2000 Mercedes Benz ML430 Shifts to Neutral

2000 MERCEDES BENZ ML430
63,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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RLIPSKY1
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Question 1
The car changes from drive to neutral at low speeds while turning sharp without anything touching the shift lever
Moving the lever has no effect - reverse works but nor drive
You have to turn car off then back on to get the car back in drive.

Question 2
When I fill the tank with gas, it ereads zero - after about 25 miles it reads normal. Any ideas
Dec 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

Thank you for the donation,


Both these problems i feel are electrical related, i would be thinking part of the loom for the transmission control system may be damaged through chafing on a bracket or body work and this is earthing out a signal to the transmission, as for the fuel sender, this may be a faulty sender unit in the tank i have seen this before in other makes of cars, very slow senders in the tank,

Have your Benz dealer or a trans specialist inspect the transmission problem.

mark (mhpautos)
Dec 22, 2009 at 9:25 PM