Motorway

[DSM10000]

I just spoke to my local garage. He thinks they might have put it into learning mode so the car plays up.

Not aware of learning mode?

 

[byrnezy88]

Not aware of learning mode?

I think it’s commonly known as beginner mode.

 

[DSM10000]

I think it’s commonly known as beginner mode.

Never heard of that either.

You can reset adaptions for the transmission but that need Star /Xentry plugged in.

 

[rf065]

Are you sure he never just put it into Sport? That would seem different to you if you normally use Comfort?

 

[byrnezy88]

I’m not certain, but I don’t think so.

The sale has now been cancelled. He has to prove to motorway there is an issue. He did take some videos which I asked him to send… he obviously hasn’t

 

[John N]

SpikyMikey said:
Did he have it in manual mode?

I don’t think so. Would it still change gear if it was in manual mode?

I'm with Spiky on this one! If he didn't Change up until the Revs were higher than normal it would produce the Problem he was alluding to!

 

[Pontoneer]

Hi All,

New to hear with a very limited knowledge of cars so go easy!

I have just sold my C220d on Motorway. They dealer came to collect this evening and I left him to inspect the car and test drive on his own. He can back to say there’s and issue to my surprise. The gears were taking longer to change, at maybe 2500-3000 revs. I went for a drive with him and he was right. I hadn’t driven it for a few days but it hadn’t happened before. I’ve had no mechanical issues whatsoever and it’s been well looked after. Most of the services have been by Mercedes.

He proceeded to try and knock the price down by £2000 which made me slightly suspicious. I said know and he asked what I’d take. I let him know I wasn’t comfortable and would have to come back to him when I knew more. I drove the car 30 minutes after he left and it wasn’t doing the same thing.

Is there anything he could have done? Or is it just a coincidence and it’s something I need to sort?

Thanks in advance

Just forget him - he's a trickster - there will be a genuine buyer along soon .

 

[tony gee]

I've never been convinced about this resetting the gearbox by pressing the throttle pedal with the ignition/off thing ???? ive tried it and can't tell the difference, but I did do a reset with my scanner and it made a difference.

 

[ChrisPDuck]

I had a similar experience with Motorway. I'm convinced the winning bidder simply bid high so that he could be the first on my doorstep and start bidding me down. He had no intention of honouring the bid. The first thing he did was put his finger through a gap in the alloy wheel and tell me the brake disc was warped. I think he hoped I'd believe you could tell that way.

He did also find an oil leak I was unaware of, and after he'd shown the photo to Motorway I was obliged to get that fixed before they'd consider listing it again. All that did was push me into the loving embrace of WBAC

 

[MrGreedy]

The OP mentioned that the car has not been used prior to the test drive. I don't think that the car will attempt a DPF regen before the engine reaches normal operating temperature. The whole purpose of revving the engine during DPF regen is to increase the exhaust temperature to burn off the soot - and there's no point in trying that with a cold engine. And so, whatever the issue was, I don't think it's a DPF regen - unless the test drive was particularly long?

Agree with this. Just to note though that engine reaching normal operating temperature is 100% not the same as coolant (and water temp guage on dash) being up to full 88⁰C). I've had regens relatively soon after start when water was at, say, 60⁰C. But no way would it start a regen within the first 2 or 3 minutes in my experience if the engine is still too cold.

 

[Bigdrew]

if you ask me he's manufacturing an issue just to lower the price, if its been left unused for a while it could be that ? see if it does the same thing the next few days.

I agree with Tony all these places like we buy any car etc will always try to find something wrong somewhere to knock the price down