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Has anyone tried to insert the mechanical key into the hole on the driver's door? I tried it, but it wouldn't slide in easily and I didn't want to force it. The instructions mention a "protective cap". Looking at the illustration on page 78, it looks like the entire cover is supposed to pop off exposing the actual key hole.
"Why am I trying to do this now?", you ask. Because I don't want to wait until I "need" to use this feature to learn how it works. No doubt I'll need to use this one day at 3:00 AM, on a lonely deserted road in the middle of a thunderstorm. If the SmartKey battery dies while you're locked out, this is your only option to enter the car.
Last edited by GLE43_Sube; 05-08-2017 at 03:59 PM.
Go to any dealer and the donut girl will walk you through the process!!
Cute!
I know the process. I just need to know if there's supposed to be that much resistance when inserting the key into the hole in the cover. I didn't want to force it if it's supposed to slide in easily.
I know the process. I just need to know if there's supposed to be that much resistance when inserting the key into the hole in the cover. I didn't want to force it if it's supposed to slide in easily.
I swear there's a great punch line for this question.
Lots of innuendos coming. The mechanical blade key slides up into the square hole on the underside of the cover. It will release two clips when fully inserted. Then you pull out and up on the bottom using the end of the blade key till about half way, this will disengage the clips, then pull straight off to remove the cap. I have demo'ed this many times and it feels like the cover is going to break every time. I have seen some break the cover too if the key is not all the way inserted and they pull hard. Once the cover is removed, you will see the tumbler to manually unlock incase of dead battery in car or key. Below are some pics to help you get a better sense of how it is held in place. Image with red arrow highlights the latch that the clips lock onto. When looking at EPC, it appears that the cover is available separately (although hard to tell from the image) for about $40 if you do damage it. However, if you are not a gorilla with it, you should be OK removing it. Hope the pics help as it is something that when you need to do it (and you most likely will sometime if you own the car for many years) it's good to have an idea of how it comes off.
Last edited by UnlikeAnyOther; 06-14-2018 at 11:42 AM.
Reason: Updated info
... I have demo'ed this many times and it feels like the cover is going to break every time. I have seen some break the cover too. ...
Let me guess: If you break the cover, MB does NOT pay for a new one. You have to buy that yourself.
What part of this is NOT a terribly designed system. A system in which you have to potentially break something to get into your vehicle that you're holding the key for?
Look, I like the "clean" look, but at the end of the day, I don't want to be penalized for the clean look either. That's just ridiculous...
05-08-2017, 03:50 PM
