Hi Folks,
Bought a 2011 Merc e220 estate off a local independent dealer, told me stereo was inoperable, I was not that annoyed and saw as a trivial matter and i got a nice deal,
When i turn on the car and the radio comes on as normal and is perfect for 10 seconds and then the message " Antitheft protection activated please contact your local Mercedes workshop".. took to mercedes dealer 2 hours away and they charged me 65 pound to tell me basically the car can not communicate to the radio and the option was to book it in again for a complete removing of car software and radio software and reinstalling it again and hoping the radio and car would marry up and cure problem...
Booked in today, was there for 5 hours and result was that I need a new command unit at 960 plus vat
So drive 2 hours home and still no radio. fed up at this stage and as i said to merc service guys its the first merc i have owned and love it but god i am cheesed off and nowhere to turn...
I am not gone on buying a new command unit when my own works for 10 secs and obviously is "alive"
They said there is a problem the unit writing to an internal memory chip or something worded similar.
Would really like some help as this seems a common problem when I google it but still no answers..
Thanks all... heres hoping
Bought a 2011 Merc e220 estate off a local independent dealer, told me stereo was inoperable, I was not that annoyed and saw as a trivial matter and i got a nice deal,
When i turn on the car and the radio comes on as normal and is perfect for 10 seconds and then the message " Antitheft protection activated please contact your local Mercedes workshop".. took to mercedes dealer 2 hours away and they charged me 65 pound to tell me basically the car can not communicate to the radio and the option was to book it in again for a complete removing of car software and radio software and reinstalling it again and hoping the radio and car would marry up and cure problem...
Booked in today, was there for 5 hours and result was that I need a new command unit at 960 plus vat
So drive 2 hours home and still no radio. fed up at this stage and as i said to merc service guys its the first merc i have owned and love it but god i am cheesed off and nowhere to turn...
I am not gone on buying a new command unit when my own works for 10 secs and obviously is "alive"
They said there is a problem the unit writing to an internal memory chip or something worded similar.
Would really like some help as this seems a common problem when I google it but still no answers..
Thanks all... heres hoping