Newly uploaded TSBs Apr. + May 2025

🔧 Newly Uploaded TSBs – April & May 2025

Stay ahead of the curve with the latest Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) added in the past two months.

170 brand-new TSBs
188 updates to existing bulletins

Each case is based on real support calls from one of Europe’s largest aftermarket hotline centers. These bulletins target everyday workshop frustrations — helping technicians save time, diagnose smarter, and increase workshop efficiency.

🚗 Example 1: Mercedes-Benz GLB (X247) 2019 → 2.0D (OM654.920)

Transmission Jumps to Neutral — Fault Code P061B00

🛠️ Real Issue. Real Fix. No Guesswork.

Symptoms:

Transmission unexpectedly shifts into neutral

Normal function resumes after restarting the engine

Fault codes stored:

B1F4500 – Starter battery has excessive resistance

B21059A – Starter battery capacity too low

P061B00 – Torque calculation malfunction in the control unit

🤔 What Does P061B00 Really Mean?

This fault code may suggest a control unit failure or communication error — but that’s misleading. It offers no clear direction and often leads technicians down the wrong diagnostic path.

📌 The Real Culprit: The 12V Battery

As one of Europe’s largest hotline centers, we maintain a huge database of real-world cases. After reviewing multiple reports on the GLB with 8G-DCT/DKG transmission (code 426), a consistent root cause appeared:

A weak or deteriorated 12V battery — even if it seems fine at rest.

These batteries often drop voltage under load, confusing the control unit and triggering logic faults like P061B00.

🔄 What Happens in Practice

Transmission drops into neutral — often while driving

After a restart, normal drive resumes

Additional fault codes may include:

P056300 – System voltage too low

B210D97, B21059A, B1F4500 – Battery-related

In 50% of cases, there’s no visible warning — making this easy to misdiagnose.

✅ Confirmed Fix

Replace the 12V battery with a properly rated unit

Perform coding/adaptation if required (especially for AGM/start-stop systems)

Clear codes and verify stable transmission performance

🧠 Diagnostic Insight

Technicians may suspect a faulty ECU or start testing harnesses — but the real fix is simple:

🔋 Voltage stability is critical in modern diagnostics — even when the fault doesn’t appear electrical.

🚗 Example 2: Ford 2015 → 1.5 EcoBoost

Starter Spins, But Engine Doesn’t Start

🛠️ Real Case. Real Fix. Direct from the Field.

🔍 Step 1 — Initial Fault Codes

P0222 – Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor Switch B Circuit Low
P2101 – Throttle Actuator Control Motor Circuit Range/Performance

These codes point toward throttle system components — the pedal or actuator. But can these fault codes prevent the engine from starting?

⚡ Step 2 — Quick Test: Unplug Both Components

The technician unplugged both the throttle actuator and the throttle pedal to rule out internal shorts.

Result: No start. Voltage still too low. The issue had to lie elsewhere.

🔧 Step 3 — Check Power, Ground, Signal

Ground: Passed (verified using an incandescent test lamp)
5V Supply: Only 3.79V — far too low

⚠️ Too low to be healthy — something’s pulling it down.

📉 Step 4 — Wiring Diagrams Didn’t Help

Autodata: No shared 5V info
OEM diagrams: Also unclear
➤ Manual testing was the only way forward

🧪 Step 5 — Sensor-by-Sensor Elimination

The technician unplugged each sensor one by one, monitoring the 5V reference line:

Camshaft sensors
Crankshaft sensor
MAP sensor
Throttle pedal

Breakthrough: Unplugging the intake camshaft sensor restored the line to a solid 5.00V.

✅ Fault confirmed: the sensor was shorting the 5V reference.

🔚 Step 6 — Final Resolution

Replaced the faulty intake camshaft sensor
Verified the 5V line stayed stable
Engine started successfully
Wiring visually inspected for damage

🧠 Key Takeaway

When wiring diagrams fall short, real-time diagnostics and structured testing lead to the solution.

This is exactly the kind of insight you’ll find in DDTSB.

⚡ Example 3: Polestar 2 (2020 →) – Full EV

Manual Ignition Activation – What Most Workshops Miss

🔧 Problem: No Ignition = No Communication

You’re trying to exit service mode after brake repair using an aftermarket scan tool. You connect the tool, but the ignition won’t activate. No communication. You’re stuck.

❓ Why It Happens

OEM tools activate ignition automatically

Aftermarket scan tools do not

OEM manuals don’t mention this, because their own tools handle it in the background

🔍 One of the most common Hotline issues for Polestar 2.

✅ The Fix — Available in DDTSB

DDTSB provides the manual ignition activation procedure — something not documented elsewhere.

Find it by:

Selecting Maintenance or Test/Diagnostic category

Searching for “ignition” or “service mode”

What seems like a complex issue becomes a 60-second fix when you have the right data.

🧠 Practical Insight

This isn’t about technician skill — it’s about having the right procedure.

🧠 Know the trick, and the job gets done.
❌ Miss it, and you’re stuck.