While driving home tonight the 3 fault messages were displayed. I pulled off the road, placed the car in park, and turned the engine off and . When I restarted, messages remained and the gear selector was locked in park.

Car is home in my driveway via a tow. I tried to reset the ESP with a lock to lock movement of the steering column with KOEO. This did not help.

Any diagnostic help is appreciated.

Tom Latos
2002 E320 68kmiles
1995 E320 280 kmiles (sold - she was a good car)

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Tom Latos
2002 E320
1995 E320 Sold at 288kmiles

Check the battery and alternator. One way is to use the diagnostic on the CC unit...

Check this PDF - value for #24 is the battery voltage.

http://mbworld.org/forums/attachments/e-class-w210/220695d1319218810-c-question-mb-w210-ac-diagnostics-flap-test.pdf

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Daily Driver: 02 E430 4MATIC
In the family: '03 E500 // '04 ML500 // 64 220SE

i would consider replacing a low cost part which has a high degree of failure
and which occasionally results in the symptoms you describer: brake light
switch located beneath the dash...above the brake pedal. $20-30

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-- raymond~
47º 34'N 122º 18'W

Thanks for the tip. I will check the brake switch and report results.

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Tom Latos
2002 E320
1995 E320 Sold at 288kmiles

Raymond

Thanks - that was the required fix. Once I had the old brake light switch out I could see that it was sticking in the "plunger in" position and did not follow the brake pedal.

All fault messages are cleared.

Thank you again for your able assistance.

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Tom Latos
2002 E320
1995 E320 Sold at 288kmiles

next time you get locked in park - you can use a pen to disengage the lever - its a little round window type thing in the selector gate. That way you can move the lever and get home driving the car.

helped a guy at my work parking lot with this same problem.

Rule of thumb is that if you hear a squeak whenever you push the brake pedal in these cars the brake switch is about to go out.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

Brake Switch PN? The brake switch PN that is defined on the EPC Web site for my VIN is PN - A001 545 95 09. The defective part that I removed from the car is PN - A001-545 64 09.

Both parts look identical. What is the difference between these 2 parts?

Thanks again in advance.

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Tom Latos
2002 E320
1995 E320 Sold at 288kmiles