It all started out as to what my wife and I thought would be a peaceful Friday drive from Austin to Houston to visit the inlaws with our 4 month old son. It turned into the night from hell...

About 110 miles out on I10(Halfway between Austin and Houston), We decided to stop to grab a bite to eat....We stopped at and ate, and I left the engine to idle for a few minutes to cool down the truck. I turned off the truck and we went inside. When we came out, and we began underway....i noticed something was terribly wrong...The transmission would not go past 2nd gear! So I was on a major interstate, and couldnt go over 30 miles per hour. Our cell phones wouldnt work in the area, so we had to drive along the emergency lane till we found a gas station. I tried to turn it off and back on, but it didnt help, and I was beginnning to feel a little like a Mercedes victim. I called the rescue # and they said that they could send a tow truck out but that it was going to cost an arm and a leg cause the nearest Mercedes dealer was in Houston, and the tow trucks charge between 3 to 7 dollars a mile....plus 75.00...and I was around 95 miles from Houston.
Doesnt sound to good huh?

Heres the thing....The check engine light was on, and the rep told me that the truck had decided to go into this mode and that Id probably be better to have someone come pick us up, because the tow truck driver could only take two of us(Sorry baby Caleb), and that they would pick up the truck. I told him thanks, but that I was going to drive the damn thing to the nearest hotel and get a good nights rest before I decided how I would get back to Austin.
So we limped along on the access road, and all of a sudden, the car upshifted....!!! It was a miracle!

So, we headed home, and the truck drove fine.

What I want to know is what the heck happened. The next day, I checked the fuses on a hunch, and one of them was blown(Blower motor fan). I replaced it, took the truck out, and the check engine light went out....and has stayed off...Was this the cause of the problem?

Sorry for the long story, but I wanted to describe it exactly as it had occurred...Has anyone else had this limp home mode activate on them like this?


Thanks,

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