E320 gearbox woes

[Alexsdad]

Hi all

Need some advice on my 05 E320 Auto box. I’ve had the car around 6 months and done around 2,000 miles in it. I’ve noticed (it’s happened 3 times now) I’ll be driving along and the car will jolt, and the gearbox gets stuck in gear. I don’t know what gear, but it won’t let me manually shift, and I have to stop the car. Do a Daddy Pig (Turn it off, and back on again) and then it’s fine again. Has anyone else had the same issue?? Cheers

 

[AnthonyUK]

I had a harsh 1st gear change for a few months before it got worse. The fluid and filter was replaced under 2 years ago. I changed the pilot bushing recently and the connector was covered in fluid. The gearbox is a little better and I can read the codes and reset it etc but still not perfect so I’m having the electroplate replaced at my local indy.

Not too expensive but should resolve the issues. Using genuine parts it should be around £500-£600 and around half that uf you can do it yourself.

 

[Alexsdad]

Thanks for the reply, it’s defo one of these problems that isn’t going to go away, think I’ll try to find a indy in Suffolk. As I said it doesn’t constantly do it, at least the gear it selects isn’t Park or Reverse