the prince
Active Member
Sorry if this has been covered but i've tried looking and couldn't find it anywhere. Today my 230k CLK A208 seems to have developed a gear change fault.
In short the when running through the gears with normal rev's i expect the gear change to happen at about 1800-2000 revs and drop to 1500 etc as it runs through the gears, but twice today it went up to 3500-4000 without dropping down to next gear hence i'm driving at 35mph at 3500 revs and despite attempting to kick it down it wouldn't so i was driving in one gear (felt like second) with high revs noize. Eventually after around 1/2mile i stopped car and turned ignition off and on again and it appears to have reset.
Slight side issue, i've got engine managment light on and having been at Main Dealers today, they said that it was probably the wiring loom affected by oil contamination and not really too much to worry about, unlessi want to goto cost of new loom and sensors etc.
Would the first job be to get a gearbox oil change (£195) then see if that resolves the problem.
Stealers want £90 for engine diagnostic on Star. Already paid them £45 today for Star system to reset the Roof module that i replaced last week. .
Any comments are very welcome.
In short the when running through the gears with normal rev's i expect the gear change to happen at about 1800-2000 revs and drop to 1500 etc as it runs through the gears, but twice today it went up to 3500-4000 without dropping down to next gear hence i'm driving at 35mph at 3500 revs and despite attempting to kick it down it wouldn't so i was driving in one gear (felt like second) with high revs noize. Eventually after around 1/2mile i stopped car and turned ignition off and on again and it appears to have reset.
Slight side issue, i've got engine managment light on and having been at Main Dealers today, they said that it was probably the wiring loom affected by oil contamination and not really too much to worry about, unlessi want to goto cost of new loom and sensors etc.
Would the first job be to get a gearbox oil change (£195) then see if that resolves the problem.
Stealers want £90 for engine diagnostic on Star. Already paid them £45 today for Star system to reset the Roof module that i replaced last week. .
Any comments are very welcome.