yeuchau

not all dealers, for some dealers you can just fax it in

FAMUBER

for the 2nd time this month my car went in for warranty (window motor broke).

anyways on to the good news!...how many of you have any type of damage to your current key? well my "unlock" button has a crack in it and since i was at the dealership today, i decided to ask if i could get a replacement. my service adviser mentioned that it wouldn't be a problem and that it will get replaced for free. to take advantage of the moment i asked if it was possible to upgrade to the new c300/c350 key. well long story short, i will be getting the new key free of charge. apparently all the keys now are made that way so it's standard now. she mentioned that it will take 3-5 business days so i will post up some pictures as soon as i get it.

i just remembered a previous post about people paying $100-300 for these keys. but why pay for it when you can get it for free through warranty!

btw this was from the Rusnak dealership in Arcadia, CA.

hope it works for everyone else too

e1000

cool!

kevblah

is the '08 key different than the '07 key?

Shake

mine has a little crack too, I'll get mine replaced

kompressorc230

hopefully downtown mercedes is nice enough to do this. but first i need to find something wrong with my key.

MJ50

it's 07 key...

rlee02135

same happened to me, lock button was badly cracked, so I asked them to replace it.
when I picked it up, it was an '07 key

Ryanr317

Yea, i didn't think they'd restyle the key after just one year.

S4toAMG

called my las vegas dealer and the refused to do this, how are you guys getting them to send back your keys.. they wanna charge 230$ for a new key

royale192

hey you are right. those new keys are better than those old black ones. nice see attached pics.

FAMUBER

i guess so. only reason i put 2008 was because thats the only key i've seen before, never seen the 2007

Ryanr317

They're the same.

Back in the day you could get them for less than $65 shipped to your door.

But yea i may need to try this with my older key.

drexappeal

Wow, free is better than having to pay any amount of money. I think I'm gonna mention that before my warranty is up and get me a 2nd one! One of my black keys has a crack on the button.

Thanks for the heads up!

HeirKranz

I went to order one last week due to my key having the same issues and I took the part numbers with me for the new key--they said it was going to be the old style and that I would have to "take my chances" if i ordered the new one ----I wonder if the coupes due to one less button still get the old crappy one--I wneed to confirm this before ordering another one

Georgey96818

maybe its just be, but honesty i like the old key more. im not a huge chrome fan on any thing but the mb star

anonymouse

Mine was cracked too...then i dropped it down a storm grate in DC



Sidenote: I was vexed to hear that BMW gave my buddy 3 keys on his 2007 5 series. I'm not sure if he got a valet key too. How come MB only supplies 2?

JohnCL

The coupe can use the same key and if you get the 3 button model it will pop your hatch. I had two 3 button keys on my coupe. The internals are the same on both and the standard coupe housing just didn't have the 3rd button.

tommy

No, I've got the new one, WITH the hatch button. Pretty cool. It was $65 - I was the first at my dealership; they're now over $200, since the dealership caught on. Like yours, they didn't believe me, and told me that it'd be nonrefundable. But everything worked out now fine. Of course, now the car's there getting a new alternator - so I guess they have the last laugh.

MRK

TY for the info!! I have the same problem....local stealer wants to charge for the key....stealer just oustside of San Antonio, TX (boerne) is going to replace it under warranty...not sure which key it will be....but great post and even better news about the warranty replacement!

Mercury

haha , i went to the same dealership in Arcadia after i read this post.
They HAVE ALREADY ORDERed THE NEW KEY for me for FREE!!!
I also checked out the new c class (w204).
I love my w203 more than w204. : )

magnus203

What does this key look like? Pic anyone?
Is it the one with the chrome around the outside?

Lol Mercury, I test drove the 204 at the Stealer about 2 days ago, I like the grille, and that's all I like. It feels... whats the word... slugish.

drexappeal

Scroll up to post #661 (edited after merge)

magnus203

Got ya, sorry, half asleep lol. Yeah I loved the feel of this key, I bet they'd rip my *** out if I asked for one, I've already had 2 sets of keys off them in like 4 months.

Mercury

Did they keep you old key and give you the new one, you we can keep both?