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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 05:42 AM
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Missing 7th gear?

Hi Everyone

I've got the 350 clk. it's from 2006, so I should have the 7 speed gear box right?

When I use the manual gear shift function, my gears only go from 1 to 6. If I push it again, it goes back into D.

Does this match up with what is supposed to happen? Am I missing a 7th forward gear or am I just confused? (ok I'm always confused in general hehe).

Thanks.

Tim.
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 07:16 AM
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Nah, you're good. The way our gearboxes work is that the gear selection really only determines the upper bound of gear selection. ie: 1 (1st gear), 2 (1st-2nd gear), ..., 6(1st-6th gear), D(1st-7th gear aka fully automatic Drive).

Hope that clears things up!
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 08:17 AM
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That's good to know.

Thanks for clearing that up and also for the quick reply too.
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