Hi i hope someone can help with this.
I have 2 problems and I'm not sure they are related but they are both related to my keys.
I have a C180 W203 2001 I got it a few months ago, it came with 2 keys the first one (silver) worked straight away all of the time. the second one (black) worked to to unlock the doors but not start the car. I have had a look on the forum and it seems this is a common problem with theses keys so I was preparing to get a new key from the stealer's.
about a week ago I went to the car in the morning and it wouldn't open with the silver key i opened the door with the manual key, the alarm went off i was then able to turn it off with the keyfob and start the car, for the rest of the day the key worked fine. This now happens most mornings i go to open the car. i have found if i try to open it and wait about 2 minutes then try again the doors open.
I have changed the battery, when I press the key to open the doors the red light on it flashes and i have tried pointing it at the drivers door handle. If i try the black key after the silver on has failed that fails too. on one occasion i tried the black key first i wasn't able to start the car with either key for about 5 minutes.
I hope that not too much to take in.
Thanks
I have 2 problems and I'm not sure they are related but they are both related to my keys.
I have a C180 W203 2001 I got it a few months ago, it came with 2 keys the first one (silver) worked straight away all of the time. the second one (black) worked to to unlock the doors but not start the car. I have had a look on the forum and it seems this is a common problem with theses keys so I was preparing to get a new key from the stealer's.
about a week ago I went to the car in the morning and it wouldn't open with the silver key i opened the door with the manual key, the alarm went off i was then able to turn it off with the keyfob and start the car, for the rest of the day the key worked fine. This now happens most mornings i go to open the car. i have found if i try to open it and wait about 2 minutes then try again the doors open.
I have changed the battery, when I press the key to open the doors the red light on it flashes and i have tried pointing it at the drivers door handle. If i try the black key after the silver on has failed that fails too. on one occasion i tried the black key first i wasn't able to start the car with either key for about 5 minutes.
I hope that not too much to take in.
Thanks