zam2000

Got my key on Friday. Best deal I ever got on Mercedes key, still can't believe it's only $61 for the whole set. Price have double since, but still is much cheaper compared to what dealer charge.

Since there are more than 8 keys ordered so far for my car (both previous owner and I must have common bad habbit of losing key, 3 on my part so far), the new key didn't work out of the box. Notice that Mercedes can only program the first 8 keys (they work w/ the car right out of the box), from the 9th key on, I have to manually program the key and the car EIS to recognize each other. W/ the help of my friend (Mercedes master tech), I was able to do this at home. Some dealer charge 1-3 hour to do this, some stealer require the entire EIS to be replaced ($2-3K job) once they see that you exceed the 8 key limit.

The key take much less time to learn the EIS, 90 min later, then it's all done, I guess they improve the chip inside. On my previous key (older style), it takes whole day.

So now I have three keys for my car: one in the original style, one in the later style, and one w/ the latest style.

Key look REALLY nice, and feel good in hand

raymond g-

yeah, that was a great deal while it lasted. unfortunately we became victims of
our success in spreading the word. wonder who put the kabosh on this 75% off?
even though the cut rate price has expired, the new price still beat my local
dealers' price hands down.

RF range same as with 1st gen Smartkey. from the front of the car, about 80'
with the jawbone trick. avg 3-4 car lengths used normally.

Alexbenz

havn't been on here that much to check out the whole key gold rush.......are these aftermarket ones??? also it would have been even nicer if they had the star logo on the back of them, no

ReZzZ320

alex these keys will only work on 99-02 W210s, so that means everyone else is left out (sobs)

fju2112

what is the price for these new keys now that the promotion has expired?

ima55r2

Check out all the guys on the c-class forums that got them. This key works on my E55 too.

lexrex

98-02

ReZzZ320

my bad 4got bout that thnxs lexrex

and ima55r2 my car is a 97 E320 the dealer told me that it cannot be upgraded EVEN with the multifunctional steering wheel and instrument cluster (which makes me left out of this nice mod )

Alexbenz

yea i know......so if i never gonna get another w210 it'll have to be 98-02.......lol.......i just love the engines on the 96-97 though

ReZzZ320

atleast ur lucky u have the luxury of finding a 3.2V6 W210 in the states, an E320 is considered a rare sight in this part of the world mainly due the nflux of E240s, E200Ks, and E280s

jimmydagreek

Now, how do we go about getting a hold of these keys???!!! Just bought the new car and the key is all banged up. I need a new one stat!

Thanks!

raymond g-

j-
https://mbworld.org/forums/showpost....6&postcount=10

but though this was at $60 a week ago, the price has since doubled to $115.
still, it's 50-60% cheaper than the price many dealers are quoting.

SoCal208

I ordered the key on 01/31/07. Got it yesterday (02/12/07), price : $61.58 total), intend to order another one for my wife's car, but price is going up now.