My car totally out of nowhere after stopping for lunch, suddenly wouldn't upshift. No advance warnng, just one day ... it didn't feel like upshifting anymore. I was stuck driving around at 5 mph.

Had to have it towed to a good MB specialist. They gave me a price to replace the transmission with a rebuilt for $3,400 rather than repairing it. I called a few transmission specialty repair places, and it'd be maybe $2k to repair it (not rebuild it).

The car has a book value of what $3,000 or so. I keep the car up very nice, so it is worth more. I do want to get this fixed, and will try to find a "recently fired" transmission mechanic or something in order to keep the cost down. I talked to one MB transmission specialist recommended on this forum, though he lives in another state. He said it's probably a plastic gear that failed that is preventing the transmission to upshift. He said if that's the problem, the tail housing has to come off, and the drive gear for the governor replaced.

Any suggestions for the Atlanta area?

How long has your transmission lasted? I think this one went too early. I was thinking 250k-350k was the norm.

jeff 1991 300d, 191k