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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[@ginase2665]

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!!

[@mugs132]

Thanks for sharing your experience bud. That's awesome. And I've heard some models have slight variations. Enjoy the summer feature...el Nino !!!

[@mugs132]

unless that was a typo and you meant 2001, yours is the latest model I've heard of with the issue. And really, $420 bucks! It's like they pick that number as an inside joke...you have to be high to willingly pay it.

[@ginase2665]

+mugs132. No typo Mugs. And my name is Gina. I knew I could maybe fix it myself but I was worried I might break a finger nail. Final cost was $ 120. No regrets, they treat me like royalty.

[@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.

[@kevinluxford8022]

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.

[@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

[@mugs132]

Cheers!!!

[@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 !

[@mugs132]

Thanks dude. Feels great getting this feature back, and doing it yourself. And really, there's nothing to lose if it's stopped working.

[@hoshiyasuyuki]

Right side sensor soon worked. Left side sensor didn't work at first. But I remembered your suggestion of soldering 2 seconds . 2 seconds soldering was the key point. Any way I appreciated your explanation .m(_　_)m

[@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!

[@travelfeet]

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

[@donnademarino4845]

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!

[@SuperPher1]

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.

[@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!

[@mugs132]

Just pulled the car out of storage for the summer. Guess what? The fix still works perfectly!! Good luck everyone and enjoy getting this feature back. -mugs

[@wagakamakoyo7309]

Dude, this was brilliant! 5 Star Repair!

[@martinwildsmith2663]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@simonansell3035]

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

[@Leonardo555ZZZ]

Great work ,,here's a tip , rotate the lock barrel away from the tang then you won't need to cut it off and use a zip tie.

[@000smbv000]

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

[@prjacobs]

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

[@fzr400rr100]

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

[@mugs132]

Drove mine last night and this fix still works years later. Thanks bud.

[@user-tk5ox1qq4z]

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👍

[@scouse8236]

Just done mine now opens from about 5 meters away. I could actually see the gap in the solder , thanks for the vid very informative.

[@mordikorah4512]

Hi I also had a problem lifting the windows Yesterday I did exactly what you did it work like new thanks to Ttoh

[@Okaybut1stChiChi]

2004 CLK500 Cabriolet...Worked like a charm. Thanks!

[@kenleroy]

I thought it was the plastic in front of the IR receiver being worn by the sun too much, since it sporadically worked. Then I saw this movie, since I'm on holiday I decided to try this. I don't have that many tools handy here, so I used some wire-cutters to remove the big metal bracket instead of the dremel, was easy enough. For the industrial hair-dryer part I just used a lighter on a cutter knife (not directly on the receiver). For the soldering, just heating up the existing solder was enough, but I added a little just to be sure. I used some bathroom silicone to seal the thing again. The hardest part was locating the damn torx screw ^_^ the few times. Thanks for the great video mugs132. This helped a lot. TBH I think MBenz should be a little bit more customer friendly when it comes to these kind of things. We had a broken plastic and some broken leds of the indicator in the read view mirror, the official dealer wanted to charge us over €500 just for the part, cause they had to replace the whole mirror(BS btw), then paint it the right colour etc, would've been freakishly expensive. I googled the plastic led part , it was €35 delivered the next day and it was an official MB part. To assemble I needed a phillips screwdriver and one bigger flat one, took me 10min to repair. I would've taken me more time to let the MB-dealer do it than fixing this myself, and about €1000 less expensive. These things are not very customer friendly IMO.

[@j.schwarts9837]

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

[@vicfurpac72]

Thanks dude. Straight on, dry solder was the problem.

[@ristml]

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

[@bobross1470]

Followed your video instructions. IT WORKED !! Thanks a million. Now, about my driver door master window switches..

[@Trini_Gemini]

Haha. Same here with my driver's side window on a w220

[@marvinnorman9236]

i just want to say i watched your video on this topic and i just did what u said to do and it works perfectly fine thanks for sharing this video it saved me 5 hundred dollars easy

[@badiburgan]

Maybe the sunroof sensor is broken

[@nuvision08]

Thanks for the fix ... worked perfectly on my 2002 Mercedes C240 Base Model . I would be real careful using a heat gun as you may heat up areas you don't want melted. I used a razor blade and small screwdriver to remove the epoxy and that worked just fine. Now I can open and close my windows and sunroof from outside the car.

