Hi All - My '99 E330 Turbo is shifting funny - like not down shifting to 1st when coming to a light and then not upshifting to 2nd when I finally get it back to first - then all is fine for a while.

I believe that it has one of the 'sealed for life transmissions' that I have had the fuilds changed on regularly every 60,000 miles. The car has about 218,000on it.

Does this sound like the end of the transmission?

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

Sounds like limp mode (second gear). Any transmission codes? Could be a bad conductor board which isn't a difficult or terribly expensive repair.

Sixto
87 300D

Seems like in the winter, my car doesn't shift into 1st when you come to a stop. It sticks in 2nd until I accelerate a little and I feel a little clunk when it drops back a gear and then it shifts normally until I stop again.

Again, I only notice this in the winter and it's minor.

I have heard that the conductors on the shifter can cause weird problems too.

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-Evan


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1992 Aerostar
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