My 300sdl with 286,000 miles on it is starting to have transmission trouble. When the transmission is cold, it will come out of 3rd gear but not go into 4th. It will just start over revving the engine. If you give it heavy throttle to make the transmission kick down into
3rd, it will usually go into 4th, but not as smooth as it should. And when going slow at times, the shifting in lower gears is not smooth. You can feel the rear end hit when the gears shift. My regular Mercedes mechanic has told me that Mercedes transmissions cannot be rebuilt, replaced only. He said he could get a used one with 100k miles on it from a newer car and total price installed would be $1300 ($400 of that being labor). My previous MB mechanic priced a new trans installed (18month warranty) for $2850. I have seen prices online for (i assume ) factory rebuilt transmissions from ADSITCO for $1400 and GERMANTRANSMISSIONS.NET for $1150, another on-line dealer was $2050. Whith such a range of prices, what is close to correct? TIA, Shannon 86 300sdl 286k miles 80 450sl 218k miles- posted
20 years ago