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dmcginn2
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Date registered: Apr 2007
Location:
Vehicle(s): 2007 ML 320 CDI
Posts: 61
| Key Fob question.
So I was in a restaurant at lunch today and the manager saw my Mercedes key fob for my 2007 ML320 CDI. So he hands me this Mercedes key fob that looks exactly like mine, with the same dealer tag on it that i had and says "Here, take this and see if it works."
Of course I knew it wouldn't work and I explained why, but he told me it had been there for 2 months or more and didn't want to hold on to it anymore since nobody came back for it. (Which is odd in itself).
So I hit the idiot button for telaid and tried to see if I could find out what or who it belonged to. They informed me that only the dealer could do that...all the way in Columbia, SC.
My question is this.
If I never find the owner of this key, do I have to take it to the dealer to reprogram it so that it will work with my car and its computer? Or is there some sort of voodoo I can do here to make it work? |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: Key Fob question.
I am pretty sure that the fob will only work with the car for which it was originally provided.
When an owner needs to obtain a new key for his vehicle, they have to come from Daimler; and there is only a certain number of copies allowed before you have to install a complete new ignition module. |
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dmcginn2
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Date registered: Apr 2007
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Vehicle(s): 2007 ML 320 CDI
Posts: 61
| Re: Key Fob question.
Yeah, I thought so.
Oh well,
I guess I'll just take it back to the dealer anyway and see if can find out who owns it. |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| Re: Key Fob question.
dmcginn2 - 12/17/2008 5:29 PM
Yeah, I thought so.
Oh well,
I guess I'll just take it back to the dealer anyway and see if can find out who owns it.
The dealer would probably rather sell the guy a new one - $$$. |
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Ed Mclass
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 1958 180a, 2010 GLK, 2000 G 500, 2005 SLK 350
Posts: 1215
| Re: Key Fob question.
Those go for $200 or more don't they? I only had one for the G 500 when I bought it. The former owner found the other two and sent them to me. The one he gave me had been in the water on a hunting trip. I was lucky it still worked. |
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dmcginn2
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Date registered: Apr 2007
Location:
Vehicle(s): 2007 ML 320 CDI
Posts: 61
| Re: Key Fob question.
You are probably right Dutch... |
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Roch207
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Palmetto State
Vehicle(s): 2005 E320 CDI, 2010 Silverado 2500HD
Posts: 3749
| Re: Key Fob question.
....another Dick Dyer original! |
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