amg8451

Just got a 2010 E63 a few months back and I have a few questions about the tranny. I have not driven other e63's to compare but I just wanted to ask the members to see if their tranny is doing the same before I take it in for service.

First off let me just say that the car is driven mostly in "c" mode, since it's mostly a weekend car and the wife and kids are in the car also. (probably will get a lot of flaming for this "you have a E63 and you're driving in "c" not "S" or "S+"?)

1) when driving in a parking lots or at low speeds the tranny seems to down shift hard. Then when you accelerate from that low speed the car would launch forward then tranny would quickly shift to a higher gear (like gear hunting)

2) also slowly accelerating from a dead stop the car would sometimes rev before the gear catches and when the tranny catches it would launch the car forward, sort of like driving a manual and you accidentally slip the clutch while on the gas.

3) when slowing down for a red light, the car would sometimes down shift to a gear that is too low too fast and everyone's head in the car would be moving forward while the car is slowing down to fast, due to the sudden gear change (during normal driving).

otakki

I thought my '10 E63 feels the same. I thought this type of transmission usually behave like this. I'll have to pay more attention to see if your described characteristic is also there when I drive.

e550 87ss

Completely normal. I dislike driving this car at low speeds or in traffic, trans is very jerky... Sprint booster helps apparently.

amg8451

Thanks for all the response. I thought there was something wrong with the car. I was about to take it in and have it checked out. I guess these things are not made for going slow.

blue997s

Is this unique to the 2010? I test drove the 2012 including going through stop and go traffic (to test the distronic plus) and didn't notice anything like this. You guys have me getting nervous, having a clunky shifting transmission in low speed traffic would be really disappointing.

lunarx

Since it has a wet clutch you need to modulate the throttle as you would with a manual trans.
Feel for the clutch engagement and modulate throttle accordingly.
To drive smoothly at slow speeds just feather the throttle lightly and try not to back off throttle needlessly, or you will buck like a bad manual trans driver.
Driving in C helps so you don't have the sharper response of 1st gear to deal with.

NickyBlack

My 2007 E63 did the exact same thing, after 5 trips to the dealer i just accepted that it was "normal"

2010 E63 does the same thing although a little bit less harsh, still evident. You have nothing to worry about

amg8451

Cool. Thanks everyone. I was about to take it to the dealer and complain.

6.2AMG

LOL for some odd reason i felt paranoid about my weird gear shifts too today...i test drove the car for an hour like a loser with the windows open to check and hear if there was something odd maybe lol

tdeyulia

mine does the same thing. Is what it is. My issue is it clunks into 1st coming to a stop where the other gears are fine. I too have a 2010 E63. Other than that the car is a monster and i love it.