Three problems related to transmission not go into gear have been reported for the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
2007 mercedes C230 with 65661 miles began to lose power and not shift into gear. Towed to a mercedes dealer where they said it was a mass air sensor and 1000. 00 bill. Within a few weeks same problem, loss of power and unable to shift. Now they replaced the conductor plate in the transmission-1300. 00 bill. This seems to be a very common problem in this specific year make model for mercedes not to handle.
I have been driving and on multiple occasions I have had the car unable to shift out of gear, each time I had to turn the car off and restart . Today after attempting to try this again today Dec. 17, 2013 I finally had to car a tow truck because the car would not shift gears.
Car seems to stay in one gear and does not downshift or upshift when needed. The only solution is to stop car, turn off and restart. It is a risk to enter a main road because of not knowing what gear the auto trans is locked or if it will shift to another gear to get up to speed. Dealer checked car once and said they could not find anything wrong but it seems it is a known issue the transmission problem for these model year.