BruceMonty
New Member
I have an E320CDI on a 57 plate. It has an auto gearbox with Tiptronic. I have had an issue for some months now that Mercedes have tried to rectify three times with no success.
The issue occurs when the auto gearbox cannot decide which gear to select. This used to happen under hard acceleration, but now occurs even when acceleration is moderate. The gearbox eventually selects a gear, but then has no acceleration. I can literally mash my foot into the carpet, but the car will only get faster at a rate of 1 mph every 5 seconds or so. The only way to rectify it is to pull over, shut the car down and restart.
I have tried moving the gearbox into Tip mode when this happens, but although the car changes gear, the acceleration is still not there. Has anybody come across this before? The result for me is that I can no longer trust the car to accelerate - it is that unpredictable.
The issue occurs when the auto gearbox cannot decide which gear to select. This used to happen under hard acceleration, but now occurs even when acceleration is moderate. The gearbox eventually selects a gear, but then has no acceleration. I can literally mash my foot into the carpet, but the car will only get faster at a rate of 1 mph every 5 seconds or so. The only way to rectify it is to pull over, shut the car down and restart.
I have tried moving the gearbox into Tip mode when this happens, but although the car changes gear, the acceleration is still not there. Has anybody come across this before? The result for me is that I can no longer trust the car to accelerate - it is that unpredictable.