My mother passed away, so we moved her car to my house. It was easiest to have the car towed. We did not have the keys to the car (at the time), so the flatbed driver popped the wood from center console, and seemed to do something underneath, which (I believe) allowed him to get the car into neutral, and hence , loaded / unloaded from the flatbed.

Now that the car is at my house, we need to move the car. We have the keys to the car, but the battery in the car is dead (will not hold a charge, or jump start). We only need to roll the car a few feet. I put the key in the ignition, moved the gear shifter into neutral, but the car does not seem to want to move (seems like it is still in park).

Does anyone know what the flatbed operator may have done? I do not see anything obvious under the wood console. I do not believe the emergency brake is frozen. FWIW, in my W210, there is a small spot in the center console which allows a pen (etc) to be inserted, to allow the gear shifter to be moved, when there is no battery ... but this is not the case in the 1995 C220 (W202).

I looked through the owners manual ... but nothing jumps out at me. Any thoughts? I can't imagine the car will only roll if there is a working battery ... am I wrong?

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