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Triptronic emergency run error.

Lee997

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hi all, my 997.1 is suffering from slow starting and I’m aware of what needs to be done however today while out it refused to start and I had to wait a while but fortunately after a few tries it restarted.
on the way home I gave it a large amount of throttle while banked on a roundabout (didn’t notice exactly what gear it was in but probably 4-5th), I got a error stating triptronic emergency run and alternating gear lights flashing between neutral and 5th.
i had to pull over and switch off to and restart to clear it as it was also in slow mode.

after a bit more driving I tried the same thing that caused the error the first time, again’t under heavy acceleration while hard in a roundabout I got the same error " Triptronic emergency run” again required a stop restart to clear.

so I’m after opinions please but wonder if it was due to maybe the box reading the situation as requiring to much power while in a bend and a lot else going on at that moment what with power being sent to what wheel as well as PASM?

Lee.
 
Hi, I had a similar fault and traced the problem using a Durametric to be the N1 turbine sensor which is a common failure on this particular MB gear box. The solution which I did myself was to change the conductor plate which includes both turbine sensors the replacement requires draining the tiptronic, removing the sump disconnecting the connector plug and removing the conductor plate. The parts are available from auto doc and the total cost was about £250. Some way short of the £4K plus I was quoted from a auto gearbox specialist. The job took about 5 hrs and was done on the garage floor with about 2 ft of lift. If you search on U tube under MB autoboxs you will find several useful video from memory the MB designation of the box is 722.6. If you are going to give this a try be sure to check with some form of diagnostic tool that this is the issue. There are 2 turbine sensors, one tracks engine speed and the other tracks final drive speed and the switching logic determines which solenoids to activate. On mine the engine speed sensor was behaving normally but the other sensor would read either 8k rpm or zero if I accelerated harshly. At this point the tiptronic error message would appear the flashing indicators and the engine into limp mode. Recycling the ignition would reset the issue which would return if brisk acceleration was used.
My repair is now 7 months old (6000 miles) and has been faultless. If anything a pure subjective judgement the box seems more responsive and changes appear smoother.
Hope this helps feel free to pm me if you need any further information
 
Hi Michael, thankyou for your detailed post! I’m starting to think I will be needing to get my hands on one of these diagnostic readers!
seeing what the fault is first will certainly be the case but certainly sounds like a similar problem! Fortunately I have access to a lift and workshop from time to time which helps a lot!
Great you did your repair yourself over the quoted horror estimate! How do they get to these figures?

thanks again Lee
 
Hi Lee,
If you live close to me you can borrow mine. It’s a Durametric Pro so no limit to the number of cars and the free to download software runs on any windows pc. The most difficult part of the task was the removal and replacement of the plug that may be easier with a full height lift and hands smaller than my bunch of banana. Good luck
Yours Aye
Michael
 

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