the individual i wanted to visit with wasn't in today, but i picked up this vehicle.

orally, after the vehicle was inspected, i was advised that the front pump had disintegrated and the tranny cratered. after all my years dealing with automatic transmission benzes[and others], i have never encountered a catastrophic failure...generally there are incremental warning signals.

and as i said, i suppose that there is a god and that he smiled at me in that this "failure" occurred at low speed on a back road. i shudder to think if this had occurred in traffic, at speed, on I-45. in a lane other than the extreme right or left[where one could have easily pulled out of the flow].

here is what the invoice relates....

1. trans had no engagement in any gear

2. short test...no pressure from trans pump. fill out wsg form. wsg authorization #. r&r complete transmission. replace transmission. check and correct trans fluid level. perform trans software update. code control unit. perform trans shift adaptations[1.0non]

3. cause: no pressure from trans. 272150 autom transmission - transmission removed.

replace 125 w

1 211-250-08-02 converter
1 211-270-08-02-88 automatic transmission
1 211-270-08-02-70 automatic transmission
4 019-997-58-45 seal ring
1 007603-012102 ring, general
11 001-989-68-03-10 transmission 272029 automatic transmission-[veh. with 722.9 trans] - R&R 125 W

there were some diagnostics performed.

all no charge.

reading this, what do you think?

personally, i would like to know if the removed transmission was sent to sindelfingen for analysis. as a manufacturer, i want to know why things catastrophically fail.

and by the way, do you think that this failure will eventually have any adverse effects on the engine?