Non-smokers package
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2014 E350S4
Non-smokers package
Does anyone know which cars come with the "smoker's package" and which come with the "non-smoker's package"? I don't think you can select as an option, or at least not on the mbusa website, to get the little mat and socket 12V cover.
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I just got my 2005 E 320 CDI expecting to get the mat and 12 v plug but got the ashtray/lighter instead. I looked at about 12 new E's at the dealer and they were about 50/50 split with the lighter/plug. We couldn't figure out any reasoning behind which had which.
I now have the mat and I'm tracing the part numbers for 12 v plug. My next challange is to figure out how to remove the lighter assembly. The two 12 v plugs I saw at the parts counter at the dealer (neither one the correct on for this application) had spade connections for the wires and just pushed into the mounting hole until two clips snapped home. I assuming the one I'm looking for will be the same. The question is how to unclip it and pull it out the hole. I did a forum search and there was some discussion about it relative to tapping into the power for an MP3 player. I've got the new roll top center console and maybe that is the difference but the instructions I saw didn't make sense on my car. Anyone know how to remove the lighter socket?
I now have the mat and I'm tracing the part numbers for 12 v plug. My next challange is to figure out how to remove the lighter assembly. The two 12 v plugs I saw at the parts counter at the dealer (neither one the correct on for this application) had spade connections for the wires and just pushed into the mounting hole until two clips snapped home. I assuming the one I'm looking for will be the same. The question is how to unclip it and pull it out the hole. I did a forum search and there was some discussion about it relative to tapping into the power for an MP3 player. I've got the new roll top center console and maybe that is the difference but the instructions I saw didn't make sense on my car. Anyone know how to remove the lighter socket?
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Originally Posted by jrthiele
I just got my 2005 E 320 CDI expecting to get the mat and 12 v plug but got the ashtray/lighter instead. I looked at about 12 new E's at the dealer and they were about 50/50 split with the lighter/plug. We couldn't figure out any reasoning behind which had which.
I now have the mat and I'm tracing the part numbers for 12 v plug. My next challange is to figure out how to remove the lighter assembly. The two 12 v plugs I saw at the parts counter at the dealer (neither one the correct on for this application) had spade connections for the wires and just pushed into the mounting hole until two clips snapped home. I assuming the one I'm looking for will be the same. The question is how to unclip it and pull it out the hole. I did a forum search and there was some discussion about it relative to tapping into the power for an MP3 player. I've got the new roll top center console and maybe that is the difference but the instructions I saw didn't make sense on my car. Anyone know how to remove the lighter socket?
I now have the mat and I'm tracing the part numbers for 12 v plug. My next challange is to figure out how to remove the lighter assembly. The two 12 v plugs I saw at the parts counter at the dealer (neither one the correct on for this application) had spade connections for the wires and just pushed into the mounting hole until two clips snapped home. I assuming the one I'm looking for will be the same. The question is how to unclip it and pull it out the hole. I did a forum search and there was some discussion about it relative to tapping into the power for an MP3 player. I've got the new roll top center console and maybe that is the difference but the instructions I saw didn't make sense on my car. Anyone know how to remove the lighter socket?
Does anyone know if the cigarette lighter, if I got that and didn't replace the socket, would still work in the socket?
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My car came with an ashtray and a mat that was in the glovebox. I guess I got both.
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I did succesfully switch out the lighter plug for the newer 12 volt plug. My local dealership made a few calls to MB and came up with a part number for the 12 volt socket (with flip door). The box says A 000 820 31 51 and it cost about $18.50. BTW this assembly includes the small light which illuminates the ashtray area. I had the dealer install it and all went well.
They first removed the ashtray assembly from the console. The metal center of the lighter assembly (with the plastic electrical socket on it's end) was forcibly pushed out from the back side. Then the round plastic part of the socket (with a small light attached) could be removed. The 12 volt plug went in just the opposite with the outer round plastic part first. Then the metal center with the cap was pushed all the way in until it seated two clips on the sides. The electrical connector was identical for both.
I now have the non-smoker 12 volt plug and rubber mat.
They first removed the ashtray assembly from the console. The metal center of the lighter assembly (with the plastic electrical socket on it's end) was forcibly pushed out from the back side. Then the round plastic part of the socket (with a small light attached) could be removed. The 12 volt plug went in just the opposite with the outer round plastic part first. Then the metal center with the cap was pushed all the way in until it seated two clips on the sides. The electrical connector was identical for both.
I now have the non-smoker 12 volt plug and rubber mat.
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Originally Posted by jrthiele
I did succesfully switch out the lighter plug for the newer 12 volt plug. My local dealership made a few calls to MB and came up with a part number for the 12 volt socket (with flip door). The box says A 000 820 31 51 and it cost about $18.50. BTW this assembly includes the small light which illuminates the ashtray area. I had the dealer install it and all went well.
They first removed the ashtray assembly from the console. The metal center of the lighter assembly (with the plastic electrical socket on it's end) was forcibly pushed out from the back side. Then the round plastic part of the socket (with a small light attached) could be removed. The 12 volt plug went in just the opposite with the outer round plastic part first. Then the metal center with the cap was pushed all the way in until it seated two clips on the sides. The electrical connector was identical for both.
I now have the non-smoker 12 volt plug and rubber mat.
They first removed the ashtray assembly from the console. The metal center of the lighter assembly (with the plastic electrical socket on it's end) was forcibly pushed out from the back side. Then the round plastic part of the socket (with a small light attached) could be removed. The 12 volt plug went in just the opposite with the outer round plastic part first. Then the metal center with the cap was pushed all the way in until it seated two clips on the sides. The electrical connector was identical for both.
I now have the non-smoker 12 volt plug and rubber mat.
Bob, yours came with the socket cover and the ashtray but no mat or lighter?
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Originally Posted by Incendiary
So the sockets are different? It's not just the additional insertion of the 12V plastic cap?
Hope this helps clarify things.
