9G Mer gearbox

[stevewoof]

Just bought. CLS 350 with the 9G gearbox, any problems with the gearbox ?

[RumbleOfThunder]

Maybe one to check beforehand, Steve.

[counterofbeans]

Hope he hasn't bought a dog...

[tejr]

Welcome to Pistonheads. The Forum that will answer every question that you don't ask and judge your life choices before answering your actual question

[counterofbeans]

tejr said:

Welcome to Pistonheads. The Forum that will answer every question that you don't ask and judge your life choices before answering your actual question

Lighten up a bit, it's a slow day

[STattam]

Mine whines in 3rd and 4th on light throttle and has from new. Now on 60k miles and maybe slightly worse. Merc can't fix it. Otherwise a good box better than the 7g I had in previous car.

[James P]

Had mine now for 2 years/ 20k miles and no problems.

[donkmeister]

I've had a few C-classes on hire with the 9G... My only criticisms (and it's stretching the definition of the word) are:
1) In the narrower chassis of a C-class, it necessitates a tranny tunnel too wide for the car, which impacts on driver comfort.
2) When using it in manual mode there's too many gears... Although to be fair in most scenarios where you actually need manual mode you only really need the first 5 ratios.
Not really the sort of info the OP is after but hey... PH, right?