So I took off my door panels yesterday so I could ship out the trim. After taking off the passenger panel I started on the drivers panel. Before beginning I placed the key into the ignition and clicked over twice so I could roll down my drivers window. . Stupid, I know! I finished taking off the trim and I put both panels back. Both driver/passenger switches work fine, seats move and windows go up and down. Here are the problems I'm having...



1. The drivers door won't lock when activating the alarm. (Haven't tried to manually lock it with the blade)

2. The windows are not creating the "seal" when doors close

3. The alarm only beeps twice instead of the normal three times when activated

4. After activating alarm, the "tow-away" button starts to flash repeatedly.


Maybe someone could help me out before I bring it in to get checked out . Thanks

 

Wes, have you got all the electronics hooked back up? IE, window swithches, air bags, etc?

 

I believe that everything is hooked up fine. I will double check when I get home. The only things that were unplugged were the seat memory switches and the windows switches on both doors.

 

Try to reset the ECU see if that helps.

Andy

 

Did you have the ingnition on accessory when you were doing it, or was it off?

 

Thats what I'm thinking he might have to do, but a hard restart via battery disconnect - the 'pedal' reset wont touch these areas of interest.

 

I was thinking I might need to do a battery reset also. Kev, The only time I put the key in the ignition was to roll down the drivers window. I turned the key enough to get the power to the windows, I did not start it. 2 clicks I believe. I read somewhere to try and disconnect the battery and touch both cables together for 30 sec so everything drains.

 

I was just wondering if you left the key in accessory position when you disconnected the window switches? Anyways, after you check and make sure everything is in fact hooked up and you're still having issues - hard restart time.

PS - it's a whole lot better to use a resistor between the positive and negative cables to create a drain - touching them together is of course causing a short that *could* cause other problems if you have luck like me. A resistor can be something as simple as a 12v lightbulb...

 

So just disconnect both cables and touch them both to a 12v bulb? Can I also disconnect the cables and repeatedly press the brake?

 

Touch them to the bulb, if you press the brake and the circut is open (aka, pos and neg cables disconnected) there is no circut and therefore, no drain. If you don't have a 12v bulb touch them to your tounge

On a serious note, I'm just trying to toss in some advice to make sure no other problems, as remote as they may be, arise. I have 10 more years of "oh f*ck! Why didn't I think of doing that before I f*ucked it up!?!?!?" than you do

 

lol, that's why I posted before trying anything. I didn't want to have one of those "of f*ck" moments. I appreciate the help as always Kev. I will be trying that when I get home and I will report back. Is 30 sec enough time to keep them touching the bulb?

 

Yeah, I'm sure that'll be fine, there will just me miniscule amounts of energy in the system anyways, most of it will be stored in the tiny capacitors in the ECU. Touch & drain then leave it for a while (hour or something) and give it another go. Good luck matey, I hope this solves your issues!

 

Thanks. After draining, do I hook it back up and let it sit or let it sit unplugged? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to be sure before doing anything.

 

Let it sit un-hooked pal. Sorry but getting on a plane now and am done for the night, catch you tomorrow for your good news.

 

No prob man. Thanks again. Have a good flight.

 

yo wes, long time no talk (type)

I read about your situation and it didnt happen to me when i took the doors off. maybe you should try taking it off and reconnecting it again. and make sure that metal rod is hooked in correctly.

best of luck
B Heng

 

That's cuz you probably didn't put the key in the ignition like me..lol..The hook is in correctly cuz I am able to open the door with no problems.

 

No luck. Looks like I will be taking it in after the exhaust.

 

Man, thats not good. After reading this again;

2. The windows are not creating the "seal" when doors close
3. The alarm only beeps twice instead of the normal three times when activated

I now think that the car 'thinks' that the drivers door is still open. I'm not familiar with the detection device on the CLK door, plus I'm in the office and my car is at home, is there a 'door pin' that is compressed when the door closes? I'm willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that something either isn't hooked up or the door pin (other other relative device whatever it may be called) is not recieving a 'closed door signal'.

An open door covers pretty much all the symptoms you've described.

 

Wes, just goT home and took a look at my CLK, I opened the door, pressed lock on the key fob and got the exact same results as you are having. I then unlocked via the key fob, pushed and held the door pin in with the door still open and the windows went into the sealed position, locked via remote and all was good.

I'm 99% sure that the door pin either isn't being compressed or the signal isn't being relayed. The pin is on the inner door frame, towards the rear of the car at roughly the same heights as the u shaped latch. It makes contact with a plastic surround on the door panel itself. Do you have the plastic piece in place?

 

I haven't been able to take the doors apart and double check everything. By the time I get home it's too dark and I have to do everything by flashlight. I will try again tomorrow morning. What your saying makes sense. When I lock the doors using the key fob, the drivers door pin does not go down. When I manually lock it using the blade, it locks.

 

Just unlock the car, open the door and compress the door (not lock) pin and see if your windows adjust into the sealed position.

 

Thanks Kev, I will try it as soon as I get home.

 

Problem solved. It was a horse shoe shaped piece of plastic that goes over the door lock. It was in my back seat so I didn't see it when putting the doors back together. I wouldn't have thought a little piece of plastic could cause so much trouble. Thanks for your help guys!

 

Good stuff... But a classic case of the German Mod gremlins... Sometimes I swear these cars are bugged... hidden video direct to the factory... you mod our perfectly engineered car and wham o... the Germans throw you for a loop. I can tell you how many of those kind of problems I have had modding cars in the past