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Originally Posted by suginami
You might know the following, but I thought I'd like to point out:
1. 1996 E320's have the same 4 speed automatic transmission as 1993-1995 E320's.
2. the 1997 E320 is the first year to get the new 5 speed automatic transmission.
There were a lot of updates to this automatic transmission in the following several years.
The 4 speed auto is relatively inexpensive to rebuild, i.e. Enrique charges $1,500 to install a rebuilt unit.
The newer 5 speed auto is about $3,500 to rebuild.
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Paul: thanks for the info. I knew that the 1997 - current MY E series had the 5 speed auto tranny. I did not know, however, that the differential in repair costs was so big.
What are we ever going to do when Enrique retires???
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