I bought a used Mercedes Benz E350 in 2010 from a non Mercedes dealer.
I checked the vehicles history with Mercedes ermelo and they assured me the car was in good condition as they were the servicing agent and selling agent.

After I had driven the car fro 10 000 km the gearbox started giving problems. I contacted MB Sa but they keep on referring me to a dealer who says I was happy with vehicle( which I was at first.

After MB SA wanted R 28 000 to correct the fault I decided to check if the same problem does not occur elsewhere.
It came apparent that the problem is common all over the world and that it was a design/manufacturing fault.
The Electronic selector plate is faulty. MB says my car is out of warranty so it is my problem I say it is there problem as they knew that this kind of gearbox is giving problems . Therefore I demand that they fix it at their cost