I couldn't avoid driving through a flooded street yesterday, and i didn't think anything of it, until i tried to put my car in reverse when coming back home that day. It does start, but I can't get the automatic gear to move down to any other gears..it's stuck in park. No warning lights in the dashboard, everything else looks normal, except that i do see some water way at the bottom when i open the hood, with what seems to look like brownish/greenish oil in it. Not much oil, mostly water. I had an oil change about 2 weeks ago, so it could just be from minor spill. Although I haven't changed my Transmission fluid since i bought the car almowt 2 years ago. Don't know what I should do. Wait until it dries and take my chances, or take it to the shop and risk it being something minor and being overcharged.

2003 SLK 230, Automatic Transmission

Thanks,
Jasmine

 

Insert a thin pen into hole at rear of selector and push to move selector.

(post 2000 only)

Bazzle