How to install locking mechanisms for COMAND radio unit?
04-30-2023, 03:01 PM
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How to install locking mechanisms for COMAND radio unit?
Hi all,
I am in the process of installing one of those Android screens on my 2016 E550 cabrio (A207), and now that I'm starting to put everything back inside, I realized I lost the 2 locking mechanism brackets that hold the COMAND radio unit in place as I pulled the screws out too much. I ordered 1 pair (Link) but I have NO idea how to install it. It seems impossible to put it back in place from the opening where the COMAND unit was. Anyone knows how to put them back in place? Do I have to remove other parts first?
At this point, I'm more than happy to have a professional help finish the installation process. I need to do 2 things: install the radio locking mechanisms back, and fit the comand radio back inside (VERY tight space, it's incredibly hard to fit everything back in). It seems like installing the locking mechanism would be a job for a MB mechanic (dealer doesn't want to help) and that fitting the radio back inside (pushing cables out of the way basically) would be a job for a car stereo specialist. Is that roughly right, or could either a mechanic and/or a car stereo specialist do both?
Thank you very much!
I am in the process of installing one of those Android screens on my 2016 E550 cabrio (A207), and now that I'm starting to put everything back inside, I realized I lost the 2 locking mechanism brackets that hold the COMAND radio unit in place as I pulled the screws out too much. I ordered 1 pair (Link) but I have NO idea how to install it. It seems impossible to put it back in place from the opening where the COMAND unit was. Anyone knows how to put them back in place? Do I have to remove other parts first?
At this point, I'm more than happy to have a professional help finish the installation process. I need to do 2 things: install the radio locking mechanisms back, and fit the comand radio back inside (VERY tight space, it's incredibly hard to fit everything back in). It seems like installing the locking mechanism would be a job for a MB mechanic (dealer doesn't want to help) and that fitting the radio back inside (pushing cables out of the way basically) would be a job for a car stereo specialist. Is that roughly right, or could either a mechanic and/or a car stereo specialist do both?
Thank you very much!
08-03-2023, 03:31 PM
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I did, but I couldn't do it myself. I ended up buying spare parts and going to a car stereo shop that specializes in german cars. They had done this multiple times, so they took apart a few parts (that I couldn't have taken apart), recovered both pieces (so I shouldn't have bought them, now I have 2 spares), and fixed the issue. I recommend you do the same. It was around $200 to do this plus finish installing the Android screen, so I should've done this the minute the braces were lost. Learn from my mistake 
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Locking mechanism
The problem is that here in Greece they do not know how to fix it, I have lost only the left one, I took another one I tried to install it but I can, what parts they removed? The whole cockpit?
09-30-2023, 12:30 AM
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Hi all,
I am in the process of installing one of those Android screens on my 2016 E550 cabrio (A207), and now that I'm starting to put everything back inside, I realized I lost the 2 locking mechanism brackets that hold the COMAND radio unit in place as I pulled the screws out too much. I ordered 1 pair (Link) but I have NO idea how to install it. It seems impossible to put it back in place from the opening where the COMAND unit was. Anyone knows how to put them back in place? Do I have to remove other parts first?
At this point, I'm more than happy to have a professional help finish the installation process. I need to do 2 things: install the radio locking mechanisms back, and fit the comand radio back inside (VERY tight space, it's incredibly hard to fit everything back in). It seems like installing the locking mechanism would be a job for a MB mechanic (dealer doesn't want to help) and that fitting the radio back inside (pushing cables out of the way basically) would be a job for a car stereo specialist. Is that roughly right, or could either a mechanic and/or a car stereo specialist do both?
Thank you very much!
I am in the process of installing one of those Android screens on my 2016 E550 cabrio (A207), and now that I'm starting to put everything back inside, I realized I lost the 2 locking mechanism brackets that hold the COMAND radio unit in place as I pulled the screws out too much. I ordered 1 pair (Link) but I have NO idea how to install it. It seems impossible to put it back in place from the opening where the COMAND unit was. Anyone knows how to put them back in place? Do I have to remove other parts first?
At this point, I'm more than happy to have a professional help finish the installation process. I need to do 2 things: install the radio locking mechanisms back, and fit the comand radio back inside (VERY tight space, it's incredibly hard to fit everything back in). It seems like installing the locking mechanism would be a job for a MB mechanic (dealer doesn't want to help) and that fitting the radio back inside (pushing cables out of the way basically) would be a job for a car stereo specialist. Is that roughly right, or could either a mechanic and/or a car stereo specialist do both?
Thank you very much!
thanks.
