I was at the dealer today and was talkin to my service advisor. MB came out with a remote start.. Its a chip that goes inside the key and takes about 15 minutes to install. Bad thing it costs $1200.00 but is under full warranty from MB. Any suggestions?

 

Midcity makes it also.. Smartstarter key its called and you can upgraded it with vipers remotestart kit for you iphone or blackberry very cool feature:-)

 

whatever happened to the midcity project. They were working their way up to the W221s I think back when I last read.


edit-
Midcity thread in the audio/electronice below:
https://mbworld.org/forums/audio-ele...-smartkey.html

 

It probably is Mid City's starter, I have their starter along with the Viper Smart Start feature. The dealers in Chicago install the Mid City product when they advertise remote starters.

 

oooo..will the remote smart work on cars w/o the keyless go option??

 

i'm not a 100% sure but im pretty sure i read that it does

 

MidcityEngineering and Viper SmartStart can work together without any issues.

http://caraudiomag.com/articles/viper-smartstart-review

 

All Mercedes whether you have keyless go or not.

Without keyless go after remote starting, in order to move the car you simply have to insert the fob into ignitiong and with keyless go simply push the start button once and you're good to go!!

 

only if it was a DIY-able installation.. i can't find any reliable shops that would do this job :/

 

If you would like, feel free to call our offices at 312.421.1114 and we can locate a dealer that is local to you that is qualified to do the work...

 

I would love to install the remote starter for a 2013. I like the idea of using the factory key. All I can find are dealer/vendor installed options. Does anyone know if self- or self-selected vendor (i.e., a shop I prefer to work with that is not an authorized dealer) is an option?

Thanks.

 

Yep. I'm a dealer for midcity and can get you one. Install is simple, plug & play. Shoot me an email and I'll try to help.

 

Fantastic! Thank you Jason. PM is on the way!

 

Cool. The other thing I like is the add-on drone app, which lets you start it from any mobile device.

 

PM'd

 

I have the midcity engineering starter and drone mobile in mine. I ordered it from ebay. Its easy to install as long as you know how to take the wood trim off of the dash. Theres videos on youtube on how to do it. Theres just one tricky part to install in cars with keyless go and that is theres a CAN bus cable that needs to be connected to the keyless entry module. The CAN bus block is under the drivers seat. It has to be routed from under the seat to the remote start module.

 

It is a simple plug and play you can use your factory remote or you can wire it up with a Compustar system which is by far better than Vipers system. When you add the Compustars system to the plug and play remote start system, you just need to wire ground, battery hot, and ignition. Rest is a 4 wire plug and play data plug. I've done these installs.

 

Hmm, so what is the MB part number?