peet

So get this. I take the car into dealer. Tell him - I need a new key, mine's busted. BUT when you order it, get me the sedan key.

No no no sir, it won't work.

I pull out show him the buttons. This goes through service writing, to service bay, to parts... the place is up for grabs. Every single one of the employees was like "why did they do that?"

Long and short of it, the service guy thought that my figuring that out was cool enough to merit him giving me a shell from a sedan key for my one good remaining key. After all, the button's there, shouldn't I be able to hit it!?

I hope all of your hunts with this new feature as fun as mine.

P

P.S. some of you said the button doesn't work -- you must HOLD IT DOWN for a few moments. It's not like, push-click, it's more like, hold hold hold, clunk.

MB-BOB

Peet, glad you found a shell and enjoyed educating the dealership. The information sharing that goes on here is more effective than that in a small group of techs at any MB dealership. It's always fun to wise-em-up.

You Coupe owners don't have a sedan manual, of course, so I want to reiterate what Peet says about holding the button. Instructions for sedan owners is exactly that. You must hold the button down 2-3 seconds before the truck latch releases. Since this is the routine for the sedan, it has to be the same with the Coupe, as well. It makes sense that this prevents inadvertant, unintentional trunk openings.

Outland

I'm going to call my salesman tommorrow about that...he's a pretty decent guy, I think he'd be able to hunt down a couple of new "skins" for my keys

vyse

How hard do you have to push it?? I just stood out in my garage pressing it as hard as I could for as long as I could and the hatch never popped up. I have a '02 Coupe. Is it possible that not every key has that, or am I just weak?

Lynn

Mine won't open, either.

KWiK

You must be weak.

Outland

Youre not pushing hard enough. Mine works.

Try removing the inards...you don't want to crack the key

young

try using a tool that would give you more pressure. i used my keyring.

i want to save my thumb b/c i'm a hand model...

vyse

Hmm, can someone please direct me to the weights for my fingers? I need a work out

But seriously, this post made me extremely interested in my key. How do you take it apart? Is it in teh manual, I dont' really feel like going into teh garage anymore, it's freezing in there. I've been trying everythign to make the key work! (ie-pushing it with the metal key, pushing it down with a flat screw driver ... nothing works)

Matt230K

Mine doesn't seem to work either. I've only tried it without taking it apart, but I pushed hard enough to leave a little indent from my keyring. I guess maybe some have it and some don't.

young

also, i can feel the clicky response. if you don't feel it, you're not pressing on the right spot.

Outland

All the keys are the same, its only the plastic casing that is different. Its in there.

JeT

Well, you guys got me curious...

JeT

I don't have the panic button on my casing either...so I got two little surprises!

MarkL

You guys "down under" don't get the panic alarm feature on your key? BTW, you have to hold that button for a couple seconds also (like the trunk/hatch) to activate the alarm.

taylor192

I am going to try and press the panic button later today and see what happens. Canadian MBs are not equipped with the alarm system standard... imagine if its really there... just not enabled...

JeT

Us Ozzies don't know the meaning of the word "panic"!! Seriously, I've only seen the panic button on a few MBs here...I think they only give it to the owners that had the alarm installed at factory.

Naughty Pants

Apparently I got feather fingers cause I couldn't get the trunk to open utilizing my thumb with this coupe keys. However, with the help of a vice grip the damn thing opened. After three tries, I hit the spot and it opened. For a second there I thought this note was a dumb joke being spread around.

VoyagerDude

Ouch my thumbs are hurting, but it works

Benzer

Interesting - I thought all HU on late models came with built in alarm features. Even the "lowly" Audio30 tape deck has it. And don't start another "You American...."

young

so, does the panic button work? any aussies or canucks try it yet? just curious.

JeT

I think its an all or nothing feature here...you either get the option including the internal infared motion sensor or no alarm feature at all, altough I have not tried to pull my stereo out to see if any alram is set off. My Audio 10 does have a blinking light on it when the car is locked so it may have some sort of alarm (I am cosnstantly being surprised at what extra features I do have so you never know). According to my dealer none of these late model MBs have ever been stolen so not many people get the alarm feature (he would say that though!)

Young, I haven't tried the panic button as the part of the key where the panic button should be is the hardest part of the key...I guess I could try pushing the button directly while holding the battery up against the contact.

nevide

btw guys, do any of you know which wire of the audio 30 or US stock HU connects to the alarm system? I'm tyring to find the wire that makes the red light blinking cuz I want to install a strobe light to go with that. Or do you guys have other suggestion?

vadim

I don't think there is one. The blinking light on the head unit is an internal feature and is completely independent of the car's alarm. I have a Volvo S70 with a stock audio with a red LED that blinks just like MB Audio 30/Audio 10 - when the ignition is off. None of them can function outside of the cars they are intended for - and my gyess is that this blinker indicates just that and nothing else.

nevide

so do you have any idea of what or which wire I can tap to have a LED to blink as I turn off the ignition. I saw a setup on an accord and it's so cool. I took my dash off in hope to find some kind of wire but still no luck.