Hey, Michael,

Don't surgarcoat it, boy, gimme the straight dope!

Seriously, maybe I've been on borrowed time. Before I bought the car, I was aware, through research here, of the possible problems with the 722.6. The dealer service history indicated about $950 of work -- "customer complains trans not shifting properly" -- at 49,000 miles. So I was sure the fluid had been done, and possibly the software upgrades. I'll stop at the local dealer tomorrow and see if somebody can tell me from the printout codes what actually got done.

The CEL didn't return during the 9-mile drive to work this morning, and the car behaved perfectly. My aforesaid independent was reassuring, saying I'm fine to drive the car until Tuesday. He works on these 5-speed boxes all the time, he says, and he's always tried to *save* me money on this car and the W126, so we'll see what we'll see. . . .

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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino