james_fedele
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I have a 2006 Mercedes Sprinter with around 140xxx miles. A month ago I had an incident with the transmission in which the transmission started marking horrible grinding and clunking noises. When I tried to accelerate from the stop light I was at the whole van shuttered and wouldn't allow me to get out of first gear; in fact I couldn't go more than 3 miles an hour. I also could only choose to go into reverse or drive once. If I tried to switch from drive to reverse, or vice versa, nothing would happen in the gear that I would switch into. If I wanted to switch into a different gear, I would have to restart the vehicle. Ex - If I was in drive, I could drive up to 3 MPH in drive, but if I tired to switch to reverse, I would get nothing; just engine revving. I also experienced the trans popping out of gear while driving. This is much different that the 2nd gear limp mode that I have experience in the past. I pulled off at the nearest parking lot and parked the vehicle. The check engine light was on with P0715(Input Turbine Speed Sensor and P0730 (General Code) being shown.
I towed the vehicle home, dropped the pan, and found a mass amount of small metal shavings. The trans fluid was riddled with microscopic metal shavings as well. I decided to clean the valve body, which houses the speed sensors, as well as install a new filter, gasket, and fluid, just for giggles and grins. Since then, I have reset the codes and driven the sprinter about 25 miles. It is stuck in second gear limp mode now and keeps throwing the Speed sensor code (P0715) every time I start the vehicle. It sounds great when I drive it, no grinding or shuttering like before. and goes into reverse and drive just fine. I can switch into multiple gears without having to restart the vehicle. I know I am not getting in enough drive time for the drive cycles to actuate, so I am confused as to why the codes keep popping up every time I start the vehicle. Do I need a MERCEDES compatible scanner to reset the computer fully? Or is there another way around this? Do I need a new trans? Any help is appreciated.
I towed the vehicle home, dropped the pan, and found a mass amount of small metal shavings. The trans fluid was riddled with microscopic metal shavings as well. I decided to clean the valve body, which houses the speed sensors, as well as install a new filter, gasket, and fluid, just for giggles and grins. Since then, I have reset the codes and driven the sprinter about 25 miles. It is stuck in second gear limp mode now and keeps throwing the Speed sensor code (P0715) every time I start the vehicle. It sounds great when I drive it, no grinding or shuttering like before. and goes into reverse and drive just fine. I can switch into multiple gears without having to restart the vehicle. I know I am not getting in enough drive time for the drive cycles to actuate, so I am confused as to why the codes keep popping up every time I start the vehicle. Do I need a MERCEDES compatible scanner to reset the computer fully? Or is there another way around this? Do I need a new trans? Any help is appreciated.