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Hi from Portugal everyone!
I have had Peter's solution for a few months now, and can tell you that he has been absolutely great: quick and understanding when it comes to to my "newb" questions and very helpful when technical issues arose.
I have used it in multiple cars, from 1995 to 2021 and it has worked spot on in every situation! Thank you Peter for all your effort and help!
Well, passthru by itself is not a real problem anymore
the problem is that a good passthru device costs the same as a perfect C4 DOIP plus clone that covers absolutely ALL years
Then you need DOIP on it of course
With a good C4 DOIP plus clone you have NO limits
No C5 clones exist, all fakes, C6 are fakes too and Super MB Star C6 is a scam, its just a C4 with doip in a Chinese created box
so why seeking for problems and surprises
My 2001 S-600 has gone dead again. The front doors are dead, the fuel pump does not come on, tranny is in limp
and lots of CAN no data send messages. I am ready to get a good software/hardware combo to get everything so I can keep this wonderful car running
My 2001 S-600 has gone dead again. The front doors are dead, the fuel pump does not come on, tranny is in limp
and lots of CAN no data send messages. I am ready to get a good software/hardware combo to get everything so I can keep this wonderful car running
sure
just go to benzninja.com and use the contact form you are welcome !
2004 CL55, 2003 SL55, 2017 S63 Cabrio and 2009 G55
Originally Posted by BenzNinja
thank you
Only typing the truth as I’ve experienced it. SmLl community and nice to know people you can count on and keep the community growing.
peter - did you get the Gwagen you were working on resolved? Still waiting for mine to get done. Can’t wait for headers etc and power upgrades to be finished.
Only typing the truth as I’ve experienced it. SmLl community and nice to know people you can count on and keep the community growing.
peter - did you get the Gwagen you were working on resolved? Still waiting for mine to get done. Can’t wait for headers etc and power upgrades to be finished.
Hi !
Yes of course
Runs like new
A long big adventure it was !
He just deletes his threads when I've asked questions on what services he offers in greater detail....so I'll just make a thread myself then since transparency doesn't seem like something he wants to show.
All his (5) star reviews are from MBWorld he says....
So where are the real users here? What's your experience?
I had a excellent experience. A bit of a rough start but played out perfectly. I honestly think that just the soft part is worth more than the complete cost, and it comes with an expert ???? This is seriously underpriced. Ohh and you can schedule an exact time when you want to work on your car. What more can you ask for ? Seriously underpriced even without the man behind the screen.
I had a excellent experience. A bit of a rough start but played out perfectly. I honestly think that just the soft part is worth more than the complete cost, and it comes with an expert ???? This is seriously underpriced. Ohh and you can schedule an exact time when you want to work on your car. What more can you ask for ? Seriously underpriced even without the man behind the screen.
Thank you and sorry again you misunderstood my whatsapp msg
it also was day 2 of recovery from COVID
He just deletes his threads when I've asked questions on what services he offers in greater detail....so I'll just make a thread myself then since transparency doesn't seem like something he wants to show.
All his (5) star reviews are from MBWorld he says....
So where are the real users here? What's your experience?
I have been playing with Mercedes cars for most of my life... I have a pretty decent shop that I play in. I really thought I knew a substantial amount of how everything works...I have xentry system and several others and am pretty good with it. I have run into a few problems that I just couldn't figure out and I took a gamble on Benz ninja. I think he actually sent me a message and offered to help for free. I would imagine it's here on the forum still.
I have a 2016 AMG GTS and have several others. Yesterday I had a big problem with DTR in the GTS. It was an intermittent I could not find it and was just beating my head on the wall. Somehow I managed to get a malfunction screen on the car on top of everything else. This is a tuned car with bigger turbos downpipes all kinds of stuff. I contacted Benz ninja again and within 30 minutes or so he was in the system and he worked on it for nearly 4 hours. He updated all of my firmware he corrected my DTR problem and fixed the malfunction screen that didn't even show codes. Also fixed a couple things I didn't know were pending.
