problem is clearly part of the SBC, I just don’t > know if they will see it as a covered part even though it is clearly part of > the system > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On Apr 5, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I’m just saying… when I spoke to my dealer about checking the SBC on the >> eldest son’s E320 CDI they said that they would charge me a diagnostic fee >> if the issue wasn’t warranty related to the SBC. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Apr 5, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> So if I’m gonna get charged $100 or something for a scan then I might as >>> well just buy the part and install it myself. I’ll see what they say >>> tomorrow. Thanks... >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iPhone >>> > On Apr 5, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC??? YAAASSSSS!!!!
Great. Why we buy Mercedes. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 10:47 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well. Spoke to the stealer this morning and the service rep says the > accumulator will be covered under the SBC warranty. There would be a > charge for scanning it but if it is indeed the SBC (which it is) then > there will be no charge for the diagnostic. AND. [drum roll] he > told me to call Mercedes roadside assistance and they would pick the car > up for free and bring it in! > > He also said it is possible that the SB fault would be causing the limp > mode, which is what I started thinking. I should probably look at the > RR air strut issue, it is throwing a code but no problems with it, I > think it might just be a sensor or connector. > > Hot damn this could work out really well. Fixed for free and will > probably get a wash out of it too! I guess I would need to go fetch it > with the trailer after they deal with it since I don't have plates for > it yet, but that isn't a biggie. > > This could work out really well. I might even spring for a detailer > come clean it, it is a pretty nice car and for $900 in it I will not > begrudge a few $$ to get it looking nice. I'm not sure what I would do > with it, don't really need it but the 500 is a LOT of fun to drive. I > guess I could sell it and make some good bank. > > --FT > > On 4/5/21 10:50 PM, Buggered Benzmail wrote: > > Gotcha. I already know the problem is clearly part of the SBC, I just > don’t know if they will see it as a covered part even though it is clearly > part of the system > > > > --FT > > Sent from iPhone > > > >> On Apr 5, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I’m just saying… when I spoke to my dealer about checking the SBC on > the eldest son’s E320 CDI they said that they would charge me a diagnostic > fee if the issue wasn’t warranty related to the SBC. > >> > >> -D > >> > >> > >>> On Apr 5, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> So if I’m gonna get charged $100 or something for a scan then I might > as well just buy the part and install it myself. I’ll see what they say > tomorrow. Thanks... > >>> > >>> --FT > >>> Sent from iPhone > >>> > > On Apr 5, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> ___ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC??? YAAASSSSS!!!!
Well. Spoke to the stealer this morning and the service rep says the accumulator will be covered under the SBC warranty. There would be a charge for scanning it but if it is indeed the SBC (which it is) then there will be no charge for the diagnostic. AND. [drum roll] he told me to call Mercedes roadside assistance and they would pick the car up for free and bring it in! He also said it is possible that the SB fault would be causing the limp mode, which is what I started thinking. I should probably look at the RR air strut issue, it is throwing a code but no problems with it, I think it might just be a sensor or connector. Hot damn this could work out really well. Fixed for free and will probably get a wash out of it too! I guess I would need to go fetch it with the trailer after they deal with it since I don't have plates for it yet, but that isn't a biggie. This could work out really well. I might even spring for a detailer come clean it, it is a pretty nice car and for $900 in it I will not begrudge a few $$ to get it looking nice. I'm not sure what I would do with it, don't really need it but the 500 is a LOT of fun to drive. I guess I could sell it and make some good bank. --FT On 4/5/21 10:50 PM, Buggered Benzmail wrote: Gotcha. I already know the problem is clearly part of the SBC, I just don’t know if they will see it as a covered part even though it is clearly part of the system --FT Sent from iPhone On Apr 5, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I’m just saying… when I spoke to my dealer about checking the SBC on the eldest son’s E320 CDI they said that they would charge me a diagnostic fee if the issue wasn’t warranty related to the SBC. -D On Apr 5, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: So if I’m gonna get charged $100 or something for a scan then I might as well just buy the part and install it myself. I’ll see what they say tomorrow. Thanks... --FT Sent from iPhone On Apr 5, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC???
