Key function after flat battery

Jabberwock

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Hello
R230 (SL500) 2003.Recently I very foolishly left the car in the garage after stopping the engine with the key in. Result very flat service battery and starter battery down to 10.5 volts. Charged up both batteries (with the service battery earth disconnected) and car came back to life. However initially the key I left in ignition although it would unlock car and turn electrics on would not start car . Now ( despite renewing its 3v battery) it will start car but gear lever is stuck firmly in Park. Our other key (the original) and key-card work fine and car is back to normal.
Any ideas?
 

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Is the IR working on the key fob?
 

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try pressing lock and hold press unlock and hold , wait untill red light flashes , usually about 10 seconds.
 
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Yes IR works and I tried the reset above but same result. Key will lock/unlock car, start engine but not allow gear to be moved away from Park. OK with other (original) key and KEYLESS Go card
 

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