Car was brought in with complaint of not shifting out of 1st. Seems sweet tea was recently spilled on gearshift area. Car would shift manually but did have a delayed shift even then. Next day, after owner ran car over for me to take an initial look at, it would not start in P or N. Disassembled the gear shift selector and this is what the gear recognition control unit circuit board looks like. I'm thinking this could keep car from starting. Key turns but nothing happens, no click, nothing. I do plan on replacing it with an OEM part. P/N on it is 210 545 13 32.

Oh yea, we found a rats next in the area behind the battery too. Rats sure seem to like the W210 diesels.

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