Comments on: Mercedes Transmission Problems, Limp Mode, No Shifting: Troubleshooting Tips

By: Igor Knezevic

Igor Knezevic — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:15:21 +0000

W221 320 CDI y2006 – 200000km
Every morning when I stat to drive the first shift has a quite a kick. Sometimes smaller and sometimes harder kick. After that the shift is going smooth and no issues. If I engage 2 times in D & R after morning first start the kick is much less. I have changed oil,filtr and gear plate but still problem is there. Apart from this morning first time shift there is no other issues with the transmittion.

By: Latif

Latif — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 21:22:51 +0000

Hi Mercedes Medic,

my B200 CDI 2006, does sometimes shows a massage of Transmission visit workshop, but that doesn’t happen often, even if it happens the car keeps moving, but a bit slower than normal,
Once I turn off and on the car or shift to N position and back to D the massage disappears and the car start to behave normally, also sometimes I feel the car shaking slightly when moving from one speed to another not always happening, one mechanic told me that I should change the transmission, but im not sure if that is the case.

By: Abrar Qureshi

Abrar Qureshi — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:52:54 +0000

Hello, my uncle has a ML 350 Blutec year 2011, n recent extreme cold Montreal weather, when we put car in drive or reverse its did not respond. later on, we tried it a couple of times it worked normal. What is the problem? It also happened when we drove the car to grocery store, it worked good. When we came back and tried to drive – no response on drive or reverse?. Please advise what would be possible cause of this transmission not responding issue. Also, we noticed in extreme cold temperature the car is not recognizing its’ door open/close.

By: Pavel

Pavel — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:16:34 +0000

MB C class c220 cdi 2004 automatic Transmission problem
722.699
Hello, I have problem with my autumatic transmission. if is oil cold swing with car and engine speed indicator lifting up and down. after he’s warm everything is ok. makes it only if is cold Eben want more gas.

By: khan

khan — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 04:45:27 +0000

i have 2008 mercedes gl450 4matic with 139 k miles all of a sudden it goes to limp n now it starts shifts to P/N/D/R not movign at all
showed to a local tech n as per his dignoistic its vavle body

By: Ramin

Ramin — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:16:40 +0000

Hello
I have ML 320 CDI 4matik W164 2009 , recently I noticed a sound like ,, jerk ,, when I engage the transmission to engine also I hear this sound when I disengage the transmission or even when I put from D to P position finally in any position change from N to D or D to N or D to P or P to D , I hear this sound , so I show the car to MB repair service center and they said its normal

By: GolferSkierBiker

GolferSkierBiker — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:06:34 +0000

Want to hear a real Mercedes 722.6 transmission horror story? Too bad! Here it is anyway.

Over a period of less than three months, my then-three-year-old, 12,000-mile 1999 E430 Sport had to be towed to a dealer three times (and driven in three more) and, under warranty, had one valve body, one shifter, one torque converter, two transmissions, and four — count them — four ‘EGS control computers’ replaced.

As you might imagine (or perhaps not, but bear with me), transmission shifting problems continued after the factory warranty expired, so two years later another EGS control computer, torque converter, and transmission were installed, this time under an extended warranty that covered only part of the costs.

So after about 40,000 miles and eight trips to the service department, my 1999 E430 Sport was already on its second shifter, its second valve body, its third torque converter, its fourth complete transmission, and its sixth EGS control computer.

Now fast-forward to 2018. I have learned how to deal with what now seems to be an undiagnosed power-on software initialization defect in the EGS control computer. My car has just passed the 200,000-mile mark, and after 16-plus years I would probably keep it for another 100,000 miles if not for the rust gradually working its destructive magic on all of the major body panels and, most notably, the driver’s side front spring mount.

But that (regrettably) is another story.

By: Rehan

Rehan — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:24:43 +0000

Hi, I have gone through the above MB transmission problems. I have a S320 2000 model with 722 618 transmission. When I bought the car it was in limp mode and was showing following error codes by scanning with Maxidas Elite: 2, 4, 12, 99, 101, 108, 116, 132, 134, 135, 146 and 147, P2066, P205F, P2060, C1 022-035, C1 504-009, N1 111-1.
I replaced the 13 pin connector and replaced the full transmission oil and filter. The old transmission fluid was very dirty (greenish gray color). Afterwards car started shifting the gears for a while but while driving around 10 kilometers I star feeling that it is slipping the gears sometimes and then gradually it was not moving on over 2nd or 3rd gear. Then I parked the car and tried next day but the same symptoms came back. Then I ordered the conductor plate and replaced it with the new transmission oil but still no luck. The following codes are still present: 132, 135, 147.