Why are dealers so hesitant...

[ipwn]

when it comes to coding a module ( not programming.)

On my W221 it is very easy to add aux, buy a £25 cable, wire it into the command, drill the glovebox and snap it in the hole.

Then it needs 3 minutes on Star to click the enable aux option and click save. Maybe 2 and a half of the 3 minutes is loading up star and plugging it in, 30 seconds to enable it.

One dealer didn't call me back, the other dealer was hesitant oohing and aahing and the independant said it would take the whole day, they would have to download the entire ECU, contact Mercedes who will make the changes and reupload to the vehicle No idea what he was smoking.

It was far quicker for me to buy a clone star that was DHLd over in 2 days and I enabled it within 20 minutes of opening the package, installing the hard drive and enabling the aux.

TBF that independant made me hit a wall straightaway

 

[MancMike]

By dealer do you mean a proper MB dealership?

Downloading the entire ECU is probably a backup incase it screws up surely?

 

[ipwn]

Indeed by dealer I mean dealership and indy I mean independant MB specialist.

No his reasoning was that it's not possible just to turn on aux, the programming (lol) behind has to be manually edited or something like that. I stopped listening and waited for a gap for me to end the conversation.

 

[MancMike]

It's still tapping some buttons, by manually editing is he trying to suggest he's actually altering the code himself?

I am, so would have quizzed him in depth about that.

Obviously they just didn't want to touch it for some reason. What was they quoting for it?

 

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[gr1nch]

It was far quicker for me to buy a clone star that was DHLd over in 2 days and I enabled it within 20 minutes of opening the package, installing the hard drive and enabling the aux.

Can you share the clone Star model you bought and where it can be bought? I'm interested in doing the same.