Transmission Not Go Into Gear Problems of Mercedes Benz C230

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.

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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.

Periodically the car would lose acceleration and rpms would be high and the vehicle would jerk when I tried changing gears. As I change gears from park, reverse or drive, the gear shift jerks and I am unable to accelerate past 20 mph no matter how much pressure I place on the gas. : extreme loss of acceleration up hill and the steptronic (+/- shifting) did not work. . . (I could only go 35mph when every one else was going 70mph up hill) when I traveled on a flat surface with no inclination my car worked fine, I then decided to put it on neutral while traveling at 65mph. . . When I put it back in drive it did not pick up the gears it just continued as if it was in neautral. I had to pull over and shift it into park. . . As I shifted form "d" to neutral it shifted fine, but then from neutral to "r" the car jerked. . . From reverse to "p" it jerked again and shifted hard. I then shifted again to reverse, neutral, and drive thus the car jerked and did a hard shift with knocking noise and would not drive. I shifted to neutral again and shut the car off. When I turned it back on it shifted smooth and I drove off without any problem. Took it to a repair shop and received p0717/p0718 fault codes and something about the valve body. I was also told that it was an transmission internal speed sensor issue. There is something faulty with the design and operation of this model year transmission and losing power and being able to only go 35 mph no matter how much you press the gas on the interstate or heavy fast moving traffic is extremely dangerous. Mercedes benz is aware of this problem as many owners have complained but they will not institute a recall.

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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.