I've had this same problem from time to time and since upgrading to Fedora 10 it has come back:
Fedora 10 - kernel 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686.PAE
autofs-5.0.3-41.i386

The correctly mounted manual entry:
//xp0/C$ on /mnt type cifs (rw,mand)

The autofs entry:
//xp0/C/$ on /smb/xp0/C$ type cifs (rw,mand)

If you need anymore debug info let me know

Ian Kent wrote: 
On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 12:49 -0700, Scott Belnap wrote:
  
I'm trying to automount a windows machine.  I am able to automount any
directory that doesn't have a $ in the mount name.  Looks like the
parse_mount method is stripping out the $ from the mount name.  Any
ideas on how to fix this?
    

I think you might need to escape the $ that gets clobbered. It is most
likely getting interpreted as a dollar macro expansion.

  
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: handle_packet_missing_direct:
token 122, name /cifs/laptop/C$, request pid 17857
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: attempting to mount
entry /cifs/laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: lookup_mount:
lookup(program): /cifs/laptop/C$ ->
-fstype=cifs,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop ://laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: parse_mount: parse(sun):
expanded entry:
-fstype=cifs,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop ://laptop/C
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: parse_mount: parse(sun):
gathered options:
fstype=cifs,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: parse_mount: parse(sun): core of
entry:
options=fstype=cifs,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop, loc=://laptop/C
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: sun_mount: parse(sun): mounting
root /cifs, mountpoint /cifs/laptop/C$, what //laptop/C, fstype cifs,
options file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]:
do_mount: //laptop/C /cifs//cifs/laptop/C$ type cifs options
file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop using
module generic
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: mount_mount: mount(generic):
calling mkdir_path /cifs/laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: mount_mount: mount(generic):
calling mount -t cifs -s -o
file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,credentials=/etc/auto.smb.laptop //laptop/C /cifs/laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 kernel:  CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code
= -6
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: >> retrying with upper case
share name
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 kernel:  CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code
= -6
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: >> mount error 6 = No such
device or address
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Refer to the mount.cifs(8)
manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
Dec  9 23:49:03 dc2 automount[19084]: spawn_mount: mount failed with
error code 16, retrying with the -f option
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> unknown mount option f
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Usage:  /sbin/mount.cifs
<remotetarget> <dir> -o <options>
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Mount the remote target,
specified as a UNC name, to a local directory.
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Options:
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> #011user=<arg>
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> #011pass=<arg>
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> #011dom=<arg>
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Less commonly used options:
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011credentials=<filename>,guest,perm,noperm,setuids,nosetuids,rw,ro,
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011sep=<char>,iocharset=<codepage>,suid,nosuid,exec,noexec,serverino,
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011directio,mapchars,nomapchars,nolock,servernetbiosname=<SRV_RFC1001NAME>
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Options not needed for
servers supporting CIFS Unix extensions
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> #011(e.g. unneeded for mounts
to most Samba versions):
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011uid=<uid>,gid=<gid>,dir_mode=<mode>,file_mode=<mode>,sfu
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Rarely used options:
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011port=<tcpport>,rsize=<size>,wsize=<size>,unc=<unc_name>,ip=<ip_address>,
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011dev,nodev,nouser_xattr,netbiosname=<OUR_RFC1001NAME>,hard,soft,intr,
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >>
#011nointr,ignorecase,noposixpaths,noacl
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> Options are described in more
detail in the manual page
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> #011man 8 mount.cifs
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> To display the version number
of the mount helper:
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: >> #011/sbin/mount.cifs -V
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: mount(generic): failed to
mount //laptop/C (type cifs) on /cifs/laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: send_fail: token = 122
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: handle_packet: type = 5
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: handle_packet_missing_direct:
token 123, name /cifs/laptop/C$, request pid 17857
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: attempting to mount
entry /cifs/laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: failed to mount /cifs/laptop/C$
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: send_fail: token = 123
Dec  9 23:49:06 dc2 automount[19084]: failed to mount /cifs/laptop/C$

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