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W5YK
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: May 2006
Location: San Diego
Vehicle(s): 2002 G500, Unimog U2450,
Posts: 545
| GL450 transmission croaked at 57k miles
My GL450 transmission decided to eat itself last weekend at 57,000 miles. The transmission fluid was changed at 40k miles as recommended by Mercedes.
We were driving down a washboard road in San Diego county (would have been in my G500, but that had chewed up a propshaft). It slipped out of 3rd gear into no gear a few times. Drove home in 2nd and 4th. Subsequent dismantling revealed a nice sprinkling of glitter in the pan and inside the filter.
The Merc re-built transmission is going to cost the better part of $5k to buy and install.
Not really what I was expecting in a $80k vehicle.
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| Re: GL450 transmission croaked at 57k miles
sa 'bama wagon, wadya spect |
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gbenzer
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: Dec 2006
Location: Georgia
Vehicle(s): 2007 G-500, 2017 Audi Q7
Posts: 418
| RE: GL450 transmission croaked at 57k miles
Oh, how I hate to hear that for both our sakes. Our other set of wheels is a GL450. I don't want my G500 propshaft to break also!
Good luck,
Burch |
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lkchris
Veteran
Date registered: Nov 2006
Location: Albuquerque
Vehicle(s): '07 GL320CDI, '06 E320CDI
Posts: 144
| RE: GL450 transmission croaked at 57k miles
gbenzer - 3/16/2011 5:33 PM Oh, how I hate to hear that for both our sakes. Our other set of wheels is a GL450. I don't want my G500 propshaft to break also! Good luck, Burch That transmission was made in Europe. |
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gisham
Date registered: Oct 2006
Location: Orlando
Vehicle(s): 2002 G500 2007 R350 1967 FJ40
| Re: GL450 transmission croaked at 57k miles
I feel your pain- our ML500 tranny crapped the bed around 55K- yet my new tranny and torque converter had me around 7500 after the install... and this was an indy doing the work- |
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H1LM002G55
Expert
Date registered: Mar 2010
Location: S Florida / Geneva / Jeddah
Vehicle(s): 500 GE, G55, LM002, H1
Posts: 1796
| Re: GL450 transmission croaked at 57k miles
Programmed obsolescence...I really do not like these new MB transmissions at all. My parts guy at local dealer says that the new transmissions are a big problem and orders many...
What happened to the G prop shaft? |
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