Can you advise on this gear issue?
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2005 Mercedes C200
In the morning I tried to crank the engine and could not. I suspected the battery, so I stopped someone and made her help me in charging the battery using my jumper cable.
But when I drove, the gear wasn't shifting from 1. Plus I wasn't able to put it on R or P unless my foot wasn't pressing the break pedal (I should be the other way round)! And upon bringing it back to D the card jerked. (I guess this is called hard shifting)
I waited for some time to make sure the battery got enough charge, turned off the car and turned it on again after a minute. It worked normally. I turned it off and on again. It's normal.
I drove to my destination (that was around 25 km away from home), parked the car for a few hours. I could turn it on but the gear didn't shift again! Now when I turned it off, it wasn't starting again till I waited 10 or 15 minutes! I did that twice.
I drove all the way to home at 20-30 km/h and 2-3K RPM. At home, I turned it off and back on. It started right away and the gear was normal. Again off and on, and it's normal.
I also tried with and without AC, and tied to manually shift the gear by pushing the gear lever to the right +. Nothing seemed relevant.
Where do you think the issue lies?
In the morning I tried to crank the engine and could not. I suspected the battery, so I stopped someone and made her help me in charging the battery using my jumper cable.
But when I drove, the gear wasn't shifting from 1. Plus I wasn't able to put it on R or P unless my foot wasn't pressing the break pedal (I should be the other way round)! And upon bringing it back to D the card jerked. (I guess this is called hard shifting)
I waited for some time to make sure the battery got enough charge, turned off the car and turned it on again after a minute. It worked normally. I turned it off and on again. It's normal.
I drove to my destination (that was around 25 km away from home), parked the car for a few hours. I could turn it on but the gear didn't shift again! Now when I turned it off, it wasn't starting again till I waited 10 or 15 minutes! I did that twice.
I drove all the way to home at 20-30 km/h and 2-3K RPM. At home, I turned it off and back on. It started right away and the gear was normal. Again off and on, and it's normal.
I also tried with and without AC, and tied to manually shift the gear by pushing the gear lever to the right +. Nothing seemed relevant.
Where do you think the issue lies?