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chris.hunt22:
Just a quick one, apologies its nothing to do with 4x4s just my other motoring disaster of the moment!!

I have a 2001 Mercedes AMG E55 with the tiptronic/auto box, earlier today I got about 200 yards from my house and the gearbox was in drive but stuck in 1st, I pulled onto my local Spar car park, put it in Park and switched everything off, got out and locked it (usually works when its playing up)

I got back in it and it wouldn't start (it usually says P on the dash but it said nothing??)  It wouldn't come out of park either, I waited for the AA man, when he arrived he was as baffled as I was, he rang his technical office and they suggested a fuse which controlled the ECU cooling fans, sure enough a 10 amp fuse was the key to all my troubles, the man at my local Merc specialist had never heard of them having ECU fans, my predicament is the AA man said I shouldn't drive it too much as if the ECU overheats it will cost a lot more than a 10 amp fuse.

Its a long shot but has anyone got any info on these or know anyone who might know????

Thanks All

Chris

L90OOK:
Try knocking it forward into Park.  My old tiptronic Passat did exactly the same.  Just needed a good slamming into Park  :shock:

redhand:
Try this forum. http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/archive/index.php/f-37.html

TDi90:

--- Quote from: "L90OOK" ---Try knocking it forward into Park.  My old tiptronic Passat did exactly the same.  Just needed a good slamming into Park  :shock:
--- End quote ---

YOU HAD A TIPTRONIC PASSAT??? MINE ISNT  :cry:  :cry:

Tinks:
Take it to a transmission specialist, the will be able to tell you if the fault is in the gearbox or not, do you have any problems changing into any other gears or is it a bit slow to change through the gears??

A fault with the transmission can cause other things to be put under extra stress and as a result they fail, for example your fuse!

The AA man is quite right as you probably already know you really really dont want to go overheating your ECU, for that age of car the price really will shock you, specially for an AMG.

Automatic transmissions are specialist stuff, normall garages most of the time won't even entertain the idea of touching them.

I have also never heard of an ECU cooling fan & definatly would expect the man at Mercedes to have heard of one if there was one.

However if the car does not recognise the fact that you are in park it wont let you start it, the light (unless the bulb has blown) shows you that the car knows it is in park, without that the car will not start.

So there is a number of things it could be from something as simple as a sensor to a torque converter or if your AA man is right an ECU related problem.  I would have expected in a car of that age with all the electrics that control it any mechanic under the sun to have checked all the fuses as one of the first ports of call!!

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