gcg, M.B.DOC is of course absolutely correct. How long have you had your car? Is this the first cold season you've had it? I remember driving my newly acquired 95 W140 last year. It was the first colder day of the year, and the car did not shift out of second gear. I freaked out, all sorts of terrible transmission thoughts popped into my brain. I turned the car around to take it back home, but once there it started shifting properly. I did some research on line, and found out that the car does this deliberately to warm up the catalytic converters faster...helps lower cold start emissions. My relief was immense. Of course, had I read the owners manual more carefully, I would have known this.

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