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Originally Posted by 8092400e
We have a 2001 ML 320 with 75K. When the gas pedal is pressed rapidly (almost like a panic stop on a brake pedal) the car shuts down to a limp (not over 1500 rpm) mode. It's happened to me once and just happened to my wife.
Is this built in to the programming? when the car is shut down and restarted it operates just fine. Thinking its some kind of protection if someone confuses the gas with the brake, yet I see no mention of it.
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M112? It happened to me with my M113 (sister to the M112). It is supposedly not all that uncommon. Apparently, the engine ECU gets confused easily; and a hard press on the fly-by-wire unit will do this.
Unless this is happening frequently, I would ignore it. You can try changing the fly-by-wire unit ($$) or the engine ECU ($$$$$); but I, personally, wouldn't worry about it.
What say you MB DOC?