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Having commented on Terry's rant about tool prices, I now have one of my own. With considerable skill I recently managed to dunk my iphone, wallet and Merc electronic key in salt water while bass fishing!

All are kaput surprise surprise. Ruddy expensive days fishing that turned out to be I can tell you!

Does anyone know if someone other than a rip off main Merc dealer can fix or re-programme a car specific key for less than £225....yes that wasn't a typo!
 
Rob - I had the same (nearly) a few years ago when my Mrs washed my jeans with my Audi key in. Thus ensued a long debate as to whose responsibility it it is to check that the stuff in the laundry basket has nothing valuable in the pockets. I naturally assumed it would be her, and she blamed me. We (she) agreed it was my fault. A few weeks later I therefore conducted a test. I left a £20 note in the pocket of my work trousers, and on washing day the trousers duly appeared in pristine condition on the drying rail. I checked the pockets; nothing. Later in the day I asked if I could borrow some cash when I went to work as no cashpoint nearby - miraculously a soggy 20 spot was produced from her purse with the words `make sure I get that back!'

I tried all over to get the key sorted at cheaper than main dealer prices; to no avail unfortunately, mine was £187 but that was a few years back.
 
out of curiosity i looked on ebay. There are sellers offering key programming for £165 to £175. if I was you I'd still go to the dealer though.

The key electronics is definitely fried? I've had a Toyota key pack up on me and the fix was to press the buttons for 10 seconds with no battery fitted. Just changing the battery or leaving it out for a while did not fix it.
 
I'm pretty sure its fried. It was salt water it was treated to and no matter what I try, including of course fresh batteries, makes any difference. I have found a service that will repair it for £90, if it's fixable. I would have thought salt water would fry the mother board wouldn't it?
 
Oops, well I hope you caught something good to compensate in part.

Think we tried Joe at Orlando engineering when we needed a new key for our Range Rover but he said he would just have to go to the main detailer. If it makes you feel better that was about £400 if I recall correctly (that's why we now only have one key for that car :D ). It makes sense for manufacturers to keep the details of how to do this close to their chests I guess.

Terry.

PS is that why you are not answering my texts ;) ?
 
Ah...yes. I've bought a ten quid temporary Nokia old style piece of rubbish until I get chance to get to a phone shop because I'm thinking of changing my package as well as I'm out of contract. The Nokia is so basic it doesn't actually perform any functions :)

I think it is a phone....but even thats questionable :-) Funnily enough, it managed to receive a text from my business partner in the middle of a Cotswolds valley where there was no signal but Emm cant text me inside our home with full signal strength!!

I hope to have a smartphone sorted before end of next week though we're all over the place with the kids so even that may prove challenging.
 
That one I just don't understand. If there is no battery then pressing buttons is pointless. Squeegee buttons?
 
RogerS":lpwp83xe said:
That one I just don't understand. If there is no battery then pressing buttons is pointless. Squeegee buttons?
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No it is not pointless as any residual energy stored in capacitors which will be holding the erroneous set up become discharged by pressing the buttons because this action powers up the rest of the chip.

Bob
 
I can't help with getting new keys, except to say that in the last couple of years I've seen non-dealer places that will program key chips.

One thing I do is that when I buy a new car I _start_ negotiations with a statement: "Before we go any further, please understand that you will be giving me a third fully operational key (and fob, if there is one) as part of this purchase at no additional cost to me. Are we agreed upon this?" That way I have always had a spare when I've misplaced my keys or had to drop the cars off with a mechanic.

Kirk
 
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