Mercedes adaptive gearbox reset

How to reset your Mercedes G Tronic adaptive gearbox back to factory, the car learns your driving style and can pick up bad habits, clearing its memory can make it feel fresh again and re-learn how you want it to behave

Furious Merch!
T shirts £15 + £2.50 UK Postage
Hats £15 + £1.00 UK Postage
Mugs £12 + £3.50 UK Postage
stickers £2.50 + 50p UK Postage

Post me stuff for Junk in the Trunk post bag section!
Furious Driving
PO Box 477
AYLESFORD
ME6 9LE

[jrgrouse]

June 2024, just confirming that I have just done this and my 2012 E63BiTurbo has never felt this good.
It’s used to chop down to first gear quite harsh and also did a really poor mid throttle shift into second gear which was embarrassing.
I was thinking of the worst case scenario but honestly this has hugely changed the car for me.
Mine must had picked up so bad tricks and learnt them.

[cornishrider]

Interesting and fingers crossed it works. We used to do this in the 90's with Saab Turbos unplugging the ecu to re-educate it's brain!

[raavananyogeswaran]

I had problem of acceleration sluggish after changing gearbox oil and gearbox filters. I tried your tips and it has settled. Tq so much for your tips

[nigeldawkins]

Thanks, worked a treat on my 2016 GLE 350d, perfect!

[DSHAW]

Just come across this video my c250 64 plate would seem to have to rev stupidly high before changing gears can after a few miles of driving around seems to be alot smoother thanks

[marianm]

Worked for my w205 2015 c220 bluetec, makes a real difference, will see in time how will work! Cheers 🦾

[PhilbyFavourites]

I’ve had an AMG GLA45 (2018] for the last five years. It’s a wonderful car but never feels sprightly enough unless I go to Sport+. In fact Comfort feels exactly that like a have a cushion under the accelerator and is so woolly.

I must admit that round town I drive it gently. I don’t need to go in a hurry or be first at the lights -I’m 64 for gods sake. But - when I’m out in the sticks I want it to explode with ferocity like my motorbikes do.

Do you think this will give me a noticeable increase in “urgency”of throttle response?

Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻

[MorningHope]

Thanks for the video. How do you do a "Dealer Initial Start Up" reset process? I just got GLK
350 a week ago and very new to Mercedes. A previous owner left a dead main battery too long before replacing a new one. Thus, 5 codes error were created. Do I reset initial the process in a vehicle vis SYSTEM setup?

[peteressextrucker]

Hi Matt, I’ve got a late 2013 E220 estate and it’s quite nippy off the mark . I also get mid to late 40s in normal driving, not sure why yours seems sluggish I hope the reset helps 👍

[richardhowlett]

I hope this fix works for you, no auto box can have the involvement of a good manual though.

[JamesSmith-qshx]

Looking forwards to an update!! Cheers.

[brandondarnes]

I have a w212 e350 and my 2nd to 3rd shift isn't smooth. Tried this, we'll see if it helps! Thanks

[scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great little instructional video Matt, hope it works for you mate.

[markonmotoring]

It will be interesting to see if this transforms the driving experience.
We used to have to do something similar years ago with Mercedes trucks as the gearbox would sometimes decide it didn't want to select gears.

[paultaylor]

I think most auto boxes have this feature in one way or another Matt, some require a battery disconnect.

[pyatt]

After waiting exactly 120 seconds you should hear a buzzing sound coming from the transmission. Once that buzzing stops you can proceed to driving

[Bhartiya]

Bro, do mercedes learn driving style?? I mean if some old person driving the car will it react same way and change driving style if car obsessed that young person is driving the car.. Please reply..

[Knighttus]

Will this work on my cla 220d model 2015 ?please

[marksenior]

Did a gearbox reset on my e class and my dads . Just done it on my 5 series bmw. Usually re learns your driving style within 40 gear changes?

[DoubleZeroGarage]

Used to own a Mitsubishi legnum, they also have active learning transmissions, they just the battery disconnecting overnight to reset. On those it takes about 500 miles after the reset for them to learn your driving style