And that’s bogus, as the dealer should have just ordered a new key with proof of ownership. There’s nothing that Mercedes does that requires the presence of the car.
More often than not there is a small reluctor (coil) that’s in the end of the key that breaks. It’s not anchored to the circuit board, so over the years of the key being banged around the reluctor moves around and eventually breaks the wire on one end. It’s a pretty simple fix with a soldering iron. -D > On Dec 7, 2022, at 2:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The key fob on my friend's 99 E320 had a similar issue and made the car > undriveable. The dealer would not issue him a new key without physical > presence of his car so he had to tow it in, but he had parked in a garage > with ceilings too low for a tow truck. He found a locksmith to repair the > key, but it took a couple weeks. > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 1:51 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> >> >> https://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/d/new-athens-2001-mercedes-e320/7565708596.html >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
