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When the ignition is turned to position two, the starter motor is activated by the control unit via a relay. When the engine starts, the starter motor is deactivated. If the starter motor is active for 30 seconds without the engine starting, it is deactivated and an alarm is displayed. The starter motor will also not activate if the engine is running or the transmission is not in neutral. It is monitored by the control unit to prevent overheating.

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Alternator

When the ignition is turned to position two, the starter motor is activated by the control unit via a relay. When the engine starts, the starter motor is deactivated. If the starter motor is active for 30 seconds without the engine starting, it is deactivated and an alarm is displayed. The starter motor will also not activate if the engine is running or the transmission is not in neutral. It is monitored by the control unit to prevent overheating.

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Service Information

Document Title: Function Group: Information Type: Date:


Starter motor, description 331 Service Information 10/16/2011
Profile:
ART, A25F (37214), A30F (37432), A35F (37142), A35F FS (37141), A40F (37535), A40F FS (37534) [GB]

Starter motor, description


Function description
When the ignition SW3301 is turned to position two, start motor MO3301 is activated by control unit HMIM via relay RE06.
When the engine starts, the starter motor is deactivated.

Figure 1
Starter motor

1. Control cables:
- from RE06
- to E-ECU
2. Starter motor relay
3. Ground connection
4. Connection, battery and alternator
5. Solenoid

If the starter motor has been active for 30 seconds and the engine has not started, The E-ECU deactivates the starter motor by
the grounding via EB29 disappears and an alarm figure is shown on the information display unit.
If the engine is running or if the transmission is in another gear position than N, the starter motor is not activated.
If the starter motor has been active for 3 seconds and the E-ECU does not register any engine rpm, the starter motor is
deactivated and a vehicle message is generated.
Monitoring, starter motor
The E-ECU controls activation of the starter motor with regards to activation time and thus the risk of overheating, see
200 Engine, description.

If the engine's overheating control is not available, then instead the HMIM monitors the starter motor and generates an alarm
when there is a risk of overheating, see software description.
Software description
Input signals
SW3301, ignition
Engine On/Off
Gear position

Alarm conditions Warning display


Starter motor position On for 30 seconds Amber central warning:
High temp. engine starter motor
{ Starter motor position On Wait 5 min. before start
{ "High temp. starter motor. Wait 5 min. before start" active at any
time during the last 5 min.

Supplementary information

{ 331 Starter motor, replacing


{ 370 Wiring diagram WD304
{ 3021 MO3301, description and measuring

Diagnostics
Relevant error codes:

{ EF 3301-16
{ MID128 SID39 (MO3301)
{ MID140 PSID11 (RE06)

Detailed information about relevant warnings and error codes for included components are found in PROSIS under the tab
Diagnostics.

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