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Old 01-30-2019, 08:39 PM
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Slow gearbox 2016 C63S Estate

Hello everyone! Just joined here!

My first AMG and I’m loving it since the moment I got it.

I have a bit of doubt on the transmission and wanted to hear your experiences.

First is on cold start when I want to reverse out of my parking spot, the car does nothing after I put it in reverse. Unless I give it some gas it will not move. If I do nothing after like 5 seconds the car will slowly start to move.

Is this normal?

Second is some times when I start the engine, when I put it in Drive, I can hear like a single bang noise. Feels like the transmission knocked into drive. This happened both warm and cold engine.

Have you experienced this?

Overall I’m not a big fan of the gearbox, when I do a u turn on a narrower street, it is very slow changing from Reverse to Drive. The change is actually not slow but the time I have to wait for it to move is quite annoying.

Old 01-31-2019, 01:17 AM
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I have the reverse issue. I just blip it and it goes. Doesn't seem to be anything serious because it goes away after that.
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Originally Posted by V8LHL
Hello everyone! Just joined here!

My first AMG and I’m loving it since the moment I got it.

I have a bit of doubt on the transmission and wanted to hear your experiences.

First is on cold start when I want to reverse out of my parking spot, the car does nothing after I put it in reverse. Unless I give it some gas it will not move. If I do nothing after like 5 seconds the car will slowly start to move.

Is this normal?

Second is some times when I start the engine, when I put it in Drive, I can hear like a single bang noise. Feels like the transmission knocked into drive. This happened both warm and cold engine.

Have you experienced this?

Overall I’m not a big fan of the gearbox, when I do a u turn on a narrower street, it is very slow changing from Reverse to Drive. The change is actually not slow but the time I have to wait for it to move is quite annoying.

i have the reverse characteristic you mention, maybe this is normal

When you select D are you parked on a hill and the car has rolled forward previously when selecting P. If this is the case I would say normal
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i have the reverse characteristic you mention, maybe this is normal

When you select D are you parked on a hill and the car has rolled forward previously when selecting P. If this is the case I would say normal
on perfectly normal flat surface it will do the same. When doing u turn, it’s the time between I change the gear stallk to the car actually moves is very long.

Much longer than a pdk porches I used to drove and not as fast as my old manual car.
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Originally Posted by V8LHL
Hello everyone! Just joined here!

My first AMG and I’m loving it since the moment I got it.

I have a bit of doubt on the transmission and wanted to hear your experiences.

First is on cold start when I want to reverse out of my parking spot, the car does nothing after I put it in reverse. Unless I give it some gas it will not move. If I do nothing after like 5 seconds the car will slowly start to move.

Is this normal?

Second is some times when I start the engine, when I put it in Drive, I can hear like a single bang noise. Feels like the transmission knocked into drive. This happened both warm and cold engine.

Have you experienced this?

Overall I’m not a big fan of the gearbox, when I do a u turn on a narrower street, it is very slow changing from Reverse to Drive. The change is actually not slow but the time I have to wait for it to move is quite annoying.
I have the same issue in my 2015. Put it in reverse and nothing happens (unlike my 2008 e63). I actually have to gun it a bit just to get going. It's somewhat annoying. Maybe it's a safety feature?
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The clutches in the trans engauge like a manual from a stop all the time if you really pay attention. When it’s in comfort mode it babies reverse and drive gear engagement, especially when cold. I’ve noticed the 2-1 gear change “bang” or clunk happens when the trans fluid is below 100* and goes away completely when warm. Trans works great once it’s warm and gear changes are almost as quick as my Audi’s twin clutch was.
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I experience the same with my c63s 2016. Slow to change gears but its actually the moving part that is slow.
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Originally Posted by gOt BoOsT
The clutches in the trans engauge like a manual from a stop all the time if you really pay attention. When it’s in comfort mode it babies reverse and drive gear engagement, especially when cold. I’ve noticed the 2-1 gear change “bang” or clunk happens when the trans fluid is below 100* and goes away completely when warm. Trans works great once it’s warm and gear changes are almost as quick as my Audi’s twin clutch was.
yes and I had the clunk from 2-1 in sport +, if you go to merc ask for an update on eco it should solve the problem.

after the update you will get pops and bangs from exhaust when revving standing still.
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I experience the same with my c63s 2016. Slow to change gears but its actually the moving part that is slow.
thanks for sharing your experience! I think this might be just normal and in the face lift they changed to 9 speed new box so guess is to improve this.
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Originally Posted by V8LHL

yes and I had the clunk from 2-1 in sport +, if you go to merc ask for an update on eco it should solve the problem.

after the update you will get pops and bangs from exhaust when revving standing still.
i did the update and it def improved everything and made the car do pops and bangs as well. But the 2-1 is still clunky and harsh in sport+ but not as bad as before. now with this update, i have no cold start sometimes though. Seems like everyone with the 2018 mid summer update has this issue (from another thread here in forum)

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