roadhog
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- Your Mercedes
- W124 300D x2, C124 300
I've been experiencing increasingly violent downshift from my gearbox of late particularly when coasting to a stop at slow speed just before arriving at a roundabout for instance. There's a definite thud being transmitted through the body of the car as (I assume) the box grabs a lower gear ready to move off again. This doesn't show as much (if at all) if I've selected 3 but happens every time I'm in D. Shifting down when accelerating below 60 mph is also very violent with the whole car squatting down before continuing at the same sedate pace, quite embarrassing.
I first noticed this after changing the engine mounts albeit with much lesser symptoms and this leads me to think it may not be the box but rear the subframe mounts, although I can't really see much wrong with them on a visual inspection. Ideas anyone?
I first noticed this after changing the engine mounts albeit with much lesser symptoms and this leads me to think it may not be the box but rear the subframe mounts, although I can't really see much wrong with them on a visual inspection. Ideas anyone?