<![CDATA[Tranny Died]]>I was headed to the Mercedes dealership to get a special order part (due to the top being broken, yet again), and I took a corner, stepped on the gas and the car did nothing be rev like it was in Neutral. I had to coast in to a parking lot where I tried to put it back in park, and then in drive again... nothing. So i turned the car off, turned back on and it KIND of worked, enough to get to the dealership (wouldn't shift gears like normal, etc...).

They inform me that basically the transmission is done for... luckly under warranty...

but damn, this car has been in the shop more then I can remember... the center console has broken like 6 times (literally), the windows keep getting fucked up and not sealing properly, the top's broken twice, the tranny went out, there was some fucked up software that had to be replaced, the stereo's gone out twice (shorts in the wiring)... there's more but i'm forgetting.

I haven't had much better luck with the BMW. Moral of the story is... if your going to buy a Euro car, get one with a warranty or your fucked.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/11260/tranny-diedRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 04:38:32 GMTFri, 13 Jul 2007 20:57:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:21:36 GMT]]>Sorry to hear your luck, i cant ever afford a new benz, but... i have owned 2 190e mercedes' 85 still have. and an 86, used for parts, also had a 87 bmw 325is, loved that car!!, awsome, wish i still had it, that tranny went out on that,:icon_puke_l: my fault revved her above 3500 in neutral(apparently a bug no no with a zf4hp-22, no pressure bypass system in it):D rebuilt it and it is still going again, however it has a new owner, i wish id never gotten rid of it. 😞 i have had very good luck with them, but than i do all the work on them myself, cant afford dealer repairs. lol legacy image

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weshole;177126 wrote:
I've got a friend who's 05 Passat turbo is in Valley Imports as we speak to get another engine installed and she babies the car. She's sick to her stomache because VW may not take care of the engine under warranty because she is missing one or two oil change reciepts.

VW's got to be one of the worst. EVERYBODY has problems with them.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166719https://fargostreet.com/post/166719Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:17:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:45:11 GMT]]>I've owned a few German cars (3 bmws, 2 audis, 1 vw) and will say this:

  • they tend to last a long time
  • they tend to put up with hard driving really well
  • they need a lot of regular maintenance, or else they start feeling like a non-German car (stuff stops working right, etc)
  • they develop annoying quirks that slowly drive you mad, because the car is otherwise perfect 🙂
  • unfortuneately, nothing else drives quite like they do, so you're kind of stuck putting up with it once you decide that's what you like.

Also - never buy a German car with an automatic transmission. Automatics are extremely rare across europe. It's only on the high end models (7 series, A8, etc) that automatics are the only gearbox... everything else defaults to a manual transmission.

At least us german car owners can snicker at Italian car owners - those guys are the real rich idiots who fix more than they drive 🙂

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166633https://fargostreet.com/post/166633Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:05:57 GMT]]>I've got a friend who's 05 Passat turbo is in Valley Imports as we speak to get another engine installed and she babies the car. She's sick to her stomache because VW may not take care of the engine under warranty because she is missing one or two oil change reciepts.

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Jim;177100 wrote:
hahaha

Good luck with VW or Audi... they are worse then BMW or Mercedes!

Everyone I've known that's had German cars has been really satisfied with VW and Audi, way more so than BMW or Mercedes. They haven't had any major problems at all. Their reliability isn't ranked very high, but I haven't personally known of anyone with any huge issues unless they beat the piss out of them. Of all the bad things I've heard about German cars, the vast majority of them have been about Mercedes being cheaply made and literally falling apart.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166625https://fargostreet.com/post/166625Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:44:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:07:55 GMT]]>I've never had a problem with my TA (mechanically) and none with my Regal (cept the speakers suck)

There ya go Jim, you should trade up (or, I guess down) your SLK for a regal!!!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166606https://fargostreet.com/post/166606Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:07:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:13:43 GMT]]>hahaha

Good luck with VW or Audi... they are worse then BMW or Mercedes!

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torbs;177017 wrote:
my honda hasn't given me any problems since I've owned it besides autozones fuckup...i heart my hondas hehe

Shit I've had mine for just over a month and had to dump $1400 into it.

The only German cars I'd ever buy are VW and Audi. My uncle in California has owned all kinds of Benz's and BMW's and he's had problems with every one of them, so he bought himself and his wife a couple Porsche's instead.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166572https://fargostreet.com/post/166572Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:55:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:07:09 GMT]]>listen to consumer reports, German cars are the worst for reliability and are in the shop more than any others. Jims cars are proof of this.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166565https://fargostreet.com/post/166565Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:07:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:51:12 GMT]]>thats shitty....or just dont buy cars that are the bottom of the line 🙂

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torbs;177017 wrote:
still better than your DSM tho, right jim? 😄

my honda hasn't given me any problems since I've owned it besides autozones fuckup...i heart my hondas hehe
That was totally your fault adam.

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weshole;177010 wrote:
Dude, it was his Benz transmission that went. But both are German.

My bad.....my bad......dont buy anymore Benz either.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166526https://fargostreet.com/post/166526Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:08:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:29:21 GMT]]>still better than your DSM tho, right jim? 😄

my honda hasn't given me any problems since I've owned it besides autozones fuckup...i heart my hondas hehe

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166521https://fargostreet.com/post/166521Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:29:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:09:02 GMT]]>I didn't have problems with the jetta. i only had it 2 months also...lol

You think that wouldnt happen for what you pay for a mercedes.

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ruthless351;177005 wrote:
Dont buy anymore BMW's. Simple 🙂

Dude, it was his Benz transmission that went. But both are German.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166514https://fargostreet.com/post/166514Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:58:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:31:35 GMT]]>Dont buy anymore BMW's. Simple 🙂

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weshole;176988 wrote:
That's German engineering for ya. :rolleyes:

I know I'm gonna get flamed for this.

lol... werd

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burnteclipse;176984 wrote:
wish you had the spider back??

No, that car went through a few more transmissions then this one did lol

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166505https://fargostreet.com/post/166505Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:58:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:40:56 GMT]]>German cars are great to drive not to own.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166501https://fargostreet.com/post/166501Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:16:51 GMT]]>I had a fair share of problems with my car, but mine is also 15 years old.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166497https://fargostreet.com/post/166497Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:16:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:26:32 GMT]]>That's German engineering for ya. :rolleyes:

I know I'm gonna get flamed for this.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166492https://fargostreet.com/post/166492Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:26:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:21:46 GMT]]>wow that totally sucks. yeah good thing its under warranty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/166491https://fargostreet.com/post/166491Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tranny Died on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:07:31 GMT]]>wish you had the spider back??

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