The dealer said they empirically,  85% of the time it's the key, 12% of the
time it's the coil in the ignition switch, and 3% of the time is a gross
DAS failure. New key is $308 from said dealer. I reckon that is where I
will start.

Bob R
On Jun 14, 2016 7:49 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:

> I don't believe there are any "cheats" to get around this system. It's
> pretty much baked in to a number of different things.
>
> Jaime might have some insight into this, as his stuff has to play nice
> with it, I believe.
>
> Again, roll out the W123/W126 and earlier. Maybe the W124s, too. Nothing
> you can't get around in these....
>
> Dan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 14, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is what I like about driving the people's car. When the security
> stuff like that fails the aftermarket figures out a way to defeat it. If
> you buy a tune for your car the immobilizer defeat is usually thrown in for
> free. Since the TDI engines get transplanted into a lot of things defeating
> the electronic nannys is kind of important.
> > -Curt
> >
> >      From: Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> > Cc: Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] W210 Ignition
> >
> > Crap.
> >
> > Bob R
> > On Jun 14, 2016 6:11 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> One of the reasons I bailed from my W220. If any part of the DAS fails,
> >> you're pretty much screwed, as the fix requires replacing everything in
> the
> >> system unless you have access to a Xentry system, and in some cases not
> >> even that.  Pretty much a $tealership only repair.
> >>
> >> Gawd I love my W126 more every day. This kind of stuff reinforces my
> >> choice to revert back to simple stuff.
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>>> On Jun 14, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
> >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Probably so
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>> On Jun 13, 2016, at 11:19 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Well that sounds expensive
> >>>> On Jun 13, 2016 8:50 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
> >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Drive authorization system.  Computers have to be replaced and
> recoded
> >> by
> >>>>> the dealer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 6/13/2016 10:47 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> DAS? Please do some 'splainin' cause, remember, I've never messed
> with
> >>>>>> anything newer than a W123.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Bob R
> >>>>>> On Jun 13, 2016 8:45 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
> >>>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The DAS is going bad
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2016, at 9:56 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
> >>>>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On my 98 E300, once in a while, after the glow light goes out and
> I
> >> turn
> >>>>>>>> the fob, no think happens. I then reperform the sequence and she
> >> starts.
> >>>>>>>> Tonight it bal
>
>
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