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Old 01-28-2023, 02:38 PM
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Help with column conversion...

Hey guys. New here. Just picked up a 2010 E550. I wanted to do a column conversion. I hate that my turn signal lever is switched with the cruise control lever... I picked up a updated column with the same features, but it's not working. Nothing works actually when I have it installed... Anyone experiment with this. If I have to upgrade the steering wheel as well, I will.
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You can even have a W213's steering wheel or W177 A Class steering wheel in your car .I had seen the latter one in these forums . I'm not familiar with the column conversion but W177 A Class or present cars with MB AUX can be retrofitted but should need coding .However, if you like to have a W212 FL AMG steering wheel no coding needed , just plug and play but make sure if your car came with the lane assist or other functions , your new replacement steering wheel should also support those otherwise you would relinquish such useful features
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The steering wheel controls module N80 with all the sticks talks to the rest of the car via CAN E to the Front SAM N10/1. On cars since 03/2013, it uses CAN E1 instead. N10/1 (front SAM) in turn talks to the wiper motors via the LIN 2 databus.

So most likely everything has to be coded to match or the CAN bus codes won't be properly interpreted.

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The steering wheel controls module N80 with all the sticks talks to the rest of the car via CAN E to the Front SAM N10/1. So most likely everything has to be coded to match or the CAN bus codes won't be properly interpretted.
Is this something the dealer could possibly do, or should I look for a 3rd party to help?
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Is this something the dealer could possibly do, or should I look for a 3rd party to help?
if its not a factory configuration, I doubt the dealer has a clue.
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Originally Posted by Left Coast Geek
if its not a factory configuration, I doubt the dealer has a clue.
Yeah.. I figured as much. I did see a video or two online of people swapping the column and steering wheel and everything working but... Mine didn't go as well. I was trying to reuse my wheel, so maybe it's a package deal that I have to do.

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