Repair Mercedes Summer Opening/Convenience Feature

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Open windows with the key fob again! Mine worked when new, then intermittently and finally stopped after 5 years or so.

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[ginase]

Thank you so much. Dealer asked for $ 420 for a new door handle. Showed this to my local Mercedes garage (not the dealership ) and my 2011 SL 550 is now back as new. They actually thanked me for the tutorial, modest smile, and told me that there was no need for the drimel as the sensor twists out free. Score!!

[QuitProcrastinating]

Replying to a six year old video but the fix did work perfectly, thanks!

Just a note, when putting the assembly back in the car make absolutely sure that the shaft of the barrel lock makes it into the receptacle in the door. It is possible to reassemble it with the shaft out of place which renders the emergency key useless and you'll be stuck out of the car when your battery dies. I've checked mine after first time assembling it and had to correct it, it can be really fiddly but very well worth the effort.

[kevinluxford]

Just found this video and fixed my C230K within an hour. Thanks for posting this easily followed fix, which gives a really useful feature back for no money. You Sir, are a star.

[hoshiyasuyuki]

It worked !!
Thank you very much.
My car is 2004 W220 .
I'm concerning to repair this more than 2 years.
There have been no effective information for this.
You are genius !

[SuperPher]

YOU ARE GOD! Just watched literally only 2 of your videos and you answered all of my questions on fixings things that I have ever had on my car. Same 2004 but in silver. Incredible. I have searched so many forums on this and you are the only one to solve the problem. Legit thank you.

[jwrpalmer]

Many thanks for this video - just bought a W211 E55 yesterday with a non-working summer opening - followed your tutorial here and now it's working great!

[voltigore]

Thank you so much! I used a fine hand saw between the sensor and the lock body to remove the metal hook (it's very soft material). For the epoxy I heated a knife tip with a lighter. Soldering iron was $2, 5 and may not work again LOL. The function worked from the first time and I'm not even good at stuff like this. Cheers from Bulgaria

[ruagod]

Thanks so much for this video! I just did this on both doors on my 2002 C32 AMG (same door mechanisms as the base C320, I assume). I chanced upon your video while investigating other issues and discovered that the convenience feature no longer worked (it did work in the past). Took about an hour to do both doors. One minor update: the IR Receiver on the passenger side is attached to the cover plate with a simple clip that is easily removed with a small screwdriver or knife blade, so no metal-cutting is required. Since there is no mechanical key option on the passenger side, it is a much simpler mechanism than the driver side. Other than that, the rest of your video tutorial is spot on. BTW, I re-sealed the IR receiver circuit board with a bit of RTV silicone since that is what I had on hand.

[travelfeet]

Just completed this fix on my '06 e320 CDI. took all of 30 minutes. Thank you!

[airconditionerking]

Brilliant!!!! 2008 BLUETEC E320. Soldered the 2 joints and summer feature is back!! And I bought a new handle- so the keyless go feature works again too. Love you bud!

[donnademarino]

Awesome video, so informative. Thanks for posting! You're right, why pay $500 and get the same defective part? Love it when the little people figure it out. Power to the people!

[smbv]

Awesome!! Mine never worked till now! Great fix. Thank you!

[fzrrr]

You legend!!! just done this on my CLS, exactly as you described from start to finish took all of 40mins. Top man!!!

[althing]

Bro, thank you so much for putting this video up! I did exactly as you did to fix my sensor after finding out that a replacement sensor costs usd250 in my country! All it took was some elbow grease, a torx20 bit, a mini saw, some solder and solder gun, a lighter and xacto knife, and plenty of expletives when I tore door seal. Otherwise, my summer window function works again.

[simonansell]

Followed your video on my W209 CLK 2009 and it worked great just doing the first 2 Thank you :)

[prjacobs]

Finally ... a solution to the b1102 b1103 codes on my Benz, another little project for the winter. Great video, and THANKS!!

[martinwildsmith]

Just done this repair on a C209 CLK. Works perfectly. One point was that I could not get the lock back through the orifice in the door with the plastic tie as there was not enough space. Instead I have wire locked it with some gardening wire instead which should hold it in place. Thanks for the really great video.

[j.schwarts]

you made my day!!! works great. did not even use a heatgun, just a sharp knive.

[ristml]

Thanks brother. Have a 2008 E350 and wasn’t working! Followed your video verbatim and they now work perfectly! Thanks again!

[Jonathanlack-jb]

Omg amazing. Thank you so much. Took 30 mins start to finish. My own deviations from your guidance would be the snapping off of the hook with a pair of pliers rather than a dremmel, a dab of Vaseline on the exposed two solder joints and as has been said even a small zip tie wouldn’t pass through the aperture simply wound some electrical tape but the receiver is in tight regardless . Nice one👍