Bake the circuit board only in the oven at 200C for 10 mins and any dry solder joints will reflow. Let cool and refit. This has worked for many people including me.

Thank you! your video was super helpful. My wife spilled a coke on the shifter, and this actually fixed it.

Thanks, very informative. Am actually having a similar problem with my car as well

Thanks mate very helpful video congratulations from Aotearoa New Zealand

After 2years of your videos i will clean mine today 14/03/2024 I will drop feedback tommorrow

Thanks alot Boss....my 320cdi is all sorted..very informative...tops buddy...

Thanx i once did the cleaning on my merc W203 and it had worked

very detailed and has good VDO all you need is to take it to someone who works on circuit boards can check what needs replacing or if there is any crack line on the circuit cheap way to fix it than changing the shifters from time to time

I wish you would show how you disconnect/reconnect the arm/bushing to transmission lever under the module, kinda a major part of the procedure to remove/install this gearshifter module wouldnt you say?!

Complimenti ho usato la tua stessa tecnica lo che ho usato il WD40 e funziona ciao grazie 👍

All I did was change the whole shifter and it fixed the problem, the shifter I used was from a c200 w203 saloan was the same part number

James, did you make a part 2 video? We are sending you good energy!

i have graduated thank you

Thanks so much brother 🙏 ❤

Mine has the same issue. I will try cleaning it and put back on and comment again. Thank you

Have you check the brake light switch? It seems there are a lot more issues shown on the dash.

The only nightmare of a w203 is the failures of its selectors.

What is that ticking sound we hear after turning key waiting for glow plugs light to go off?

I took the PC board and cooked it and cooked it in the oven at 3 fit's 350 for 5 minutes and thand that was enough to reglue the sottering joints in the 4U shape TCP 1200 is on the computer board which fit inside the shift lever module assembly sounds crazy I know but it worked so I didn't have to pay anybody any money and I don't have to pay Mercedes is Mercedes the nightmare that most people end up paying didn't take much to take it off just a symbol of the area and then do the do and then reassemble everything I'm a happy car owner and the car owner and the cars drive

Mercedes is very miserably with wires - 5 fiber nodes on the c240, that go to controllers for a base camp for devices. Often the fiber to the controller sends semaphores of which device to use. With all the devices in the car, if you use a a long distance wire - it would draw too many amps. So instead feed the controller with fiber optical light and codes. At the controller for finite qty of devices as a base camp to drive the devices, for example door lock, mirror, and window. The wires become small (by design - increase the quanta of controllers, enables to increase the quantity of devices. As mentioned by one of those in solutions, I noticed from engine area, frayed "thin wires". This hit home with me, for example where the head lights are these very thin guage wires provide intense light (and heat). The heat and the wires repeatedly go from hot to cold. The wire shielding becomes "brittle". thus the harness becomes "unshielded". Predatory drain of voltage? Circuit board corroding, or wet? to solve the bridging from a base camp controller? 64 circuits across three Fues boxes, and 72 devices (actuators, window motors, sunroof, etc). And when you have dissimilar metals say for instance at the driver side column you have corrosion where the sunroof drains. Mercedes uses great steel, but the problem is it can rust or corrode at that drain. So now instead of reaming out the drains of the sun roof, one literally has remove drain pipe (rusted out), and replace by epoxying new pipe into the drain system. Upon looking at the bottom of the drain in the column (approximate location of the wheel well cover front left tire, I found a half a gallon of sand accumulated where the rain of sunroof was sand from beach, surfboards, sunroof open, etc. Unfortunately the circuit box at the driver side received infused water (miracle it survived). But the water also accumulated from condensation in the floor board (beneath drains), foam, sound insulation, etc. All soak with drain water (how many Mercedes have seats that discharge? fuse boxes wet, light switch corroded? memory seat modules (adjustable, battery drained? ). Having looking at the drains in the back nothing, just the front columns. Point being of all my summary is the w203 would be an incredible car, if there weren't so many Plastic, thin wires, and zealous devices add (defroster, ac, etc). Having gone thru junkyards, I see almost perfect vehicles - turn out to pasture, because of brittle wires, or a simple circuit board for counting semaphores to a 72 to 100 devices using 5 fiber nodes. But it is really nice to have so many devices!

can you share the next video....my car also no indication W And P also unable to change Gear while in Parking position.

Boss can U help me. And show me how the solonoid locking mechanism goes back to unlock from park.

Good afternoon I was driving along the road and the automatic transmission failed and the car stalled Mercedes C300 2007 Since W204, now the automatic transmission does not work for me. Before that, a noise appeared somewhere, then the last time when it started moving it jerked violently. When I bought it, I didn’t check it and didn’t change the oil in the box, but when I stopped, I checked the oil level, it was normal, but the oil was blackish.

Hey , you did not help me at all, but it’s ok. What is did was go to the auto salvage yard ( junk yard) and found a shifter that matched and bought it , I paid $25 dollars USD. It worked fine, I hope you were able to fix yours or got it fixed, god bless 🙏👏

Bravöooooooo Meister

Thanks for the effort to upload. Did you eventually solve this man? I am getting it changed now too.

Hi. Where can I get the cover for the module?

The only part I wanted to see you didn't record it. The initial placement of the shifter

Hello my problem is that gear is stuck in between Drive and Neutral. It will not move to Reverse or Park. Not sure if this is an electronic problem from the PCB or a mechanical one. Car dash is not in limp mode it is showing letter D. Appreciate any help. Superb video by the way. Thank you.

Hi my car is mercedes benz c230 doesnt change gear Please help its not starting now

Is this the same shifter that has the commonly broken part that keeps it stuck in park that I see in other videos? I have a 2004 C240 that just got stuck in park. The gear display shows all the gears though, unlike yours...

where to buy this spare card easily to get...anuone can share if card abailable...

Hanya dibersihkan saja bisa? Tudak perlu di solder?

I currently have the same problem..

What to clean the shifter

If u clean it and it didn't work what Next

NO WAY. thats working may be for few milles, you have to change that electronics inside.

I need help. Je I get this problem.

Did you fix the srs problem? :D I believe its the passenger seat? It annoys me af.

Can anyone tell me what the black slider to the left of the yellow switch on the module is for?

The fault is: Dry joints on the PCB, solder again the PCB and problem solved with faulty CAN communication and F error

Gears still not changing keep driving on gear 1...

The arm bushing is held on by a round clip. That's all. But put a rag under it so u don't drop it down

Hi hud please help me

-40 degrees, are you kidding me 🥴

May be it's from the brain box

These cars are the most unreliable i have known . Never buy another !

I spilled beer in mine along time ago now ita been sitting for about a year and a half

HORRIBLE. INGLÉS