I have a C200, automatic, which - together with some bad advice - has been giving me an increasing deal of trouble in the last three week. The problem, in a nutshell, is this:
The engine is vibrating excessively, particularly when moving in slow traffic (for instance, when stopped at a traffic light, in Drive mode). It feels like one of those old diesel vehicles now. More worryingly, when moving at slow speed, there is a lack of power (not enough pickup). It feels like the engine is not quite catching and you are moving along in the fourth gear or something.
A garage guy I took this to diagonised it as a gearbox problem and I ended up changing the gearbox for a refurbished one (I am cutting a long story short here - I had some bad advice on the way). If anything, the problem became only worse after the refurbished gearbox was put in this morning. I took it for a full service - air filter, fuel filter, oil change and spark plug clean - and just got the car back. The problem is still there.
Any suggestions? Have spend a lot of money on this. Is it better to get rid of the car? Or is this something that is fixable?
The engine is vibrating excessively, particularly when moving in slow traffic (for instance, when stopped at a traffic light, in Drive mode). It feels like one of those old diesel vehicles now. More worryingly, when moving at slow speed, there is a lack of power (not enough pickup). It feels like the engine is not quite catching and you are moving along in the fourth gear or something.
A garage guy I took this to diagonised it as a gearbox problem and I ended up changing the gearbox for a refurbished one (I am cutting a long story short here - I had some bad advice on the way). If anything, the problem became only worse after the refurbished gearbox was put in this morning. I took it for a full service - air filter, fuel filter, oil change and spark plug clean - and just got the car back. The problem is still there.
Any suggestions? Have spend a lot of money on this. Is it better to get rid of the car? Or is this something that is fixable?