Gear box pins?? and insurance companies

[Cider Woman]

Hi there, I had a 1999 V-reg A-Class which was, unfortunately, hit in a side-impact accident. Every one of the panels was damaged making the car uneconomic to repair.

About 4 days later, the gearbox developed a problem ovenight. I could no longer get into third or fifth gear although I could force it into first. My driving had not changed following the accident and it was suggested to me that one of the gear box pins had been knocked during the accident but taken another few days (and 500 miles) to come loose.

Does that sound right? My knowledge of cars/A-classes is limited to understanding the four stroke engine and changing a tyre.

The insurance company are claiming that the gearbox damage was not as a result of the accident.

Any thoughts would be very welcome

Thanks
Rachel

 

[Bolide]

Difficult to prove either way. But if the car is uneconomic to repair, and your insurance company write it off, I would think that will be about the best outcome

Semi-automatics A Class gearboxes have a very poor reliability record

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[Cider Woman]

Thank you very much.

In terms of the reliability of the gear box, would you say this is typical of "normal" driving or is it attributable to the accident?

Best wishes
Rachel

 

[television]

You will never know without taking it down, as Bolide said they are not brilliant boxes to start with. The is a plastic clip that can fail giving problems similar to what you have, but it needs an A class eng who knows them well

 

[Cole@MBS]

Its the same plastic double ended ball joint has jumped off the selector rods, It costs a couple of quid from merc, can post the part number in the morning. number 12 in the link.

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.as...504&VIN=*&CT=GM&cat=23U&SID=26&SGR=580&SGN=04