[@Q.Lawrence]

Thank you for this tutorial. I just did the repair. The three solder joints were the culprit on mine. Serious quality control issue on such a nice car.

[@sayulitagolfcarrentals1095]

Such a great hack!!! Thank you, took 15min fix, superb! Now if someone could find a hack to keep the air recyling on all the time...

[@hoshiyasuyuki]

I will try the same way with my 2004 W220. You are relly great!! Thank you very much .

[@ruslanmagerramov7003]

Did it worked buddy?

[@ravenj424]

Thanks, that helped for EVERYTHING, even the locking and unlock problem!!!

[@delchodimov1989]

It works now on my w203 2001. Thank you so much for the great video.

[@Jasshands1]

Wow that is awesome thank you so much for posting it. Simple and too the point. If you were in my town I would buy you a beer.

[@Tint_Boost]

I got a 2005 c230 and it only work once a while. It's good to know where the problem came from... Great video

[@PatricksDIY]

If you turn the top you don't have to break anything, well at least with my 06 c280 That's all I had to do, no breaking expensive parts, Just twisting the lock column I think I had the key in it, I cant remember, I just know I didn't have to break anything. Looks identical to yours, but could be a slight difference. but either way it was YOUR video that showed me that I could fix it myself without spending $500 Thank you very much!

[@pnutlewis0064]

Tackled it today. It worked , to the book. Great fix well done , great instructions. Worth the advert 😆

[@majaril]

Muchísimas gracias. Gracias a tu tutorial he podido ver que el cable se había soltado, lo he vuelto a conectar y ha vuelto funcionar. Many thanks. Thanks to your tutorial I could see that the cable had come loose, I have reconnected it and it has worked again.

[@cedjazz]

Great idea, but mine Is intermittent. I think it has to do with the sensor “window” on the handle. I notice it works fine indoors(no sunlight) but does not work outdoors where direct/indirect sunlight is involved.

[@Vyper5]

very good work and explanation... job done on my mercedes and everything works good now

[@davebaskerville5772]

100% WORKS THANKS only took 40 mins great video

[@REAL_MPSS]

That is a great video. Mine has been broken for years and now I know why. Now I just have to figure out if I actually miss the feature enough to fix it. Thanks.

[@XPLR4EVER-d8b]

This video is spot on ,except for one little thing...the T20 screw can most definitely come out! So now my windows and sunroof open from the outside and I get to take my door apart to locate the missing screw to...fml

[@Pugwash.]

Wow, just fixed our R171 SLK the same way. Thanks

[@PaulPaid]

good job. I will be tackling this tomorrow on my c320.

[@sofa3042]

i thot that feature just didnt work on my 03 c240.. resoldered both doors and it works great now :) thank you 👍👍👍

[@davidpfanty]

Thank you very much. Now all it works. My car: Mercedes C180 / W203 - 2001 ;-)

[@billythekid9654]

Thanks for the video buddy. I have to do this in the following days. 👌

[@rome4453]

Thank you for a very instructive video, it works perfect! Just a few comments: I used a hacksaw blade to do the cutting, as I don’t have a Dremel. I only removed the epoxy near the soldering points and sealed the unit with new epoxy afterwards. But again, you did an excellent job!

[@declandavid7830]

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[@rickydominik9977]

@Declan David Instablaster =)

[@declandavid7830]

@Ricky Dominik Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@bobross1470]

My car is a 2003 c240. I'll check out the video on resetting the express windows Thanks Mugs..

[@pnutlewis0064]

I haven’t even attempted it yet but what a great video. Top job ! Finally I’m gonna fix it 👍

[@EinZweiPolizei1]

Dude, your hands grow from the right place. Greetings from Russia, ran to try! =)

[@emanm6571]

Great video works great 10 min repair

[@kapitanhiko]

Thank you very much! It's working very nice! Good method! Thanxxx

[@jtauscher]

you can just break of the two metal pins with pliers and some force..I did this twice (w203/s203) also you only need to fix the two pins on the PCB which connect the IR receiver. Its the two pins where Mugs132 thumb is at 3:34. That makes things even easier.

[@mukika009]

It's worked on my '00 w203, thank you!!!!!!

[@Histogramas]

Super nice DIY man!!! :) nice to know for when mine stops working. Thanks!

[@kucingkurus973]

Hi, The best ideas that I have noticed was on Volt daddy (i did a google) Probably the most informative info on batteries and this type of thing that I have found.

