satch

I had talked with Steve about changing my analog climate control in my C230K SS for the digital climatronic that comes in the European spec W203 in the past but decided against it because of the amount of unsuccessful attempts. However, when I noticed Steve successfully installed it in EKY’s car, I had to try it. Steve does not have any trips planned for the East coast in the near future so I decided to install it myself. Steve said, it was a simple plug and play – it will either work or it not work (I will post installation instructions in another thread for anyone who is interested). It was a long shot but… Steve told me a few things to check to make sure it was working properly and we confirmed that it is working correctly – we now have the second successful 2005 digital climatronic install. The rest feature also appears to be working but I haven't fully tested it.

Special thanks to Wanda, Steve and Mark.

MJ50

nice will look even better w/ COMAND...

diamondblak05

Congrats! What's the built date on your C? Maybe I might try it someday. How much was the climate control unit? Thanks.

e1000

I want to do this very badly.....

nlpamg

Steve tried like 5 on mine! NONE of them worked. if you combined all 5 maybe they would work properly, but it didn't work on mine. I wish I could have posted something like this...

congrats man!

satch

I think the command will be my next upgrade. I just sent Steve an email asking if the Euro spec command supports the iPod integration kit. I would give that up. If not, I will have to go with the MCS US spec command.

satch

The build date on my 2005 C230K SS is 10/04. Steve had two coming to California and said I could purchase the second one so the price may not be the same on new orders. Check with Steve for a price or send an email to sales@mbenznl.com.

METC240

Who is steve? is it a web site? I hear "Steve" and how Steve gets the stuff... How can I get in touch wih Steve.

Just asking...

satch

Thanks! I was thrilled when it actually worked – I wanted this option when I bought my car but I found out it was not available in the US.

dalazernet

Any luck with this on an 06 C280? I _really_ want digital climate control zones badly.. although the analog controls are simple, they just seem silly in a car that cost over $42k...

- Eric

satch

I am referring to Steve of .
He has helped a lot of people on this forum with genuine MB mods/upgrades. He is also one of the forum's sponsors. You can contact him on this forum. His username is MBenzNL. Here's a link to his profile https://mbworld.org/forums/members/1384-mbenznl.html. You can also send an email to sales@mbenznl.com.

diamondblak05

Mine is also built on the exact same month...10/04. If yours worked, maybe mine might also. I'll email Steve more about it.

satch

I know what you mean. When I saw the digital climate control I said I don't want the analog control but I soon found out that only the analog control was available on the US spec W203. As far as I know there have only been two confirmed installs that worked. Both are 2005 C230 Kompressor sport models -- mine and EKY's (https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...highlight=2005).

EKY

Looks good! Congrats!

advans

command and the black metal trim found in the coupes =]

CrAcK

Hi to all,
I'm Italian and frist I have to say sorry for my english if it'll be wrong.
I have a C220 Avantgard with manual climatronic, today I replace my climatronic with a digital climatronic like that on the attached photo at the beginning of this thread, but I think it doesn't work well because when I set 17 degrees it continues to send very hot air. Also the directions of the sended air doesn't change when I change them on the climatronic.
Have you got any ideas? Help me please!
Thank you for your answers.

Lamb0BenZ

how much does the Digital Climate Control cost?

MHPHOCKEY

I would do it, but I don't want to spend forever swapping units...

How much did it run you...

yeuchau

i wonder what is needed to change from the old digital one to newer style

white_w203

i want to do this oem mod myself. please let us know if the rest of the feature work. again how much?!?!?

CrAcK

I spended only € 150, but how this can help me?

amazemeid

Bought the digital controller from ebay Germany listing. I can confirm mine works, just installed it today . It is a plug and play. It will require a reset from Stardiagnose, but yes it can be done! I had my mechanic in authorized MB shop did the swap. My car is a w203 2006 make.

Check out the seller in ebay Germany: maerklinnist

MiKeSSw203

I may do this mod. Any one know the exact cutoff for the models it won't work on?

yeuchau

that looks nice
but does the charcol filter works on ur car, think that's how you spell it..haha

Saprissa

it's not the cut-off date of the models, it's the Climatronic assembly itself.
Some are very quirky.

Steve installed mine on a 2003 C-Coupé a couple of years ago and has worked flawlessly ever since.


Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com
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