I have searched far and wide through this forum before posting this. I hope I did not miss anything. I love when you have your pedal floored and it chirps when it changes gear from 1st to 2nd on the Automatic transmission. I have the stability control button turned off and I can get my rear wheels to spin from a start but I want that nice hit when it changes to 2nd. I have owned a 2004 limited now for just over a month and within that month it has done it twice (trust me I have tried reproducing it many many times with no avail. Is there a little trick I can do to get what I am looking for, like a shift kit or ECU tuner kit or anything to get said result?
I have tried manually shifting with the auto stick with no avail.
Any Ideas?

If this has been discussed before somewhere in the forums, I am sorry but I searched and searched many different phrases and words with no conclusion about what I am looking for. If it has been discussed, please accept my apology.

 

I probably wouldn't get into the tranny. It sounds like you need to get intouch with TVT. I think that your initial tune, is 500 bucks, but if you buy the cables from them, you can flash your cpu with a downloaded tune via laptop. I really want to get their 265 kit, but crap just keeps screwing things up. That is my suggestion. goodluck, chris

 

I tried to look into this some time ago, but no luck. The car has so many sensors built into it to make it smooth shifting and handling...not sure a shift kit will make a difference unless those controls are completely turned off. Even though you turn the TC off, it really really isn't off. It will override...so pulling fuses or wiring a switch in line may be in order...

 

The solution to your problem?

Sell your car and buy one with a manual! I've definitely had a few times where I shifted hard into second and tct ctrl was blinking and you could feel the rear end get squirely.

I'm going to side with "doc" on this one. You're driving a mercedes which is a generally a very conservative brand when it comes to how systems are calibrated. Just look how sensitive the tct ctrl is and how stability ctrl can't be fully deactivated.