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Originally Posted by lturchin
I went to a site where the codes were listed: http://pages.prodigy.net/jforgione/MB_S500.html
I followed the procedure for getting the codes to list. The first time I ran it, I was sure I got 16 blinks. Thereafter, I kept counting 17 blinks. I decided to erase the stored codes and then tested to see that they were gone. They were. I took the car for a short ride, about 5 minutes. Turned off and on the engine. It surged once at idle from 500-1000 RPM and then purred normally and went into D perfectly. Did that again and also got one small surge, which now seems normal, and back to 500 rpm or so. Checked the codes while the engine was running and saw no blinks, just the red light.
Am I fixed?
Thanks for your help all.
BTW, also checked the throttle actuator plate, which was not dirty at all.
LTurchin California |
As deanyel says "until next time!". Mostly likely it will return.
You could have had 16 and 17 blinks since both are 'plausible' with a 'ETA' problem.
It seems that after you read codes using the sw/LED combo, it doesn't read until it 'resets' . . .whatever that means. It could be a few days before you get any codes meaningfully read.
The top of an ETA is usually 'shiny' but when you remove it and look underneath. . you will see a different story.