T1N Sprinter Limp Home Mode, How to Reset Without Stopping!
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2020
- In this short video Bill shows us how to get our vans out of Limp Home Mode without stopping on the side of the road. Limp Home Mode, or LHM is your van telling you something is wrong & preventing damage to itself. We do not recommend driving far in LHM or resetting it frequently, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t done it thousands of times with no ill effect. As you can see in the slow motion, Bill has practiced this too much!
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This is definitely your best video until now. I especially like the PowerPoint presentation you have running in the background with all the informative causes for limp mode including h1 N1, El nino, mother-in-law sneezing. It is hilarious I still have to go back and figure out what you're trying to say about rolling reset.
Great tip and wealth of information. These videos are sooooo useful. Thanks for the information.
I like that shifter overlay, looks nice
My god, what a great video, I was laughing. Thank-you for Info. I wish someone would make a series this good and informative for the second gen sprinters.
This is awesome! Thanks dude!😊
I figured out how to do this as a teenager driving my mom's Dodge Neon. I would recommend shifting into neutral then turning off and on. I liked doing it to freak my mom out but nothing bad ever came from doing it :)
In a Sprinter with auto transmission, if you shift into Neutral you will need to come to a complete stop before you can accelerate again. Simply setting back to Drive will not resume normal travel like an older automatic car. The computer knows.
I found this out the hard way. My dog knocked the shifter into neutral on a two lane road with an 18 wheeler behind me. Tried putting it back in gear and nothing. Had to come to almost a complete stop before computer would recognize the shifter was back in Drive. I made that truckers day! Modern technology at its finest. NOT!
THIS IS THE BEST SH!T I'VE EVER SEEN!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
So true
How you can reset remaining star any part u eses for it
Thank you for this video! My 2003 T1N goes to limp mode intermittently, sometimes I'll do this and it's good for the whole trip or several. Other times, it'll go limp several times in one trip. New fuel filter & MAF. Fuel lines are good(no air bubbles). Does cracked boost plumbing cause intermittent limp or is it usually a more consistent failure? No check engine light.
Cracked hose will do that. So many things can change the boost pressure, even daily temperature, so some day the cracked hose will be a bigger problem and some days forgotten. A hose crack will usually grow and become easier to find and I often try* to help folks who are certain they don't have a hose crack but have all the symptoms. :)
@Florida Van Man Thank you very much, I'll remove it & see if it's cracked.
We used to do something similar as teenagers, just to make a huge back fire noise!! until it blows the muffler out! it’s loud and it freaks people out!! hilarious until you have to replace your muffler. Lol
Hey guys, any chance you might be interested in doing a video on Fuse Box #1 removal and ignition switch replacement? Love the channel. D (Tampa)
We don't have a van in need of this repair, but we do have the parts including new electrical switch and used fuse boxes if needed to complete a successful repair. If you are in Tampa Florida we could come to you. Email me Bill@FloridaVanMan.com
I'm forever doing this 🙈
We can help figure out why and correct it. Start with a code reader from our links page. Then wet it up with help from our setup video. Join us on Patreon for member benefits including one-on-one help diagnosing your van. floridavanman.com/links/
What about the EDC light and engine shutting off. You got a trick for that also?
No tricks for that. I'm curious what codes you get. I would guess it is fuel related to shut off, but that is a guess and nothing more.
So we replace the EGR valve the wood did the turbo upgrade a lot to this van but it still goes into limp mode we have a 3500 2004 sprinter
But it still goes into limp mode what would cause that could it be the actuator
Yes, this video lists a bunch of possibilities including sneezes to set in limp mode. Code reader is needed to sort out the cause. We have a link to a good compatible code reader, generic is not going to work. floridavanman.com/links
This would have worked on my 2017 but recently went to a 2021 so I have the button start. Can you do the same thing with the button and it will work?
Sorry, I don't know. How do you turn it off? Would it be the same button to turn it off and press again turn it back on?
@@FloridaVanMan we now have key fobs so you push the button to turn the engine on as well as off.
@@michaelo9039wouldn’t work. You have to push the brake to restart it
Can this be done with no key only push button start?
T1N Sprinters don't have push button start, to my knowledge. I would not try this in any other vehicle without first practicing in a controlled location like closed parking lot. Other vehicles might not react well to this reboot. Gasoline cars will likely backfire or explode a muffler. Other diesels may not restart and lose power brakes and power steering, perhaps even lock the steering wheel.
With doing this not engaged the starter motor? And destroy it? It precisely because you're doing it quickly that it doesn't engage the starter motor?
Thanks!
There are three reasons the starter does not engage. First, I don't tun the key to the starter position. The sequence is off & on, never going to start. Another reason being the van's ECM is smart enough to refuse engaging the starter whenever the engine is running, based on whether or not the alternator is charging. Finally, the van is in Drive gear so again the ECM will refuse to engage the starter. Selector must be in Park or Neutral, engine off and key must be turned a full position further against spring resistance.
@@FloridaVanMan Hey thanks so much for replying! The only reason I worry is because my old Mercedes 508d bus. It had a dodgy hot wire set up to drive it, and the mechanism slipped whilst driving, engaging the starter motor, shredding it to bits. Now, that bus was alot older so perhaps it didn't have this smart ECM thing to refuse engaging. Also I'm in the UK so I drive manual not automatic, is it still the same? Many thanks.
@@glenwelsh402 We didn't get any manual transmission Sprinters over here but all the manuals I've driven require the clutch pedal depressed to spin the starter motor. So I think your van is as safe as mine to do a rolling reset.
@@FloridaVanMan thanks again, I appreciate it. Your channel has been an absolute striking of gold as me and the girlfriend are doing up our sprinter to go to Europe.
Thank you so much for all your brilliant videos.
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I'd have to shift to neutral to even think about trying it.
I did this shit but then it got worse i stop and restarted when on drive and that shit kicked me in the chest with power 😊😊😊😊
Resetting the ECM, whether stopped or rolling, only takes you out of limp mode. It doesn't give the van super-powers or chest-kicking force. That force you felt, is what the van should offer every day.
The van won't start when in drive, so I'm unclear what you were trying to say. Let's get it running right... patreon.com/Florida_Van_Man?Link&
Does this actually work?😊
Absolutely. It doesn't fix the problem but it helps limp home faster for repair.
You can do it without moving
If you aren't rolling you need to be really fast with the flips.
Thank you Bill - Limp Mode is more dangerous than a mother in laws tongue when dealing with road trains and small thin country roads here in Australia. Mercedes dealer also have no idea how to fix but can charge you a lot of money to prove it? I will certainly trial this method of resetting - last trip of 1000km had over 80 limp mode pull over resets with no dash light indication as to issue - again dangerous narrow roads, minimal shoulder, 100km per hour (60mph) speed limit, busy country road and I had my 2 grandchildren with me - never again Mercedes never again. Someone with some money should really consider a class action against this money grabbing insanely dangerous foolishness. Flashing dash warning lights yes, but not no warning decrease in speed - people are going to get hurt if they haven't already? As you can tell very angry so will stop rant now - apologies
I've been there many times myself, and happy to hear you "let it out".
I agree has been happening to me a lot lately Mark shutting down due to low fuel rail pressure very dangerous on multi lane high speed interstate with no shoulder. In these shut downs I do not think Bill's trick will work on a total shut down but will work in limp mode. Thank-you for the excellent video Bill and yes Mercedes should be sued for this dangerous nonsense sign me up.