grahamcol
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- Your Mercedes
- 2001 SLK230, 2007 CLK220 CDI
Hi, My 2000 W202 C280 Tiptronic Auto sometimes gives a very hard 2 to 1 shift in traffic before fully warmed up. This seems to happen when slowing down in 2nd with little or no throttle and then just as I apply light throttle there is a slight delay and then the hard shift into 1st. It also gives ok changes 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 when warming up but it's never quite silky smooth until the car has travelled 3 to 4 miles when it is then superb. I can't see any fluid leaks underneath the car so it may not be transmission fluid level but maybe I should get it checked anyway. I've read somewhere about hard 2 to 1 shifts with this model but I wonder what other members opinions are. Is this normal or not ?