Tranny lag?
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Tranny lag?
Okay, so my car has been sluggish in the lower gears, especially at take off, and normal around town driving. There are sometime these little hiccups at freeway speeds. I took it to the dealership and they reset the transmission, and told me to drive aggressivly. I did but it's still doing the same thing.
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are you in winter mode? how many miles do you have? you maywant to take it to the dealer or a good independed mercedes shop and have the tranny fluid changed (the lifetime fluid claim MB makes is BS). Also, when you have the fluidchanged make sure they get the fluid in the torque converter as well, and check the bearings in the transmission, MB actually redesigned the tranny bearings for the w209 because the ones in the 208 are terrible and have been known to come apart in side the transmission, which will destroy the thing.
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Originally Posted by King320
are you in winter mode? how many miles do you have? you maywant to take it to the dealer or a good independed mercedes shop and have the tranny fluid changed (the lifetime fluid claim MB makes is BS). Also, when you have the fluidchanged make sure they get the fluid in the torque converter as well, and check the bearings in the transmission, MB actually redesigned the tranny bearings for the w209 because the ones in the 208 are terrible and have been known to come apart in side the transmission, which will destroy the thing.
Thanks for the advice.
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Originally Posted by Ghostrider
No not in winter mode, and I have 41,850 miles on the clock.
Thanks for the advice.
Thanks for the advice.
