7G Gearbox - slow or am I expecting too much?

[Djcheshire]

Hello,

Just purchased my first Mercedes, a E250 Coupe.

Very pleased with it so far however the gearbox seems really slow to respond.

I normally feel this when wanting to overtake on the motorway, the gearbox takes a good few seconds to find the correct gear. I usually leave it in Eco however in sport when using the paddles, it's very slow too.

At 50mph for example, 4 gear, when I flick the paddles to downshift the dash indicator shows 3rd gear but the revs only drop a few seconds later. I was playing with it last night and counted 3 seconds to downshift.

Is this a characteristic of the gearbox? I'm used to the ZF 8 speed in the BMW which is instant.

Thanks

 

[gasman2]

you can get a gearbox remap i blve or a tcu upgrade

 

[Markjames]

Hello,

Just purchased my first Mercedes, a E250 Coupe.

Very pleased with it so far however the gearbox seems really slow to respond.

I normally feel this when wanting to overtake on the motorway, the gearbox takes a good few seconds to find the correct gear. I usually leave it in Eco however in sport when using the paddles, it's very slow too.

At 50mph for example, 4 gear, when I flick the paddles to downshift the dash indicator shows 3rd gear but the revs only drop a few seconds later. I was playing with it last night and counted 3 seconds to downshift.

Is this a characteristic of the gearbox? I'm used to the ZF 8 speed in the BMW which is instant.

Thanks

My c220cdi is very similar in manual mode to the point it annoys me that much that I have given up using it and just leave it in auto. As an auto box I find it works really well apart from sometimes dropping to many gears in kickdown and needing to change up again almost instantly, it can also be a bit jerky at times. Mine is a 2013 and has had a couple of software upgrades during its life and each one has improved it so could be worth taking it back to mercedes and asking the question.

 

[Lee C63]

You can get a TCU remap and a valve body upgrade which makes quite a difference.

However, there is a "reset" function you can do which is something to do with having the ignition key in a certain position and keeping the throttle depressed....supposedly clears the "memory" and sets it back to when it left the factory.

 

[Stardelta]

I had the same sort of problems with my c220, after trying adaptive resets with no real change, I had the gearbox fluid replaced along with a new filter at a mercedes specialist in Harrow called Wayne Gates, they carried a complete oil change including the torque converter and what a difference, gears change quickly now and more smoothly and now the car is a pleasure to drive.
Check back in service book to see when the fluid was last changed and go from there, mine was done at 30000 and I had it done at 70000, so fluid was only 40000 miles old but had become sub standard, hope this helps!!

 

[Djcheshire]

Cheers chaps.

Car has done 20k so the gearbox should be in good health. In auto mode it's amazing, works a lot better than the BMW ZF box; easier to pull off, less jerky in between gears and smoother. It's just a let down when I need power.

I'll explore the possibility of a gearbox remap