Updated 2010 w221 taillights on older w221
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Rayden33 u know all the issues im having. trunk wont open, Park assist will come on everyime i put the car in reverse, Rear shades wont power up and down, the headrest button wont work, hazards wont work. I'm going insane right now and also anyone who wants pics could pm their email and ill send the pics to them.
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Rayden33 u know all the issues im having. trunk wont open, Park assist will come on everyime i put the car in reverse, Rear shades wont power up and down, the headrest button wont work, hazards wont work. I'm going insane right now and also anyone who wants pics could pm their email and ill send the pics to them.
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I'm still having some difficulities making the tailights work.. The car has been with the dealer for 3 days now, The new SAM wont work, The old one works but with errors on the dash
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Finally got the taillights to work using my old SAM but on the dash it's saying rear marker lights are out. Anyone interested in purchasing a 2010 SAM module pm me..
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I can only give you my two options, 1a) is to look at the back of the taillights and jump the upper row wires to the bottom row, this works but the upper row will look slightly dimmer than the bottom and also throw a rear side marker light indicator. 1b) Use your lisence plate lights as a source to the upper row, which will make the upper row slightly brighter than the bottom row and still throw rear side marker indicator. 2) Ship it to kartoyz or another shop that has successfully got it to work and pay and arm and maybe a leg.
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2007 S550/2010 tail lights smoked/2W010 LED DRL/22' staggered Maya wheels
Serge,
can you pm me. I just had the 2010 taillights installed and I am experiencing the top led shut off as you said. There is one guy in Miami who works on mb's and stated he cannot do it on 07 models. I explained to him about codif the 2010 Sam to a 2010 vehicle and then transposing it to my car and he stated that would not work. PLEASE help me since I'm stuck now after all this investment. If possible email me at jorgesandoval1123@gmail.com to further speak. Us this something the dealer will do??
can you pm me. I just had the 2010 taillights installed and I am experiencing the top led shut off as you said. There is one guy in Miami who works on mb's and stated he cannot do it on 07 models. I explained to him about codif the 2010 Sam to a 2010 vehicle and then transposing it to my car and he stated that would not work. PLEASE help me since I'm stuck now after all this investment. If possible email me at jorgesandoval1123@gmail.com to further speak. Us this something the dealer will do??
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2007 S550/2010 tail lights smoked/2W010 LED DRL/22' staggered Maya wheels
Is it wiser to rewire the tail ligjts from the lower row or from the license plate wire? Any chance it can catch on fire? I know the con is the side marker error message coming on, can that lead to further problems?
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Serge,
can you pm me. I just had the 2010 taillights installed and I am experiencing the top led shut off as you said. There is one guy in Miami who works on mb's and stated he cannot do it on 07 models. I explained to him about codif the 2010 Sam to a 2010 vehicle and then transposing it to my car and he stated that would not work. PLEASE help me since I'm stuck now after all this investment. If possible email me at jorgesandoval1123@gmail.com to further speak. Us this something the dealer will do??
can you pm me. I just had the 2010 taillights installed and I am experiencing the top led shut off as you said. There is one guy in Miami who works on mb's and stated he cannot do it on 07 models. I explained to him about codif the 2010 Sam to a 2010 vehicle and then transposing it to my car and he stated that would not work. PLEASE help me since I'm stuck now after all this investment. If possible email me at jorgesandoval1123@gmail.com to further speak. Us this something the dealer will do??
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Yea, you need to get dealer to reprogram it for your specific car options. I did that with my car and couple of my friends. Or, you can just use your old SAM and rewire the taillight. You need to consult with some of the guys on this thread, I believe some have successfully done it.
I understand that in order to reprogram the new 2010 SAM it needs to be installed in a 2010 vehicle.
- How difficult is it to remove the existing SAM from a vehicle, install my SAM, then once reprogramed reverse these steps?
- Is the SAM a componenet which simply plugs in to some sort of wiring harness?
- Where is this SAM located?
- Is it as simple as selecting the tail light settings in a menu of options?
or - Does the entire car needs to be reprogramed? I am concerned that when reprograming the SAM, other settings might be affected in my vehicle as well as in the surrogate 2010 car.
I would like to be as prepared as possible for when I ask the technician to do the reprogramming. Any additional insight or details on the reprograming process will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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FloridaMB,
I just went through the whole process right now, i got my car back this saturday. I spoken to serge via phone and he was very helpful in giving me several pointers in how to go about this. I'll tell you 2 routes you can take.
