Hi,

My car is w203 yr.2002 c180. I have problem with the transmission.

The engine light on the dashboard lights up and the transmisssion just wouldn't shift to higher gear, using only single gear.

Have tried to do everything with the gear shift (changing mode to w, s, using tiptronic, etc..). But the car just didn't respond.

The engine warning indicator lights up right after the car try to change gear (with very harsh jerking movement).

Now it's on permanently. What seems to go wrong?

 

i'm no expert but.... sound like you got a bad transmission. how many miles on the car?? be prepare for dooms day (over $3k to be exact)

 

Aaarrggh....noo.....
really??

The car has only done around 31k miles (50k kms).

Is this common problem with w203?

 

limp home mode? ive heard this phrase tossed around here and there, you might have some sort of nasty issue w/ your car so it put you in limp home mode... im not sure.

good luck..

-j0hn

 

yeah doesnt sound like your trans to me, you have a check engine light and it wont go very fast or shift, it is in limp home mode........ from what your describing kinda sounds like electronic accelerator, but you can only find out for sure with some diagnostics

 

Just want to update on things (and hopefully will be useful for other ppl in the future)

Took my car to merc, and they say it was only because of flat battery.
Don't know what caused them, but they just reset the sensor and it works fine now.
Hopefully didn't re-appear in the future.

 

nice...i just saw this post and i was gonna suggest on disconnecting your batter for a couple hours and connecting it again and testing it, well looks like you got it so good luck!

 

it could be an electrical problem, but that's not cheap either. hopefully, its not the tranny.