I cannot imagine what the dealer would have charged me if they would have even touched it because of the modifications. I offered to pay him and he told me this is just what he does. I had paid a lifetime membership several months ago on another car because it was cheaper to do that than tow the car to the dealer when I couldn't figure it out. Apparently that has taken care of this car as well for me. Again, I asked him how much I owed when we were finished and he told me nothing.
I cannot explain to anybody more clearly than this that he is the real deal and the gts I have is not a simple one.... Everything he did did not affect my tune or anything else. Even if the dealer was willing to look at it I don't think that they could have fixed it in the time frame he did.....
If anybody has questions you can call me directly I will vouch 100%. He saved me this time huge.
So here's where you're wrong - you're assuming I have some vendetta against this guy? If you read any of my posts, all I said was his website is so ambiguous, it looks like a cash grab. I asked him in his (now deleted) thread to explain what services he offers and he absolutely refused. Then he just deletes the thread and remakes it I said I honestly can't tell from the site - all it says is CONTACT AND LOOK AT REVIEWS.
Anybody who has a brain would NEVER trust reviews on a website that were not user-provided.
I'm glad to see this guy isn't a money grab. My point still stands his site has red flags all over it, especially since he's avoiding all questions. Maybe he's just a poor site developer or marketer. Thats fine its his business - I'm just looking out for the layman who stumble on a sketchy post and start handing out their credit card #. I've been on this and other MB forums for over a one and half decades now, provided countless DIY's, had the highest traffic 124 maintenance manual hosted for a decade at my own expense never asked for a penny, so don't question my integrity or intent.
I specifically said, do people who use your services need STAR? Is it ODB based? Crickets, just deletes the thread.
Peter is the best that there has ever been as far as I've seen in this business. I've done this my whole life. Maybe his website to some people is a bit confusing I'm not sure but I don't really care what his website skills are I care what he can do. I have numerous times offered to pay him extra and he says it's not needed... even after waking him up at 3am and not expecting a return answer.... he's always there. You may not be criticizing him intentionally, but one day he may save you too....
I have messed with these cars all my life and never dreamed I would need help.....yet I now wish I knew half of what he's forgotten.
Posting my brief experience with Mr BenzNinja as well. I'm more active in the 209/216/221 forums, so feel free to browse through my threads there, should you need more reassurance
I've been modding cars for quite some time and having a good SDS setup is invaluable for any work on a Mercedes. From resetting basic indicators to making your own instrument cluster and injecting CAN messages, you can't get very far without a good setup. Sure, you could get a setup from China and get by, but make no mistake, you will be limited in what you can do with it, compared to what Peter offers. Even if you are an expert and have access to all the resources to put it together yourself, the work that has gone into making everything available turnkey is truly invaluable. You are saving hours and hours of precious time by focusing on actually getting stuff accomplished, instead of scouring forums and trying to find workarounds for broken software.
In addition to offering a great setup, he's there to help with anything you may be trying to do, always on WhatsApp. Makes you wonder when the man gets any sleep at all. Good luck getting service like that from anyone else.
Regardless, I will keep it short. Coming from someone with extensive software and hardware experience, sometimes it's easier to simply trust the experts...and Peter is an expert at what he does. Don't hesitate to reach out and use his services.
I have had the pleasure of being rescued on a number of occasions by the infamous ninja. From ABC issues to the AMG cluster that gave me nothing but headaches at the start, the coffee drinking, (proper) green tea loving, life – lived Dutchman always gets me out of trouble!
Just now, while trying to make a simple alteration to my cluster, I managed to screw up and pull the standard variant coding to it, undoing all the hard work BN had gone through to make it work. Two double espressos later and we were knee deep in hex codes, correcting the damage I’d done. I was met with unusual text on the cluster screen, a pre-safe warning message (my car does not have the same level of pre-safe installed) and I had lost all communication with the comand unit.
