HELP!! very desperate c200 cdi auto not changing gear violent jerk

[Wighty]

Yes, thats understandable !! We all started like you, but as a help for future reference, just have a look at the banner of anyone who reply's to you..Lost Kiwi , (who has replied to you, ) for example, has :
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So its a fairly safe assumption that what he does not know about MB (or more specifically, MB problems ) is not worth knowing, And he is not the only one.

He joined Aug 25 , 1820

 

[Wighty]

You could buy an MB specific icarsoft scanner for £100 ish if you are at all mechanically minded ?

 

[Jim2]

He joined Aug 25 , 1820

Ready for the Guinness Book of Record's so.....(not to mention ma y other interested parties........)

 

[star]

Get a proper diagnosis done, could be gear selector too. Does the dash show what gear is selected?
What year car?

 

[arthur_clark]

Yes, thats understandable !! We all started like you, but as a help for future reference, just have a look at the banner of anyone who reply's to you..Lost Kiwi , (who has replied to you, ) for example, has :
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thanks for that

 

[arthur_clark]

hi guys quick update i had the code's read today and this is what came back to me if anybody could advise on parts to get and the best place to get them from,

 

[star]

hi guys quick update i had the code's read today and this is what came back to me if anybody could advise on parts to get and the best place to get them from,

I would get it checked on a mb diagnostic, not a generic code reader as never seen a cvt box in a c class.

 

[John Laidlaw]

I’d check with this garage and ask if they have Star/Xentry
diagnostic then take it from there https://www.supercar-specialist.co.uk/vehicles/mercedes

 

[Srdl]

barrow in furness cumbria

@Dean Fletcher is in Penrith. He may know of an Indy near Barrow

 

[Blobcat]

Tudor Car Services
I've no experience of them though

 

[arthur_clark]

Tudor Car Services
I've no experience of them though

i have now all bad ones

 

[Dean Fletcher]

@Dean Fletcher is in Penrith. He may know of an Indy near Barrow

@arthur_clark the only indy I used is auto tech in Carlisle. He knows his stuff and probably worth the drive to be fair.

 

[arthur_clark]

hi guy's and girls just a quick up date, i have had the car into my local independent merc garage VERY nice guy Glynn dunford could not do enough to help me many thanks to him, His star softwear brought up the same fault codes as above in my other post, showing a solonoid fault, so i had him change both the solonoid and the conductor plate- oil and filter, it made no difference so put the old stuff back in and proceeded to check the wiring all was ok there, so he then looked down the tcm route and the only thing he could find there was it had live power in BUT no power out on PIN38 i think he said (head now batterd as to what next) so i left the car there and had a trip to the main merc dealer they at first could not find the part from the part number on the old TCM , after having another look he came back with a price of £463 for the part and said when i order it i own it cos it comes from germany and coded to my car and if it dont work then thats a chance i have to take, but when the parts man was talking to his guys in germany they think its highly unlikely to be the problem. so its £160 FOR DIAG £463 for the TCM and £105 +vat for the labour and possably a 2 hour job to plug it in (bit over the top me thinks),NOW i see lots of TCM's for sale on the net any where from £25 onwards, is it safe to say do not touch them they will not work,?1 is there somewhere that can check and hopefully repair my TCM also heard the brake light switch can have an effect on all sorts of things sorry if im hard to understand im not very good writing things up like this.

 

[mioba]

Buddy find a reputable merc independent who knows how to read a code reader and diagnose. With all respect your mechanic replaced some things which done bugger all.
A good Indy with a proper code reader and understanding wil pinpoint the error immediately.
If you carry on how your are the car will be out of favour with you in no time.

I would not be ordering a module on a whim without it being properly investigated.

MB will have pants down on labour and diag costs

 

[arthur_clark]

Buddy find a reputable merc independent who knows how to read a code reader and diagnose. With all respect your mechanic replaced some things which done bugger all.
A good Indy with a proper code reader and understanding wil pinpoint the error immediately.
If you carry on how your are the car will be out of favour with you in no time.

you are so very correct about the out of favour thing i am thinking of putting out at a loss so very sad about it, my mechanic is a top guy and merc trained https://www.facebook.com/nasdjqdnasclja/