Transmission Problem
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 421
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From: Bay Area
2004 E500 CLK320
There are several posts about the earlier E's transmission problems, including what happened to 2003 E500 which was fixed under my CPO Extended Warranty. You may want to get the MB Service Bulletin about this issue........I can email it to you if you'll send me your email address.
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 470
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From: McLean, VA
2003 E500 Benz & 2015 BMW M235ix
I can email you the TSB if you'll send me your address and you can verify whether you have the radiator part that has high failure rate or not. As Konigstiger has posted, even if your vehicle isn't offiically one listed in the TSB, sometime during production of the 04 year models, they still may have used up their inventory of the old P/N radiator. So, to play it safe, you should ask your MB Dealer to verify what P/N is installed in your vehicle. If it has the older radiator, you can ask your dealer if they will replace it with the new P/N by citing the TSB and they might get MBUSA to pay for it.........some others have posted success with that approach. Why take the risk of having this part fail sometime and ruin your transmission torque converter and possibly the transmission?
