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Old 05-04-2024, 02:41 AM
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Red "P" Below Shifter Has Worn Off

The Red "P" below my shifter has worn off (disregard red circle). Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there a replacement sticker? Thank you.

Old 05-04-2024, 06:43 AM
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Interesting.

Mine is not an actual sticker, but metal that has the P cut out in the metal. If yours is an actual sticker I can't imagine it would be much directly from MB...

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The Red "P" below my shifter has worn off (disregard red circle). Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there a replacement sticker? Thank you.
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As Dawg said, mine is also etched into the metal. Not sure I'd worry much about it. It still works, I assume.

Do you know that if your car is in D or R and you open a door while stopped, the tranny moves automatically to P? If you turn your engine off while in any other gear (D, N, R) and open the door, the car moves to P. Which has always made me wonder what would happen if the car were moving at the time. Does the tranny still go into P, or do you have to be stopped? Anybody want to try and let me know what happens?
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Originally Posted by ChesapeakeChris
The Red "P" below my shifter has worn off (disregard red circle). Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there a replacement sticker? Thank you.
See post #24 in attached link
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-...n-problem.html
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Originally Posted by hornethandler
HERE's a link to take you directly to post #24, save you the bother of reading 23 or so dumb ideas, and here's what post #24 looks like:


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Originally Posted by eddieo45
HERE's a link to take you directly to post #24, save you the bother of reading 23 or so dumb ideas, and here's what post #24 looks like:

Didn't know you could do that, i.e., skip the middle man.
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not for nothing, but of all the buttons to wear out, PARK?? I remember my CLK550 had a worn out volume up button on the steering wheel. I used to search previous owners of my cars, and that one I found on a mugshots.com website! He had spent a fair amount of his lease term incarcerated, which explained the low miles on what was a 4 year old car, but I'd imagine driving around cranking his tunes and them never being loud enough for him, lol.
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Remember the recent posting about the inside of drivers door handle plating wearing and now cutting the owners fingers
on the protruding metal edges?? I have the same issue with the center armrest console storage box. The access button has
the metal plating wearing off. . Face it, despite the cars price tag, these are all inexpensive plastic mass produced dressed up in
a metallic plate coating for looks. For laughs, think of it as lipstick on a pig. . LOL It's still plastic
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Plastic will wear!

Originally Posted by toolguy4u
Remember the recent posting about the inside of drivers door handle plating wearing and now cutting the owners fingers
on the protruding metal edges?? I have the same issue with the center armrest console storage box. The access button has
the metal plating wearing off. . Face it, despite the cars price tag, these are all inexpensive plastic mass produced dressed up in
a metallic plate coating for looks. For laughs, think of it as lipstick on a pig. . LOL It's still plastic
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Dawg, you make the best how-to’s! We should all chip in and get you a manicure, lol!!
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lol please do! If everyone online send me .50 US I could get one. I should post my cashapp.

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