Gearbox problem on 2003 220CDI Classic SE Estate

[ajk]

Hello,

I bought the above car about 8 weeks ago second hand . The car started its life in July 2003 so its still fairly new. I am very happy with it, however, during the first days I experienced a problem with the first gear of its manual gearbox. :cry: I hoped this would go away, as I blamed myself first (being German, I was used to left hand drives, and I had to get adjusted to changing gear with my left hand and still prefer changing gear manually, so I did not want an auto option).

Problem is, when I engage the first gear, quite often it snaps out thus not really putting any trust in the car when I want to pull away.... This is might be that I put the gear in whilst still rolling, but I am not sure.

Has anyone experienced the same problem in this forum? Did Merc fix the problem under warranty?

Thanks for any replies,

ajk

 

[jakmeticklerpaper]

No complicated answers - get it back to the dealer you bought it from - like yesterday!

 

[jakmeticklerpaper]

No complicated answers - get it back to the dealer you bought it from - like yesterday!

 

[piestore]

gearbox

Hi

yes its quite a common problem ( assuming six speed manual) sometimes its just adjustment of the cable select assy or some other minor problem but sometimes its the box itself, get it back to a good dealer while it is still under warrenty

 

[ajk]

Problem fixed

Thanks everyone, just for reference. The local mercedes dealer fixed the problem under warranty - no problem. It was a synchro problem on the gearbox, they had to order a part and still it took them 2 days to get it fixed, it appeared to have been a major thing. Quite why this was not spotted on the used car check, well I don't know. At least its fixed and they were very good about it all.

happy driving,

ajk