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There's a small trap door just below the D or below the lowest letter in the shifter. Use the butt of a cheap plastic ball point pen, push it thru the door and down inside there's a release. Mine popped free right away, but you may need to wiggle the pen a bit to hit the right spot. The reason mine had this problem in the first place was because the wife spilt a few drops of water on the shifter. I guess that's all it takes to kill a Mercedes. Anyway, after I released the shifter the tranny was stuck in "limp home mode" which means you only have 2nd and reverse. Nice.... The repairs for the water damage is $500-$1000 depending where you go. What was Mercedes thinking? water on the shifter is something everyone does, was this a surprize to the Germans? I thought they were smart?
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