tim124
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- W124 E280 Estate/1995/2.8
My 1995 E280 (154k mileage) is having problems engaging reverse. The ATF and filter have been changed, and the forward gears are fine, but this hasn't solved the reverse gear problem. Selecting reverse, the drive-train eventually operates but it doesn't like having to go uphill without some momentum (putting it into reverse when nose downwards on a slope results in forward rather than backward motion: I'm obliged to hold it with the foot/parking brake until it seems to have engaged reverse, not an ideal scenario in traffic). Is a rebuild or replacement the likely solution?