[@ahmad8736]

Thank you we waiting more.

[@robertehlers4330]

Thanks 2004 e320 worked perfect i saw 1 video that guy turned the part and got board out idk did not work i cut it like you did 👍🙏

[@baetech1982]

Thank you ,,,i just did it last night, amazing,it worked out,,,thanks alot !!!

[@sagula66]

Wow that really worked on my car thanks

[@missybradley7734]

Brilliant. Well done. Thank you.

[@lorenreyes2855]

Thanks for the great video! My summer unlock and lock feature is intermittent. I have a E550. I bet it's exactly the same thing. Thanks again for making this great video. 👍

[@frankk.8097]

Great DIY, thank you !

[@alexstator7375]

I didn't know my car has this feature. That's amazing. How I wish you live near Sacramento so I can just bring my car to you. :)

[@saeedorandi32]

Thank you ever so much for your very useful video.

[@n.q.8574]

Thanks a lot.its great....👍👍👍👍👍👍.now its works.

[@ainovain4790]

Thank you very much bro...

[@matimati3530]

Worked perfect for me, thank you very very much bro

[@coolcat23]

Apparently it is possible to remove the pins without having to drill them out by using a very small screw, screwing it into the pin and then pulling the later out.

[@rogerserafin]

Very cool piece of info. Thanks.

[@richy4308]

muchas gracias solucionaste mi problema !!

[@vincecastillo1973]

Awesome Video. Very helpful. Thank you

[@camilord7894]

Man, let me tell you are the best! Cheers!!

[@s.s95001]

Thank you very much bro

[@user-tx1it1bx8x]

Спасибо тебе парень! У меня 209, все тоже починил по твоему видео, раньше и не знал что у меня есть такая функция!)) Пол России уже починилось по твоему видео! Пришли номер куда зачислить деньги!

[@othmanksamine1152]

Good work

[@jesusislord94]

YOU - ARE - AMAZING ! Thanks ! (Although i didnt do the repair yet)

[@mechris7973]

Mine was working fine and the partr in the door is fine but My key "lost" the "Programing" for the feature how do you re-set this feature after the key loses the memory for it

[@aleryes6136]

Gracias por el vídeo. Me funcionó. Saludos

[@Cars-Guitars-Music]

Great video, terrific repair 👍 😀 🎵

[@mazharsoufi5270]

thank u i have 2008, i'd rather buy it used off ebay, what is the name of that part plz?

[@ajva46]

I have similar problem with my w203. It doesn't want to even open the door, or lock them. And we realise, that in winter it worked and even in the evening, or night too. So this looks like the same kind of problem. Do you think it will work?

[@virgilson1]

Hi, my problem is the FOB for my 2008 clk350 RF does not work at all and the door will not lock or unlock through the IR window during the day but will work at night upto about 1 meter or so. Do you have any recommendation or fix to this problem? Thank you in advance.

[@stevebrown3907]

Thanks mugs123, it totally works!!!

[@ValentasD]

Thanks a lot!!! It works!!

[@rodimo510]

worked perfectly thanks!

[@donnellfoster5297]

Great Video

[@MrWagbe]

please help me. should i link those two circuit points or what?? please help. what should i realy do? s il vous que dois je réellement faire avec l éteint? dois je interconnecter les deux terminaisons du circuit ou comment? thankyou a lot

[@marvinnorman9236]

no all the windows are working fine including the sun roof using the key remote after watching the video and doing exactly what was said to do.

[@EndlessXConcertgoers88]

koo, gonna do this to my car. Do you have the rear sunshade problem? mines won't roll down after pushing the bottom.

[@johnruggiero5939]

I can’t get the torx screw to tighten back up when putting it back onto the car. Any advice?

[@maxihoffmann1367]

Thanks in germany the coustemers doesent make videos like this :D It works on my Clk 2005 !!! Danke

[@arifomer6669]

Why? Because of cheap price ?

[@rafsab8]

quick question I have a usa w203 left hand drive will a sensor from a uk model fit from a right hand drive

[@LB-nc7tg]

Any ideas on how to fix the keyless entry door sensor or the keyless start button on the gear shift knob of a 2004 e320 w211?

[@absx7167]

Is there a risk of damage anything and will central locking work with the cylinder removed to lock the door

[@mlarry202]

u good bro...... thanks