[LBC500SEL]

bad news guys, this morning i got out of my garage fine but i went to pick up my friend as i tried to parallel park in front of his house i shift to R and ease off easily and give it a little of gas then a snap!! cant reverse, it only revs the engine. but i can drive just can not reverse. my mechanic says its the transmission. there goes my money.

 

[bass1175]

That hurts me just hearing your story. How much did he quote you to fix? can you get more then one estimate? Maybe its a cheap fix and wont be as much as you expect.I have a a 3 second delay after putting it in reverse, scares me!

 

[BENZDOC]

see what i wrote.. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1195150

 

[mojobenz]

Mine did it a few weeks back -- common problem when the tranny starts aging. Had an indy fix the reverse problem and while the tranny was apart, rebuilt it for $2K. Car's running great!

 

[LBC500SEL]

hey bass i had that 3 sec delay when i bought it back in october of 2004 but since then i didnt get a chance to do a transmission flush until this happen my mechanic says that i should of maintain it since then because we dont know if the old owner did anything to the trans. but i will get it rebuilt this weekend and i will post the result of the bill and possible some pictures dont count on the pics tho.

 

[bass1175]

Thanks LBC, I had this benz since last august or so, but the previous owner had this delay for 4 years ( since he purchased it). He did a tran flush and filter change and the problem remained. Iam going to see a good trany specialist within the next week, I will also post a price on what he quotes me to fix the delay and/or for a full rebuilt. I probably will only get estimates and not fix it yet, unless its something cost effective for my budget. This delay is been around with this car for 5 years and maybe even more.

Does anyone recommend AAMCO? Its a big franchise and their work is guaranteed, any thoughts?

 

[LBC500SEL]

hey bass are you around so cal if you are i can recommend you my guy he is a transmission specialist

 

[bass1175]

Iam in North Jersey, I just called my tranny guy a very reputable one, and he said it was normal on benz to have some sort of a delay in reverse. Then I called Ray Catena (dealer) and one of their parts guys that I know said it shouldnt be a 3 second delay but there is a smaller delay.

 

[LBC500SEL]

i got my car back and it is now working perfect. the total cost came out to be $1500 now i gotta work on the other stuff.