As usual, a perfect result with nothing but good conversation and plenty of opportunities to laugh.
As always, thanks Peter. I’m not sure I could feel as confident owning this Princess in Wolf‘s clothing as confidently as I do, if you weren’t there!
I have had the pleasure of being rescued on a number of occasions by the infamous ninja. From ABC issues to the AMG cluster that gave me nothing but headaches at the start, the coffee drinking, (proper) green tea loving, life – lived Dutchman always gets me out of trouble!
Just now, while trying to make a simple alteration to my cluster, I managed to screw up and pull the standard variant coding to it, undoing all the hard work BN had gone through to make it work. Two double espressos later and we were knee deep in hex codes, correcting the damage I’d done. I was met with unusual text on the cluster screen, a pre-safe warning message (my car does not have the same level of pre-safe installed) and I had lost all communication with the comand unit.
As usual, a perfect result with nothing but good conversation and plenty of opportunities to laugh.
As always, thanks Peter. I’m not sure I could feel as confident owning this Princess in Wolf‘s clothing as confidently as I do, if you weren’t there!
Posting my brief experience with Mr BenzNinja as well. I'm more active in the 209/216/221 forums, so feel free to browse through my threads there, should you need more reassurance
I've been modding cars for quite some time and having a good SDS setup is invaluable for any work on a Mercedes. From resetting basic indicators to making your own instrument cluster and injecting CAN messages, you can't get very far without a good setup. Sure, you could get a setup from China and get by, but make no mistake, you will be limited in what you can do with it, compared to what Peter offers. Even if you are an expert and have access to all the resources to put it together yourself, the work that has gone into making everything available turnkey is truly invaluable. You are saving hours and hours of precious time by focusing on actually getting stuff accomplished, instead of scouring forums and trying to find workarounds for broken software.
In addition to offering a great setup, he's there to help with anything you may be trying to do, always on WhatsApp. Makes you wonder when the man gets any sleep at all. Good luck getting service like that from anyone else.
Regardless, I will keep it short. Coming from someone with extensive software and hardware experience, sometimes it's easier to simply trust the experts...and Peter is an expert at what he does. Don't hesitate to reach out and use his services.
Thank you !
following all your amazing work since years
I have used Benz Ninja.
here is context for anyone who is not sure.
I am a business owner. I own a decent sized insurance brokerage and a couple of other 'things'.
I employ the services of all manner of professionals, some professional, some not so professional.
Benz Ninja is professional.
Super perfect communication.
He opened up many nice features on my S560, fixed some things, upgraded some things.
let me put it like this, I know I have a flap on the right side that is stuck open (which is good! No complaints),. Benz Ninja calls me and says 'go to the car'. I go outside.
I hear the tail flap actuator working.....I'm thinking, wow, how cool is this, he's on the other side of the planet, and he just coded my tail pipes to stay always open.....
that's the level of expertise you get from Benz Ninja.
Unless you are a mechanic/Mercedes dealer/master coding expert....you need Benz Ninja.
This is a very valuable person to have access to.
Thanks Benz Ninja, I now have 64 levels of led light in the car.....very cool....and I can watch YouTube on the command screen.
I own a 2005 sl500. I'm not a car guy. I mean, on a fairly normal car, I could change the oil. I've done other, very minor stuff like window motor replacement with YouTube help but I NEVER thought I would touch the Mercedes.
After my first trip to the stealership (my experience) and a $16k quote for some ABS work, I started looking for alternatives. I found an import specialty shop that saved me about four grand but I can't keep up with that on a regular basis. So the next time the warning lights came on, and boy did they come on with a vengeance, I parked it in the garage and wasn't expecting to drive it again. I had EAS and ABS and all the other alphabet soup on the dash and she had entered limp mode. Didn't even know that was a thing until I came here. Anyway, when the price of gas skyrocketed, I wasn't in a big hurry to get her back on the road anyway. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I finally pulled the trigger on BenzNinja. I thought, for that price, even if I just diagnose the issues then buy parts online, I'll have a shot.
