I have heard of some issues with transmission failures of new 7G-tronics. Was there anything else wrong with the car? Just curious as to why the dealer bought back the car instead of replacing the transmission? Did they give you another E320?

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Ali Al-Chalabi

2001 CLK55
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Diesel
2002 Harley-Davidson Fatboy
Merlin Extralight w/ Campy Record

The 722.9 transmission has had a variety of problems since day one. The majority of them can be fixed with software, in fact, there's a Service Campaign going on right now to update all affected vehicles. Some need to have "improved" internal parts installed. Others require replacement of the valve body(which includes the control unit). When all else fails, a small handful of vehicles will need new transmissions.

On the bright side, unlike 722.6, the 722.9 transmission doesn't have any problems with leaks.

Give them a few years, they havn't aged properly yet...all Mercedes leak.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Wouldn't it be better to put more work in a sturdy computer-controlled CVT? These have been going up in power handling capabilites recently.

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86 560SL
With homebrew first gear start!
85 380SL
Daily Driver Project

http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/mercedes.htm

I saw a cut-away of the MB CVT transmission while I was at a training course in Montvale last year. From what I've heard, there are no plans to bring it to the U.S. market.

yeap i know what you guys are talking about. my 2005 c230k does the same thing when it down shifts to 1st gear i noticed that the car would slow down like and engine brake so i made a little researched of mine and i read that mercedes automatic transmission from the 2000 and up since the tiptronic. the torque converter has been change its hydraulically funtioning i think thats the word that they used well they said the clutch foot lever has been elimninated but it function the same with a manual tranny with out using your feet. its all robotic as they say. so when the car downshifts the robot that they call release the clutch and put the gear and then releave the clutch and thats why its kind of rough. and it is also the reason why they put that kind of torque converter is because this is the way how an automatic transmission can downshift while you stepping on the brake.

Sounds like he excersized his rights under the lemon law to get his money back (after 3 tries to repair you're entitled to have them buy it back minus a mileage allowance)

...more power to him...no excuse for a $50K+ car to be in the shop 3 times and need a new tranny after less than 3K miles.

I think it is asking a lot of a buyer to accept a car that needs a transmission replacement done that early on in its life...I know I wouldn't want the car knowing it had been done if I had the choice to return it and get my money back.

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

BMW recently announced a 7 speed or 8 speed, I forget, stating that they were not going to left behind, left behind in what I don't know. It seems to me these people are certifiably nuts. Mercedes hadn't even mastered the five speed yet really. I love it when they say you can shift manually if you want - through 7 or 8 gears, sounds sort of all consuming to me.