W210 grabbing keyfob

bigtwin

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Couple of weeks ago, the fob started turning in the ignition beyond the normal range, i.e. the central rotating barrel was traveling further round than normal. It was a fiddle get the key to release too.

Sprayed some lube in there, and it seemed to sort itself out.

Now however, you have a "jiggle" the fob to get it in, and again to get it out, even after the lock whirring thing's made the let go noise - it's not grabbing and releasing cleanly. Other than that, everything is working fine.

The garage had a squint, said they couldn't find anything wrong, and that a new ignition unit from MB was about £3.79million, so I'd rather not go down that route. On the other hand, obviously I don't want to get stuck somewhere when/if it finally throws a wobbly.

Checked inner lock ring - tight.
Does it with both fobs, so not battery prob with fob.
Car battery fine.

Any ideas?
 

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Possibly not the same issue but in my 3 years of owning mine I've had the key not release from the ignition 3 times. The first two times I was none the wiser as to why. I just left it a while or drove round the block and all was well.

On the third occasion I noticed I hadn't put the gear lever into P properly. A minor push to make sure it was in P and then the key released ok.

May not be your issue but worth a check and it costs nothing
 
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Had the same as above cleaned out with some alcohol and cotton buds.
 
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Had the same as above cleaned out with some alcohol and cotton buds.

Ah. Worth a go.

Done.

Now. What did you do to the car?

More seriously, thanks - will give it a go in the morning.
 

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