Recently the transmission in my 1998 C280 has been acting up. It seems like 75% of the time, the downshifts from 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st have been pretty rough. It can get to the point where it will take 1-2 seconds to downshift, accompanied by a violent bucking of the whole car.

My question is this, I know these transmissions are prone to failure, but are these signs of the normal 722.6 failure? If so, can the 722.6 be rebuilt? Everyone I have heard of that has had a problem has had the transmission replaced entireley. Would'nt a rebuild save some money?

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