Wow. My expectations are blown away! Some time was spent on setup then diagnosis, then updates. He let me know that the car had NEVER been updated. 17 years and who knows how many stealership visits, no updates. Incredible. I just got done with a test drive and was absolutely shocked; all warnings gone, drives perfect, no limping. I just can't believe it. I swore we were going to find some costly issues. Nope, all solved with software. I just am so happy to have gone this route.
A huge thank @BenzNinja for all the time spent so far and the amazing turnaround for this car. I'm so excited to stop driving my '09 Chevy Cobalt every day. This wasn't just a car repair, it truly was a quality of life improvement and mental health upgrade! Again, just thank you.
I own a 2005 sl500. I'm not a car guy. I mean, on a fairly normal car, I could change the oil. I've done other, very minor stuff like window motor replacement with YouTube help but I NEVER thought I would touch the Mercedes.
After my first trip to the stealership (my experience) and a $16k quote for some ABS work, I started looking for alternatives. I found an import specialty shop that saved me about four grand but I can't keep up with that on a regular basis. So the next time the warning lights came on, and boy did they come on with a vengeance, I parked it in the garage and wasn't expecting to drive it again. I had EAS and ABS and all the other alphabet soup on the dash and she had entered limp mode. Didn't even know that was a thing until I came here. Anyway, when the price of gas skyrocketed, I wasn't in a big hurry to get her back on the road anyway. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I finally pulled the trigger on BenzNinja. I thought, for that price, even if I just diagnose the issues then buy parts online, I'll have a shot.
Wow. My expectations are blown away! Some time was spent on setup then diagnosis, then updates. He let me know that the car had NEVER been updated. 17 years and who knows how many stealership visits, no updates. Incredible. I just got done with a test drive and was absolutely shocked; all warnings gone, drives perfect, no limping. I just can't believe it. I swore we were going to find some costly issues. Nope, all solved with software. I just am so happy to have gone this route.
A huge thank @BenzNinja for all the time spent so far and the amazing turnaround for this car. I'm so excited to stop driving my '09 Chevy Cobalt every day. This wasn't just a car repair, it truly was a quality of life improvement and mental health upgrade! Again, just thank you.
Thank you was a pleasure fixing your car
This is where the free for members, exclusive BenzNinja Update and SCN coding service saved one more car
Well, passthru by itself is not a real problem anymore
the problem is that a good passthru device costs the same as a perfect C4 DOIP plus clone that covers absolutely ALL years
Then you need DOIP on it of course
With a good C4 DOIP plus clone you have NO limits
No C5 clones exist, all fakes, C6 are fakes too and Super MB Star C6 is a scam, its just a C4 with doip in a Chinese created box
so why seeking for problems and surprises
You also stated : I do not support anything else than C4 anyway as my services also have and must have no limits
Hi again.
In anticipation if I ever will need your service.
Is a VXDIAG VCX SE device capable/suitable enough for you to do all your magic remotely as a good C4 DOIP plus clone ? I am only interested for my W212 generation
Thanks so much.
Last edited by S-Prihadi; Nov 23, 2022 at 04:33 AM.
You also stated : I do not support anything else than C4 anyway as my services also have and must have no limits
Hi again.
In anticipation if I ever will need your service.
Is a VXDIAG VCX SE device capable/suitable enough for you to do all your magic remotely as a good C4 DOIP plus clone ? I am only interested for my W212 generation
Thanks so much.
absolutely NOT
Keep in mind that you buy not only a system to be able to diagnostic your car but my service is included
therefor only the best hardware with no limitations is required. not only for you, but also for me. To do the "magic"
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What do I need to keep my 2001 s-600 going
