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no lights on dash, immobiliser knackered?

c220cdi2010

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hello,
not sure if electric or something else, but these are steps on what happened and outcome and wondering on thoughts really.
drove to work - about 25mile of meandering a-road -> NO Issues at all
drove to kids swimming to pick them up - as uphill parking put handbrake on & left in 1st gear & turned wheel away from curb - so fully loaded incase anything should break!!
so far so good
get back to car, open remote boot & unlock all ok
radio works, fag lighter works, interior lights work, remote boot lock work

put key in to start and nothing, zip, nada
no lights on dash at all
unable to undo steering lock as electronic
lock & unlock - same outcome
tried other key - same outcome
locked and managed to set alarm off - unlocked all ok and alarm off

so seems like car recognises key but doing nothing!

called aa and they spent 1hr doing all they know and now it is at garage waiting to be looked at
he did fuse checks & battery checks & full ecu reset

any thoughts on what could be issue?

thanks, neil
 
Sounds like the EIS or whatever it's called has gone, ouch :eek:

Is the lock stuck on?

iConica on here has managed to fix his himself maybe worth giving him a shout
 
Thanks Ash.

Sounds like expensive from the ouch!

Will now research what eis is

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you saying that aa did mention something about eis, but let him concentrate on trying to fix
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quick research and looks like commonish fault and needs a new eis and reprogramming which only mb stealer can do
mine is £150hr and no idea on cost of replacement so looks like i need to start harvesting the kidney farm again!

will see what garage says that has the car, but any other thoughts appreciated

Neil
 
long time to update, oops!

well, turns out was not the eis, but a £15 motor that moves a bolt up and down into steering column had failed.
so £400 lighter later and all has been fine.
Neil
 

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