Shifter Problem - Won't come out of Park

[regbricknj]

It seems like every Sl 500 has the exact same problem I don't understand why Mercedez did not just recall these shitfters. They know they are defective. I am having the same exact issue with my sl 500 2003 model. Quite upset with Mercedez because they know there responsible for this issue. Reginald Walker

[MikeSp]

Don´t know what are they thinking, mine is one of the firsts R230 of december of 2001 (i think).
And this happends at 2005.
Just try to don´t pay anything if you don´t have extended warranty.
I didnt´t have it,and didn´t know that exist when my father buy the car, I was too young to take that type of decisions,but didn´t take it was a bad deccision.

[Sg5845]

Scary thing is my '07 SL550 has this problem every once in a while. It "seems" that if I press the brake really hard, it "loosens up" and comes out of park. It has never actually gotten stuck in park.

it only has 16,000 miles on it (and about a year of warranty left). I will watch this very closely to make sure I get it addressed before warranty expires....

[Disney86]

[quote=Sg5845;3579929]Scary thing is my '07 SL550 has this problem every once in a while. It "seems" that if I press the brake really hard, it "loosens up" and comes out of park. It has never actually gotten stuck in park.

As I understand it, that problem could be associated with a faulty brake light switch (BLS). Apparently that BLS tells the transmission when the shifter may be taken out of Park. I replaced the BLS on my 2003 SL500 but doing so had no effect on my "sticking shifter" problem.