'01 e320 No Crank

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Turned off engine, 15 min. later no crank. Battery was five years old so I replaced that but still no crank. All lights come on, various sounds but no starter activation. Tried other keys with no luck. The car will NOT shift out of park to try starting in neutral, this seems odd...

Any ideas? I'm going to check codes and slap some relays around when I go over there in a few, this sort of thing never happens at home does it?

Thanks for the help.

UPDATE: Found the manual shift unlock but it won't crank in neutral either. The steering wheel unlocks but the shifter doesn't. The relay under the panel on the passenger side of the engine bay (K38?) clicks as do a number of other relays. When the ign is on the following are illuminated: ABS, Brake, BAS-ESP, Check Engine and warning triangle. There are no codes. If the shifter worked I'd guess it's a bad starter or connection at the starter. Time to tow it home... What and where is the K40 relay I've read of? Thanks again.