Gotcha. I already know the problem is clearly part of the SBC, I just don’t know if they will see it as a covered part even though it is clearly part of the system --FT Sent from iPhone > On Apr 5, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I’m just saying… when I spoke to my dealer about checking the SBC on the > eldest son’s E320 CDI they said that they would charge me a diagnostic fee if > the issue wasn’t warranty related to the SBC. > > -D > > >> On Apr 5, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> So if I’m gonna get charged $100 or something for a scan then I might as >> well just buy the part and install it myself. I’ll see what they say >> tomorrow. Thanks... >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> On Apr 5, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC???
I’m just saying… when I spoke to my dealer about checking the SBC on the eldest son’s E320 CDI they said that they would charge me a diagnostic fee if the issue wasn’t warranty related to the SBC. -D > On Apr 5, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > So if I’m gonna get charged $100 or something for a scan then I might as well > just buy the part and install it myself. I’ll see what they say tomorrow. > Thanks... > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On Apr 5, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> wrote: >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC???
So if I’m gonna get charged $100 or something for a scan then I might as well just buy the part and install it myself. I’ll see what they say tomorrow. Thanks... --FT Sent from iPhone > On Apr 5, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC???
Thye won’t be able to tell you until they can get it into a bay and check it out. You’ll probably get dinged with a diagnostic charge no matter what, but if the SBC is whacked, everything else is covered. -D > On Apr 5, 2021, at 5:22 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > So some further research shows that a fault in the SBC system *might* throw > the car into limp mode. It has a pressure reservoir fault. And spirited > acceleration along with an SBC fault might also do limp mode. That happened > when I was driving the car and the trans was shifting fine and I jumped on it > and BANG! limp mode. The Brake Nanny protecting me! > > I tried calling the stealer this afternoon and got no answer after waiting > about 15min on hold. So I called MBUSA and after about 10min got hold of > Theresa who was very nice and looked up the car, determining it has not had > any dealer interaction since 07 (imagine that), and nothing on the SBC. SBC > is also warranteed until Jan 2029 so I have 8 more years on that! She did > not know what parts of the SBC were covered, there did not seem to be any > distinction on that. She suggested I get hold of the stealer service dept to > find out what they say. So I'll do that tomorrow. If they can deal with it > under the warranty I will drag the car over there on the trailer and dump it > on them. > > If they give me a runaround I'll just get the part ($72 @ FCPEuro) and > replace it and see if that clears the SBC fault and the limp mode. I'm kinda > thinking this might be the issue since the trans wasn't working, then it was, > then it wasn't then it was... and that needs to be replaced anyway. > > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] More thinkings on the $900E500 limp mode issue -- SBC???
So some further research shows that a fault in the SBC system *might* throw the car into limp mode. It has a pressure reservoir fault. And spirited acceleration along with an SBC fault might also do limp mode. That happened when I was driving the car and the trans was shifting fine and I jumped on it and BANG! limp mode. The Brake Nanny protecting me! I tried calling the stealer this afternoon and got no answer after waiting about 15min on hold. So I called MBUSA and after about 10min got hold of Theresa who was very nice and looked up the car, determining it has not had any dealer interaction since 07 (imagine that), and nothing on the SBC. SBC is also warranteed until Jan 2029 so I have 8 more years on that! She did not know what parts of the SBC were covered, there did not seem to be any distinction on that. She suggested I get hold of the stealer service dept to find out what they say. So I'll do that tomorrow. If they can deal with it under the warranty I will drag the car over there on the trailer and dump it on them. If they give me a runaround I'll just get the part ($72 @ FCPEuro) and replace it and see if that clears the SBC fault and the limp mode. I'm kinda thinking this might be the issue since the trans wasn't working, then it was, then it wasn't then it was... and that needs to be replaced anyway. -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
