please advise asap
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c240- w203
please advise asap
Hie,
I own a C240 ( W203) 2001 Model-done around 92000km- i now need urgent advice/help as my car is not only failing to start even unlocking with remote is very hard
Normally around 7am when i go to work the car just doesn't open with remote-after trying and waiting for 20 min it finally does open and immediately also starts once key inserted-However, other days it just fails to open with remote then i have to use silver mechanical key which is attached on remote to open door then once i enter key into ignition no response- i have to turn it several times still nothing and then i wait seated in car for about 15 min when suddenly i hear that chi-chine noise that key recognized and car starts
I have had checked everything from fuse to spare key to relay but nothing working out- i have finally been told by my dealers here in MALAWI ( where i stay ) that my EIS needs replacing together with Green key( also called Programming Key ) and total cost a whooping $ 2000.
Can please somebody guide me to what the problem is and if indeed it's EIS do i also need to buy green key( as that on its own is $500 ) as without that its impossible and won't work-and also i find price absolutely prohibitive
please assist and advise asap
I own a C240 ( W203) 2001 Model-done around 92000km- i now need urgent advice/help as my car is not only failing to start even unlocking with remote is very hard
Normally around 7am when i go to work the car just doesn't open with remote-after trying and waiting for 20 min it finally does open and immediately also starts once key inserted-However, other days it just fails to open with remote then i have to use silver mechanical key which is attached on remote to open door then once i enter key into ignition no response- i have to turn it several times still nothing and then i wait seated in car for about 15 min when suddenly i hear that chi-chine noise that key recognized and car starts
I have had checked everything from fuse to spare key to relay but nothing working out- i have finally been told by my dealers here in MALAWI ( where i stay ) that my EIS needs replacing together with Green key( also called Programming Key ) and total cost a whooping $ 2000.
Can please somebody guide me to what the problem is and if indeed it's EIS do i also need to buy green key( as that on its own is $500 ) as without that its impossible and won't work-and also i find price absolutely prohibitive
please assist and advise asap
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You have a 2001 C240 - you're lucky it doesn't self-combust. 
Yep, sounds like EIS, and yes, it's expensive. I have no idea on the "green key"; I've never heard of that. Someone else might be able to provide info on that.
But really, what you need to do is think about the junk vs. fix question. At this point, the repairs will keep getting more expensive; might be a good time to re-think keeping the car, it's probably not worth much more than the cost of this repair.
Yep, sounds like EIS, and yes, it's expensive. I have no idea on the "green key"; I've never heard of that. Someone else might be able to provide info on that.
But really, what you need to do is think about the junk vs. fix question. At this point, the repairs will keep getting more expensive; might be a good time to re-think keeping the car, it's probably not worth much more than the cost of this repair.
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Hello there, I've seen complete key/ignition sets second hand from ebay UK dismantlers at reasonable prices. That's where I'm getting some spares for my c200, some as low as 10% of retail
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ECU are also VIN-coded (serial# coded),.... but since you can use a used ECU in your car if you switch the chip that holds the VIN# (serial#) (that's what those used ECU reseller does),..... then you should be able to use a used (previously married EIS) as long as you switch the chip that holds the VIN# (serial#),.... that way the used EIS will have the VIN# (serial#) holding chip from your old EIS,....
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... failing to start even unlocking with remote is very hard...other days it just fails to open with remote then i have to use silver mechanical key which is attached on remote to open door then once i enter key into ignition no response- i have to turn it several times still nothing and then i wait seated in car for about 15 min when suddenly i hear that chi-chine noise that key recognized and car starts...
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c240- w203
EIS & Green Key
Hi,
Thank you all for advice-much appreciated.I tried my last time by having the switch repaired so i save on huge cost of buying new switch (costing $ 1500 ) but after working for few days it went dead again.
So i had no option but to pay the Dealers here in MALAWI where am based- and also i had to pay for a Green key also called as Programming key at a cost of $ 500- i was told categorically that switch won't function without buying the green key also. So Total i have coughed up a staggering $2000 yet what upsets me most is that apart from price being prohibitive, the car EIS has failed when the car has only done a mere 90000 KM
That is hard to understand with low mileage-Anyway, as one of my colleague told me it's just bad luck.
Thank you all for advice-much appreciated.I tried my last time by having the switch repaired so i save on huge cost of buying new switch (costing $ 1500 ) but after working for few days it went dead again.
So i had no option but to pay the Dealers here in MALAWI where am based- and also i had to pay for a Green key also called as Programming key at a cost of $ 500- i was told categorically that switch won't function without buying the green key also. So Total i have coughed up a staggering $2000 yet what upsets me most is that apart from price being prohibitive, the car EIS has failed when the car has only done a mere 90000 KM
That is hard to understand with low mileage-Anyway, as one of my colleague told me it's just bad luck.
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