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Old Jan 15, 2019 | 11:05 AM
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Why is every single switch in the car illuminated, from the seat controls to the sill plates to the trunk release, but not the Start/Stop button???
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Old Jan 15, 2019 | 01:25 PM
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Yeah.. wish mine did that. I believe the new W205 have the heart beat now.
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Old Jan 15, 2019 | 02:33 PM
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Given that the start button inserts into the key slot, where would it get power to illuminate?
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Old Jan 15, 2019 | 04:15 PM
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Surely the automotive design geniuses behind the lighted star could figure out how to illuminate the Start button.
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Old Jan 16, 2019 | 09:35 AM
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Surely the automotive design geniuses behind the lighted star could figure out how to illuminate the Start button.
In the 2019 C43 AMG the push start button is illuminated. You can no longer remove the start button.
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Originally Posted by Cosworth2000
In the 2019 C43 AMG the push start button is illuminated. You can no longer remove the start button.
How do you start the car if the fob battery dies?
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Old Jan 16, 2019 | 12:50 PM
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How do you start the car if the fob battery dies?
Maybe like some other brands, where you press the start button with the fob? Of something like Ford where there's a slot somewhere to put the dead fob, to enable the start button?
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Maybe like some other brands, where you press the start button with the fob? Of something like Ford where there's a slot somewhere to put the dead fob, to enable the start button?
Yep, you just press the FOB up to the button and will sense it and start the car even if the FOB is dead.
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Originally Posted by fbsdmd
Surely the automotive design geniuses behind the lighted star could figure out how to illuminate the Start button.
Even if the middle of the button isn't illuminated they should have a lighted ring around it.
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