2006 S65 Transmission Issue
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2006 S65 AMG
2006 S65 Transmission Issue
I recently purchased a 2006 S65, I have noticed some slippage in the transmission and some throttle lag in both reverse and drive. When it engages it drives fine. I thought, since I discovered afterwards that the previous owner did no maintenance, and essentially dumped it when all of the important maintenance work was coming due (40K & 60K) might simply need a transmission service which I had done. It is not much better, and now I am getting responses from several sources that it might be anything from a software re-flash to adjust, to something more ominous like a torque converter going bad? Anyone have any thoughts or previous experience with this issue? Thanks.
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From: Laguna Niguel
'94 SL600,'05 SL600,'06 S65,'07 E63,'14 E63S,'09SL600 all sold, ‘15 S65,‘18 E63S,'17 SL65, '17S65Cab
I had a problem that sounds similar. There was a delay initially engaging forward or reverse after moving the gearshift plus some initial slippage. The dealer repaired it under warranty, it was a problem in the valve body. Unfortunately I did not pay close attention to what failed, it was not software. The car had about 15k miles at the time.