1. Buy the SAM ( I can refer you to my friend in coral gables MB and you can get it for about $350-he gives me a discount). Then either I or serge can link you up w his tech guy to program your SAM ($300 he told me) in Cali and then you have to get someone here in Miami to link it up to your CANbus. I couldn't find anyone so I went the second route that everyone mentioned.
2. Crosswire the lower LED row to the top row. All people discoverednproblems with the top wire being dimmer BUT I'm assuming that is you do it yourself, which isn't too difficult. I wish I was mechanically inclined to do all that but I'm not. If your a local to Miami you ivenimagined you've heard of Miami Chassis. When it comes to high end cars this is the place. They did the crossnwiring w resistors and the whole 9 yards. Most importantly most pol got an error message and since MCA did it properly I get no error message. $400 w them. If $ is not an issue get the Sam and al in Cali to program it ($650 more or less) n then you have to pay someone to marry your new Sam to the can bus. Don't know how much that is. I spoke to mca and the owner said he can complete the job in 2 days...if serge doesn't get back to you and you want his techs number pm me or w/b & I'll give u the # or I can give you MCA's number
I just went through the whole process right now, i got my car back this saturday. I spoken to serge via phone and he was very helpful in giving me several pointers in how to go about this. I'll tell you 2 routes you can take.
1. Buy the SAM ( I can refer you to my friend in coral gables MB and you can get it for about $350-he gives me a discount). Then either I or serge can link you up w his tech guy to program your SAM ($300 he told me) in Cali and then you have to get someone here in Miami to link it up to your CANbus. I couldn't find anyone so I went the second route that everyone mentioned.
2. Crosswire the lower LED row to the top row. All people discoverednproblems with the top wire being dimmer BUT I'm assuming that is you do it yourself, which isn't too difficult. I wish I was mechanically inclined to do all that but I'm not. If your a local to Miami you ivenimagined you've heard of Miami Chassis. When it comes to high end cars this is the place. They did the crossnwiring w resistors and the whole 9 yards. Most importantly most pol got an error message and since MCA did it properly I get no error message. $400 w them. If $ is not an issue get the Sam and al in Cali to program it ($650 more or less) n then you have to pay someone to marry your new Sam to the can bus. Don't know how much that is. I spoke to mca and the owner said he can complete the job in 2 days...if serge doesn't get back to you and you want his techs number pm me or w/b & I'll give u the # or I can give you MCA's number
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After reading all the posts on updating the tail lights, I've decide to go with the "change the SAM option". I have NO idea how this programing/reprograming business works. Can other forum members please help with answers to some questions I have?
I understand that in order to reprogram the new 2010 SAM it needs to be installed in a 2010 vehicle.
I would like to be as prepared as possible for when I ask the technician to do the reprogramming. Any additional insight or details on the reprograming process will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
I understand that in order to reprogram the new 2010 SAM it needs to be installed in a 2010 vehicle.
- How difficult is it to remove the existing SAM from a vehicle, install my SAM, then once reprogramed reverse these steps?
- Is the SAM a componenet which simply plugs in to some sort of wiring harness?
- Where is this SAM located?
- Is it as simple as selecting the tail light settings in a menu of options?
or - Does the entire car needs to be reprogramed? I am concerned that when reprograming the SAM, other settings might be affected in my vehicle as well as in the surrogate 2010 car.
I would like to be as prepared as possible for when I ask the technician to do the reprogramming. Any additional insight or details on the reprograming process will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
The SAM itself will turn on the tail light correctly, but then you have to have a dealership to program the SAM to fit with you car option. I don't think you can just send the SAM to someone to get it flashed with 2010 car then plug it in to your car, since your car might have different option than the car that being used to program the SAM.
Without programming, you will loose your fuel gauge, power trunk opener, turn signals, and some more other option, don't remember exactly.
When I did mine, I brought it to MB dealer and paid $300 to get it programmed specifically to my car option. So, I pretty much installed the new SAM, bring the car to the dealer to program. Not all dealership willing to do this, so I told them that I have issue with the car where some of the options doesn't work (playing it stupid). They bought it.
Also, as far for the SAM, I have 1 extra that I want to sell (read my post in this thread also), I can sell it to you for $300 + shipping via USPS Priority mail to anywhere in the US.
