20 Most Recent 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK - Page 6 Questions & Answers

The car has a brake light powered Park lock, so if the brake lights are not working when the pedal is pressed the car will not come out of park. Check the brake lights first. Also the owners manual should have a set of instructions to bypass the part lock, it varies with each car but some you turn the key to just short of the on position and wiggle the shifter while doing that, others there is a button hidden on the shift console. I would look it up but MB doesn't allow free access to the owners manuals of thier cars and trucks.

This is the most common symptom of a mechanical failure of a transmission. You will need to have it overhauled.

behind the rear left or right wheel, mabe near the transmission

in the old days people put cardboard in front of the radiator