And the process begins... The draining of the wallet. So how do they troubleshoot the issue? Start with making you buy a new key?
What would it cost to have them toss it on a Xentry system to confirm where the problem is before throwing (your) money at it? Dan > On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 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. >>> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
