COMMAND CENTER
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2004 S430MATIC
COMMAND CENTER
A FEW MONTHS BACK MY COMMAND CENTER STARTED DISPLAYING THE MESSAGE "FLASH FILE DAMAGED, WILL REFORMAT, DO NOT TURN OFF". THE DEALER STATES THAT THE COMMAND CENTER MUST BE COMPLETELY REPLACED @ A COST OF APPROX.$7,000. THIS IS A 2004 S430 MATIC. IF I REPLACE IT, IT IS ONLY COVERED UNDER A 1 YR WARRANTY. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL COVER IT BUT ONLY ONCE. I GUESS I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO REPLACE IT, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THE COMMAND CENTER CONTROLS ALMOST EVERYTHING. I CHECKED WITH VARIOUS PARTS PLACES BUT THE COMMAND CENTER HAS TO BE SET UP ELECTRONICALLY FOR THE PARTICULAR CAR. ANYBODY WITH ANY EXPERIENCE ON THIS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS?
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A FEW MONTHS BACK MY COMMAND CENTER STARTED DISPLAYING THE MESSAGE "FLASH FILE DAMAGED, WILL REFORMAT, DO NOT TURN OFF". THE DEALER STATES THAT THE COMMAND CENTER MUST BE COMPLETELY REPLACED @ A COST OF APPROX.$7,000. THIS IS A 2004 S430 MATIC. IF I REPLACE IT, IT IS ONLY COVERED UNDER A 1 YR WARRANTY. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL COVER IT BUT ONLY ONCE. I GUESS I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO REPLACE IT, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THE COMMAND CENTER CONTROLS ALMOST EVERYTHING. I CHECKED WITH VARIOUS PARTS PLACES BUT THE COMMAND CENTER HAS TO BE SET UP ELECTRONICALLY FOR THE PARTICULAR CAR. ANYBODY WITH ANY EXPERIENCE ON THIS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS?
IT SHOULD ONLY CONTROL THE TELEMATICS/AUDIO/NAV AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD NED TO BE SET UP ELECTRONICALLY FOR THE PARTICULAR CAR.
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2004 S430MATIC
COMMAND CENTER
DEALER SAYS CAN'T BE REPAIRED. IT HAS A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM. DEALER PUT IT THRU ALL KINDS OF DIAGONOSTIC TESTS.
THE COMMAND CENTER CONTROLS EVERYTHING>THE RADIO SYSTEM, CD,CLOCK, NAVIGATION, MAP. YOU CAN'T EVEN ADJUST THE TIME WITHOUT IT. TO REPLACE IT FOR $7000 FOR ONLY A 4 YEAR CAR & THEN TO ONLY HAVE A 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON IT, SEEMS CRAZY. HOWEVER, WHAT CAN YOU DO?
THE COMMAND CENTER CONTROLS EVERYTHING>THE RADIO SYSTEM, CD,CLOCK, NAVIGATION, MAP. YOU CAN'T EVEN ADJUST THE TIME WITHOUT IT. TO REPLACE IT FOR $7000 FOR ONLY A 4 YEAR CAR & THEN TO ONLY HAVE A 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON IT, SEEMS CRAZY. HOWEVER, WHAT CAN YOU DO?
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You could investigate something like this: https://mbworld.org/forums/audio-ele...alled-slk.html or http://deverse.com/jbm/2007/09/24/me...ic-d3-install/ or even https://mbworld.org/forums/audio-ele...view-pics.html
