I have a beautifully maintained 1999 C230K, which I bought new. It has been serviced only by the dealers. One of the mechanics at our last dealer wanted to buy it. It has 150,000 miles and I was looking forward to my first mileage grill badge. But, yesterday the car broke down. And today, the Mercedes dealer called and said it needs a new transmission. The cost of $6,580 includes parts and labor. So, I'm pretty heart-broken about my baby.
Questions:
- 1) How much lower can I get the cost working with a non-dealer?
- 2) The value of the car is around $6,000--should I sell the car for parts/scrap or try to fix it?
- 3) If I cannot afford to fix it, how do I sell the car to get the most money out of it?

Thank you so much!
v/r, Pete

The "book rate" to R&I the transmission in the W202 is 6 hours.

The 722.6 in the E Class have been replaced for ~$3500 using local or big box rebuilders.

I'd personally get a second opinion for something that expensive or at least post the codes/adapation values here first.

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Thanks, guys!
I'll call the dealer and see what codes are coming up.
We had to have the car towed in--the car was making a horrendous noise and, more importantly, could only be driven for short spurts that were measured in yards. Also, the car could not be placed in reverse.

Take a look here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-04-C-Class-Mercedes-C230-C320-Automatic-Transmission_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713Q2em153Q2el1262QQcategoryZ33727QQihZ005QQitemZ1502974583 96QQtcZphoto

http://shop.ebay.com/items/__mercedes-transmission_W0QQ_nkwZmercedesQ20transmissionQQQ5ftrkparmsZ72Q253A1205Q257C39Q253A1Q257C66Q253A2Q257 C65Q253A12QQ_fromfsbZQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQ_sopZ3QQ_scZ1