GL450 parked with transmission fault
03-21-2007, 12:41 AM
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07 GL450,
GL450 parked with transmission fault
Last week our GL (5k mi.) got stuck in 1st with no trouble lights, turning off the car seemed to fix it but the next morning it would get stuck in one of the higher gears and required full throttle to just move. The check engine light remained on thru all of this. Dealer has the GL for a week now waiting on parts. SA said that it needs a new valve body and that all flash updates would be performed. Shop lead also said that the new MB's have over 1600 possible fault codes between all the different systems. I am liking the 07 c230 loaner for the most part. It does have a lazier throttle and less seemless tranny operation the the GL though and my wife described it as gutless.
03-23-2007, 09:46 PM
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07 GL450,
GL came back today, dealer repaired shorted CAN line and replaced valve body that would not communicate with the controller via the CAN bus. Any guess on what this would have cost out of warranty? I am thinking quite a bit.
