willy_manilly

I have a 2004 W211 with the standard (non lcd) heater controls two-zone. However my friend has an E500 with the 4 zone climate control pannel which has the lcd screen and works so much better than mine.

Just wondering if its possible to plug and play swap in a upgraded LCD heater control panel. I don't care if the rear vents don't work, i just want the lcd screen.

I have been told the car adapts to it when you plug it in. However just want to make sure before i purchase one.

Kind Regards, Will

I have this one...


I want to swap in this one...

AzCamel

I have an 05 E500 with the lcd control but its not like the one above, I do not have the "rest" button or the filter (below the rear defroster on the far right), werid.

Diesel Benz

Yes, you can do it. Of course you don't get the 4-zone control because you don't even have all the vents at the rear or at the HVAC box but surprisingly the 4-zone unit is compatible with the vents that a 2-zone car has.

I have no personal experience about this but I've seen a few forum members reports about the swap.

willy_manilly

Thanks for that diesel. I will post my experience.

gaazmon

That's cuz yours is an 05, they removed those features for 05+

willy_manilly

I've been looking online and i see there are a few different types of LCD HVAC's some for the EURO market and others for the USA market.

Will they all work the same. Or is there a specific year/model/country HVAC i need?

Cheers

Craftysince86

i been wanting to try this too... there is a couple on ebay the same one you posted

and do you need the whole vent/climate control? or you know if you can just swap the climate control

lemme know how it works out for you please

Craftysince86

has details as well as a link on removing the center grill... im going to try and do this

https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...it-change.html

willy_manilly

Cheers for the link mate,

I just purchased one that came with the grill. I have blue interior which has black inserts around the joint so i think i may swap out my blue one and install the black one

EDIT: I payed $100USD for mine, submitted a best offer and won

Craftysince86

Link? I was looking at a couple on eBay for 195 shipped

willy_manilly

Got it from eBay, he wanted 180 but I got him down to 100

daminchi

https://mbworld.org/forums/interior-...ontroller.html

Craftysince86

what color does that light up ^

willy_manilly

Because I got mine from UŠA does that mean the LCD readout wont be in Celsius?

daminchi

Im pretty sure it lights up red.

Dan Wang

You do not want to get the 4 zoned one. It won't work in your car.

willy_manilly

Why am i being told it will work by a few people above you?

Craftysince86

you wont be able to control the 4 zones, meaning that that the rear vents wont be able to control heat vs AC for each, but you dont have that at the moment anyway

willy_manilly

At the moment i have two vents in the back which only have toggle wheels on each side. They both close or open the vent.