Mercedes-Benz · Electric Drive

Drive control unit

The master controller coordinating the motor, the battery, the charging and the thermal systems — the equivalent of the engine ECU on a combustion car.

How you know it is this

  • Multiple unrelated EV faults at once
  • A car that will not enter ready mode
  • No communication with the drive module
  • Reduced power with no single component at fault

Worth knowing before you buy

  • RARELY THE FAULT, and it is the expensive conclusion. Several faults at once is far more often a 12-volt supply problem or a communication bus fault — both much cheaper.
  • Always test the 12-volt battery and the earths first. On an EV as on any other car, low voltage produces nonsense faults everywhere.
  • Coded and configured to the car.
  • Software updates resolve a meaningful share of these complaints without any part.

What we need to quote it. The chassis number, the full fault code list, and a 12-volt battery test result. The chassis number settles the generation, the body and usually the engine in seventeen characters — it is on your mulkiya. A photograph of the old part helps where there is more than one version.

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Drive control unit for your Mercedes-Benz?

Send the chassis number and a photograph of the old part. We come back with genuine, OEM and aftermarket options priced side by side, with lead times.

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