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Hybrid System - Intermittent No Start/Start/Stop Function

Vehicle sporadically fails to start or can no longer be started

Topic number LI54.10-P-054690

Version 1

Design group 54.10 Battery, voltage supply, voltage converter

Date 10-10-2012

Validity Models 221.095 and 221.195 (Hybrid)

Reason for change

Complaint:
^ Combustion engine sporadically fails to start.

^ Combustion engine can only be restarted after a waiting period of approx. one hour.

^ Combustion engine can no longer be started.

^ Start/stop function is sporadically unavailable (READY displayed in yellow in instrument cluster).

^ Fault code "current and stored" in electric motor control unit (SG-EM) (see control unit fault code).





Cause

Remedy:
Requirement:

^ Use Xentry Diagnostics/DAS version 05/2012 with add-on 2306 or a higher DAS/XENTRY version.

^ Use a battery charger to ensure that the voltage supply of the vehicle's on-board electrical system battery is sufficient (greater than 12.5V).








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