I have a 1997 C280, and I brand new to this forum. I wish that I would have known about this years ago.</P>


Anyway, I had my radiator replaced about a year and half ago, and a "T" part replaced a few months ago. Since then the car has not run well and had trouble going into gear properly. It had a little a slippage so we took it to the dealer.</P>


Turns out the transmission was destroyed, the torque converter destroyed, the radiator destroyed and the Electronic Control Module destroyed. All is all, it spent a month at the dealership and it cost $6800 to repair.</P>


The dealer says that this happened due to the lines mixing and coolant leaked into the transmission, thus causing all of the damage. When I researched this more, I am told that this either has to be dealer negligence or a serious engineering flaw.</P>


Has anyone had this happen? Or know how it could have happened? Thanks.</P>


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