Possible worn timing chain?Is this a petrol or diesel?How old is the car?

Hi lecky!...it's a petrol of early 2006. I know there are issues ref the balance shaft "sprocket" wear causing mis timing of the cams. I just wondered what was the significance of the words "intermittent" in the STORED category of the memory. It seems to me that the fault could occur again at any time....therefore unpredictable and unreliable.

I asked the Q originally hoping that there may be owners/mechanics who have come across this situation who could advise what action should be taken to deal with the issue.

Thanx for your response.

Changing the chain and all the sprockets cures the problem.That is of course its not just a camshaft position sensor hardly likely but a possibility.

Thanks for the post.....the note attached to the fault code tells us not to replace the camshaft sensor or the solenoid....not to performcontrol unit programming, simply to erase fault memory.....And then what....wait until the fault returns...whenever intermittantly it happens to occur....and then what??? I find it strange that there is no advice as to what corrective proceedures should be carried out.....or is this MB saying, we know that a problem exists with this V block balance shaft.....it might just go away if we ignore it!!!