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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 06:13 PM
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Unhappy w211 wont start stuck in drive

I have an auto face lift W211 e280cdi it used to shudder under hard or sharp acceleration, but one day at the mall I parked it, when I was leaving the mall it all of a sudden refused to turn on, and the dash shows the car is in drive, when the car's auto gear shift is physically in park, have try putting it in neutral but the dash still says drive.
Please could someone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it.
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 08:06 PM
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I have an auto face lift W211 e280cdi it used to shudder under hard or sharp acceleration, but one day at the mall I parked it, when I was leaving the mall it all of a sudden refused to turn on, and the dash shows the car is in drive, when the car's auto gear shift is physically in park, have try putting it in neutral but the dash still says drive.
Please could someone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it.
SOunds like it was low on tranny fluid for awhile and you finally cooked the tranny. Did you ever change the fluid yourself? What year is it? I would open it up see see how much metal trash is in the pan.
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Old Jan 11, 2021 | 01:42 PM
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SOunds like it was low on tranny fluid for awhile and you finally cooked the tranny. Did you ever change the fluid yourself? What year is it? I would open it up see see how much metal trash is in the pan.
thank you i will look into it
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 03:24 AM
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I had a similiar problem, i filled it with the transmission fluid and still the same, need to drive it into a garage soon ig :/
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