Spilled sugary drink into console buttons
08-28-2018 | 09:21 PM
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Spilled sugary drink into console buttons
It became apparent to me that my navi, radio, back, and hazard buttons felt sluggish when pressed. I finally saw tell-tell signs that I had spilled some sugary drink into the console area of my car. This then seeped down in between the hard buttons. I took a water-saturated paper towel and pushed the water down in between the buttons , then pushed a dry paper towel into those buttons while pressing on them. I repeated that process about 4 or 5 times and everything seems great again.
08-29-2018 | 02:21 AM
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Good to see , they're back in good order . I don't mind wiping the buttons with antibacterial wet towel either ,same goes for my keyboard of the notebook which I'm just typeiurtnhehggyy errr typing right now to reply 
08-29-2018 | 07:13 AM
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08-29-2018 | 01:29 PM
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08-29-2018 | 06:29 PM
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All I know is, my trick worked without introducing more chemicals. I did consider using electronic spray but I felt in this case I needed to "pull" the sugar out by absorption. I didn't pour water into the buttons. Just allowed a tad to seep in. Checked it again this afternoon and the buttons are clicking again like normal. I wonder how difficult it would be to get that whole panel of buttons out of the console?
08-29-2018 | 10:53 PM
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When I bought my S550 all the buttons were sticking. I owned an auto detailing business and when we ran into this issue we would spray the buttons with winded or an interior detailer solution, let it sit for a minute or so then use a shop vac and suck all the liquid out then dry the remaining with a microfiber. Always works. The solution would dissolve whatever was causing the stickiness and then you shop vac it all out.
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08-30-2018 | 08:58 AM
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It became apparent to me that my navi, radio, back, and hazard buttons felt sluggish when pressed. I finally saw tell-tell signs that I had spilled some sugary drink into the console area of my car. This then seeped down in between the hard buttons. I took a water-saturated paper towel and pushed the water down in between the buttons , then pushed a dry paper towel into those buttons while pressing on them. I repeated that process about 4 or 5 times and everything seems great again.
