Probably a broken band.

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Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician

My 91 300CE just did the same thing...i ended up having the transmission rebuilt...approx. $2000, which isn't too bad for MB...its possible to get it cheaper I suppose, but they had to replace the entire case due to a crack and also the rear "pump"...good luck...

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1991 300CE Sportline
1983 300SD TurboDiesel (Gone but not forgotten)

thanks guys, the car is in the shop, they will let me tomorrow what they find tomorrow. I am thinking about buying a rebuilt transmission instead of having the shop fix the broken one. I am not sure though if a rebuilt transmission would have a better life expectancy than a used low miles one? In another MB that I own, I have 318K miles on the original transmission.

It's always a tough decision when it comes to transmissions...I've owned many cars in my life and automatic transmissions have always been a crap shoot in my opinion...I had a 1989 Chevy Camaro that went 342,000 miles on the original engine and transmission...(and chevys dont usually go near that)...in contrast, I read on this forum all the time and people talk about their transmissions going out at 150,000 or less...AMAZING?

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1991 300CE Sportline
1983 300SD TurboDiesel (Gone but not forgotten)