95 c220 tranny?
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95 c220 tranny?
Hey guys,
This is my first post let alone the first forum I ever join. I hope to learn a lot here about the world of one of the most recognized motor vehicle of all time.
The 95 c220 is my first foreign car I ever owned and I love it. I even named it lacreesha lol. The issue I have with it is this...the car takes forever to catch the second gear...its automatic . I start the car and hit reverse, that part is smooth. Now when I hit I put it on drive it kinda stalls I see the rpm revving and the mph meter stay at 5 mph. After "pushing" it , it catches the car and runs like a leopard in the Amazon jungle....plzzzzzzz!!! Someone help me...if u need more info let me know. I would like to know what r my first steps I should take to solve the enigma in this car..thnx in advance
This is my first post let alone the first forum I ever join. I hope to learn a lot here about the world of one of the most recognized motor vehicle of all time.
The 95 c220 is my first foreign car I ever owned and I love it. I even named it lacreesha lol. The issue I have with it is this...the car takes forever to catch the second gear...its automatic . I start the car and hit reverse, that part is smooth. Now when I hit I put it on drive it kinda stalls I see the rpm revving and the mph meter stay at 5 mph. After "pushing" it , it catches the car and runs like a leopard in the Amazon jungle....plzzzzzzz!!! Someone help me...if u need more info let me know. I would like to know what r my first steps I should take to solve the enigma in this car..thnx in advance
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Could you be more specific and literal? Do you mean the throttle is surging when you put it in drive? Do you have a check engine light? Have you tried it in manual mode? Your transmission lets you select individual gears. All of this will be helpful.
If you have a check engine light or if you have changed/unhooked the battery recently then the electronic throttle may be jumpy. Every time I have reset the ecu it will do that at low speed for a minute after I star her up for the first day.
If you have a check engine light or if you have changed/unhooked the battery recently then the electronic throttle may be jumpy. Every time I have reset the ecu it will do that at low speed for a minute after I star her up for the first day.
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Yes! Thnx...when I press on the gas the rpm revs up and the car moved slowly...sometimes I can to shift it to the numer 3 to catch a gear...the engine light doesn't come on either. When I put it in reverse it doesn't give me any issue. And I didn't know I can change it in mannual mode...do u think its cause of that...
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Your shifter should look like this. the 1 2 3 4 represent the gears. To do 5th you just put it in D. Start the car in first and then shift around 3k rpm so you don't cause a fuss. see if it still bucks when you do that.
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Yeah it does look something like that! I have my car right not suspended, cuz someone told me it could be the fluid, I have to flush the tranny oil. Put a new oil in at and replace the tranny filter...u think that can be the issue? If not ima go with what u told me
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I don't think its the transmission at all. To me it sounds like the electronic throttle is being jumpy. This happens to me all the time at low speeds, like in a parking garage. The way I tend to solve it is I normally put it into manual mode and give it a boot full for a second and then its ok for the rest of the day.
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by manual mode all I mean is by manual selecting the gears. Using the 1 2 3 4 on the shifter there. Just put it into 1, and then shift into 2, and then 3 etc etc depending on how fast you go.
ECU = Engine Control Unit, it's the computer that controls the engine in modern cars.
ECU = Engine Control Unit, it's the computer that controls the engine in modern cars.
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Hey matt! U were right! I did the tranny fluid and filter and its still does the same thing. Now, you told me that this only happens to you when ur car is going at a low speed. And after u "manual it" its fine the rest of the day. My car cannot stop at a red light or a stop sign cuz then it will stall again and the rpm revs up and I'm back again at 5 mph trying to cross a busy intersection. Does that happen to u and ur car. Or is it smooth sailing the whole day?
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I'm sorry 
.... I don't know much about cars so my description about this is very novice.... And my gears don't look that that its D,4,3...that's it...what I'm trying to tell you is thta I press the gas, the rpm gage shoots up, the car barely moves. I DO go to 3 and it slooooowly moves up in speed...But! When I'm at a stop sigh or a light I have to do that over again....sometimes its ok, but most of the times its slow as hell...anything else! And thanks again
.... I don't know much about cars so my description about this is very novice.... And my gears don't look that that its D,4,3...that's it...what I'm trying to tell you is thta I press the gas, the rpm gage shoots up, the car barely moves. I DO go to 3 and it slooooowly moves up in speed...But! When I'm at a stop sigh or a light I have to do that over again....sometimes its ok, but most of the times its slow as hell...anything else! And thanks again
