Does it work to do what?

To shut down the ASR -- without putting the car into permanent limp mode.
When I had ASR issues, I was impressed by the power the car had for those first few moments after restarting, before ASR had a chance to re-engage.

I first noticed it, in a dramatic way, when I had one of the neutral safety switch/ASR issues I wrote of in other threads. I restarted the car at a red light and, when it turned green, tapped the accelerater as usual, and the car took off like a rocket. (Good thing there where no nuns or small children in the intersection -- or a police cruiser behind me.)

I am convinced ASR is a throw-back to Germany's Nazi days, with the fascist little computer gleefully deciding how, and when, to allocate the torque we paid good money for.

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2008 E350 4matic / Black/Anthracite

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Gone but not Forgotten:
2001 E430 4matic, 206,xxx miles, Black/Charcoal
1995 E320, 252,xxx miles, Black/Grey
1989 260E, 223,00 miles, Black/Black

They had all the ABS hardware there anyway, so it was an easily added feature...that turned out to be a PIA....witha CHAIN SWITCH to boot...gotta love that.

" Let's see now , where did I put my CHAINS ???.. they gotta be 'round here somewhere...... Weather guy says we are gonna need them tonite"

If you live in CHAIN country, you also own a 4 wheel drive vehicle....... simple.

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A Dalton

I got my radio shack tool working and I got 33 blinks.
#33 is{ asr only can communication faulty in general.}
What do I do now?

I also get 13 blinks
asr/ets hydrauic unit,left front axel selonoid valve[hold]
Where is this and how do I test it.

Sal

I think I found the sending unit on the left front axel but it doesn't look like a selonoid valve!!:

Don't forget the second part ". . . or actual value potentiometer (M16/4r1 or M16/4r2) or actuator motor (M16/4m1)or magnetic clutch (M16/4k1)". Refers to ETA . .

That's probably the more plausible fault. . .

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i ck out the potentiomer and the moter and the mag clutch.
How do I ck out the can comunication fault?
Sal

Sal, how did you check out the "pot" and "mag clutch"??

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