merc e class 200 artomatic wont come out of 1st gear

[kazzy babe]

My husband started my baby as it hadn't been on the road for 2 months. The radiator blew and we changed rad. When we tried to start it we found that all the transmission fluid had drained. We filled transmission with the recommended amount. I tried to drive it up the street but it wont change up through the gears only drive, no reverse either please help I miss my baby...

[Monkeylegend]

Probably better to pay a visit to the MBClub UK website. There are well known gearbox issues with cars up to 2005-6 and contamination of gearbox fluids with glycol? due to leaking rads. You probably need to flush out the gearbox and torque converter and replace the filter. The torque converter holds about 4 litres or so of oil, so just draining the gearbox doesn't get rid of all the contaminated fluid.

There are lots of threads on there about this, and some very knowledgeable guys and gals.