c320 died out while rolling backwards on hill
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c320 died out while rolling backwards on hill
im a newbie to the MB world so i dont know much about mercedes but i do own a c320. so my problem is today i was driving up a hill and decided i wanted to reverse back down the hill the thing is i left the car in "D" and let it roll down hill. It was only for a couple of feet and all of a sudden my car died out. I put the car back into park and restarted the car and everything was fine. What just happened? Did it damage my engine?
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2005 Brabus C55
oh boy ... you've REALLY done it now!!!
when in Drive (& no throttle), the only thing keeping you from rolling back is the drag of the Torque Converter. When the weight of your car (mass + gravity) was greater than the force your T/C was putting out (without throttle), the car rolled backwards.
Don't believe that the drag of your T/C is enough to stall your engine, so you might have violated some logic in the electronics that shut down the engine since it's in Drive and shows rollback ... I don't know.
Bottom-line is you engine is thrashed and you should
yourself for rolling backwards in drive ... 
j/k ... try Neutral or Reverse next time.
Welcome!
Don't believe that the drag of your T/C is enough to stall your engine, so you might have violated some logic in the electronics that shut down the engine since it's in Drive and shows rollback ... I don't know.
Bottom-line is you engine is thrashed and you should
yourself for rolling backwards in drive ... j/k ... try Neutral or Reverse next time.Welcome!
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C320 Coupe
welcome to the forum, just remember, automatic "D" meant to be go forward, no backward allowed, doing so you probably risking yourself the transmission, which is a 6000 bucks repair if you are unlucky 
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cclass05
dont even trip man ur car is fine i put my car on Park and i was going 10mph and it made that crazy sound my car still works fine i dont that a lot of times i put the car in R once too but i was going slow it makes some sound i dunno if it F***S up ur car BUT my car is still okay lol my Engine also shut off and i was on D so i dunno here is some periods for people that say i dont use any ......................................
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