MMM430

of two things....the stupid pixel outage and the steering wheel buttons.

The Pixel outage I can sorta live with and maybe one day I'll have the ***** to pull out the cluster and try one of the DIY methods but the steering wheel buttons are freaking killing me!

Can we not order them by part # w/o replacing the whole damn airbag assembly? First mine started to peel then due to some detail shops efforts to clean em up they became super sicky! To the point they felt like fly paper. My skin would actually stck to the buttons. I tried Goof Off and it did nothing. Could have even made them stickier! Then I went with a dab of white vinegar on a rag and the peeling layer started comin off in sheets but unfortunately it included some of the actual color to where one of the little down arrows is gone and the white plastic base is showing through! So in a gentle effort to de-peel and de-stickyfy my buttons they are almost worse!

What the hell?! Has anyone found the buttons alone or are we doomed to either have nasty, peeling, crappy looking, sticky buttons or replace a $1000 airbag that probably works just fine! God knows I'm not interested in ever finding out if it works....just gald its there!

Holding my breath for a good answer from all you gurus out there!

Cheers,

SoCalw11w123

the airbag is easy to remove!
just remember to disconnect the battery first.

Try Denatured Alcohol, works wonders! you can find it at Home Depot!

gregory13lil

The buttons can in fact be replaced seperately at a cost of 90 bucks each?? I checked on these while I lived in Germany so they might have been cheaper to get there. BUT..the overall good news is YES they can be ordered alone without the airbag!

Greg

funky102

$90 per button? So that would be X4 to replace all the buttons on the steering wheel? (2 on the left, 2 on the right).

Do you have a part number for those buttons?

vizionclk430

Man I thought it was just mine I was wondering why my buttons were sticky that is funny. What do you guys think is the cause of this?

kyxapka

First I tried alcohol to remove this sticky coating on the buttons. But it was too much work. Then I just used plastic knife. It was easy and most important very convenient. Here in Atlanta the lights are so long that you can grow beard while waiting for green. So, every time I would wait for green light I used that time to scratch off the sticky coating. Did not have to sacrifice my quality time with the family when at home, on that stupid task.

MMM430

In the manufacturing of the buttons there are a few layers on top of the base white plastic. There is a color coat (paint) with the symbol in it, Up/Dwn arrow, phone, etc. Then on top of that there is a rubberized material that protects the button from wear. This rubberized coat is presumably affixed to the buttons by an adhesive.

So its my theory that with time, wear and tear, various cleaners etc, that the rubberized material begins to thin and eventually you are down to the adhesive! Viola! Sticky buttons!

Hows that for deductive reasoning? Well its my best guess anyway.

Cheers and thx Greg for the heads up!

I stopped by my stealership yesterday and after jumping into a SLR and the new E Coupe I found the buttons part #. 210-821-25-51-7D53

This Part # however includes my color key for Ash Interior. I believe it is the last 4 digits (7D53)

The L & R buttons come as one, so the 4 buttons are together for a little over $300 bucks.

Thanks as always for the info guys!

gregory13lil

No prob..glad you found it!!

Greg

jajara

take them off sand it and repaint , no symbols but you got the new buttons...

J56BP

same sh it here, i got no icons/simbols no more but have great 4 white f......spots & its still sticky so is my steering wheel wtf


local dealer price $328.00+ tax

A1EK

man you guys seem to have mad issues with these buttons? mine a re like brand new still with 100K on the clock, ?? maybe you need to wash your hands more lol

kyxapka

It’s because each button is hand made by the Nobel Prize winners in Literature…

wokki

You could order it from here:

http://www.mbscashopen.se/se/article...179&art=287063

Its about 190 bucks + shipping (?) for both of them...

gregory13lil

Have you ever bought from them before?

Greg

wokki

No I haven't, but I've heard a lot of good things about them in our finnish mercedes forum... So, If I had to, I would.

akuzu

how do u remove the buttons from the steering wheel? I need to change mine bad. Please help

gregory13lil

You have to remove 2 torx bolts from the back of the steering wheel. That will remove the airbag from the steering wheel and then you will have to remove some screws from the airbag in order to remove the buttons.

Oh yeah...DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BEFORE YOU UNPLUG THE AIRBAG or it could go POOOOOOFFFFFFF

Just a warning.

akuzu

thx for the help and now i have to figure out how to fix the alignment problem

anisamy1

Yeah! Airbags are easy to remove but they are not that much easy to put again.

gregory13lil

Not quite true!! Maybe this applies to the other Airbags but the steering wheel airbag is SUPER easy to put back in!

Greg

FrankW

searched and found this.

good info. need to replace the buttons on my sis' steering wheel too. been sticky for a while. happened possibly due to one of the cleaning product we used previously.

da_guitarist

FYI: $200 at parts.com
http://www.parts.com/oemcatalog/inde...id=67&siteid=2

If the link doesnt work, search for the PN quoted above but dont use spaces or dashes, all #'s together

kyxapka

W220 part number 22082106797379. Don’t know if W208 uses the same one.
You can find them here:
http://www.worldimpex.com/parts/merc...ch_812898.html for $169.00
Or here:
www.mbzwholesaleparts.com for $136.35