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Originally Posted by rjk
Daughter had car up at college, called with the wonderful news that it stopped moving. Too far away for me to tow home so contacted local AAMCO.
The tranny is blown, both gear sets, one probably failed and took the other out with it.
AAMCO said they see maybe 2 or 3 out of 10 repairs on this model being such.
Does this sound right?
The replacement ($3K, 12mo. guar) is supposed to have updated gearsets that address the issue.
If this is true, was there a recall on this?
Any chance of me getting compensation from MB?
Or was I just unlucky?
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Sorry to hear about your misfortune. The problem may have been due to your tranny having bushings, the newer models use needle bearings:
Mercedes 5 speed auto tranny reliability issues..?
I have a 98 E320 with 165K miles on the original trans but I am on my third trans fluid/filter change.
I wouldn't hold my breath on any compensation from MB or any other car manufacture on a 10 year old car with over 100K miles.