I just purchased a 2002 E320 with 94,000 miles. While driving it today the car would not shift into gears from 1s/2nd.. I ended up driving the car at 4000 -6000 RPMS to reach higher speeds but pretty much had to stay under 30 miles an hour to drive it because it would not shift into a higher gear at all.

There are no check engine lights, no blinking transmission/over drive lights coming up. When in park or idol the engine runs smoothly and without any jerks or RPM changes.

I just left it at a Mechanic shop but he is not a Mercedes but he is not a Mercedes expert and may not have all the tools to check it our properly.

Please help?

 

I was hoping to find some mechanics on this site who could offer some suggestions to the issue above?

any help will be greatly appreciated

 

sounds like it needs a shift / conductor plate on top of the valve body in at transmission. check the ETC for codes with a factory type scaner that fits under the hood in the fuse box

 

thanks so much... I will keep you posted on what I find out

 

did you spill any fluids into the shifter area? MB tech is correct the shift plate/ conductor plate could be an issue also. those run about $300 at a Benz dealer and about 2-3 hours labor plus trans fluids cost and a trans filter which is recommended.

 

I did not, but maybe someone else did. If fluid was spilled into the shift area it would cause for the transmission not to shift from gear to gear?

My car is automatic and it acts normal when I put it into R, D, P, N etc.. just when I press the gas it does not shift into higher gears at all.

 

what would the fluids do that was spilled

 

Car was running fine, stopped to get some fries and poured vingar oin thgem. Vingar spilled into console and my dash went haywire. End result, can not shift. Was able to get it into drive and limp home, hopefully the drier gods sort this out by the AM... Yes there is a check engine light but of course I lent my checktool out to a friend and do not have it handy. Any ideas?

 

I have problem with my E 270 CDI 2003.The battery is discharged while the car is non use with all consumers off.Please help me.Thank you and sorry for the spelling mistakes.

 

(2002 e320 4matic w210) So the codes are 705 600 720. I watched the DIY to take apart the center console, cleaned as instructed on other posts and no luck. Mechanic has it now, prepared to take out 2nd mortgage