[W126 Coupe] lazy transmission

[Markus Meyer]

When is the last time you changed your trans oil and filter?  If more than
25-30K miles ago, its time.  I found when I switched all my vehicles over to
synthetic they responded quite well and shifted better, your experience may
vary.

Markus

2009/12/18 Vance Rowley <vance_rowley at hotmail.com>


> Not heard from anyone in a while. Had problems with my email, so changed

> it.

> Anyway, getting back to the subject, I have recently been having what I

> would call lazy shifting with the transmission. There is no slipping and

> seems fine on starting off as normal (in 2nd as it does) and also seems fine

> by flooring it to get 1st and then back to 2nd. But then (under

> normal acceleration) it can't seem to make up it's mind when to shift to

> 3rd, although this isn't as bad as it is from 3rd to 4th. Even after

> reaching a constant speed of say 30mph in 3rd (and the E/S switch set at E)

> most of the time it will just stay in 3rd and not drop into 4th. Sometimes

> it will, but most of the time I have to blip the throttle a little, then

> ease off for it to drop into 4th. Sometimes even this doesn't work.

> Summary is all downshifts seem fine and upshift from 1st to 2nd is perfect.

> Upshift from 2nd to 3rd is OK most of the time, but upshift from 3rd to 4th

> depends on what mood it's in at the time.

> Should I just change my tranny fluid and filter, or is there some other

> explanation for this?

>

> Cheers,

> Vance

> 91 560sec euro

>

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