Gozaradio
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- Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- S320 (June 2000)
Hi Everyone,
First post to this forum here so I hope I can find some help.
I have a June 2000 S320, no major complaints aside from a couple of niggles which I will ask about in due course but the most important issue is that of the spare key not working (I'm paranoid about losing the main key and not being able to drive the car, especially as we are going on a long trip soon). This is the 3 button key (DAS3?)
Main key works absolutely fine, spare key will open car and will also perform global opening / closing when pointed at driver's door so I assume this to mean that the battery, radio and infra red are all in working order.
However, I can't turn the key in the ignition. I know from searching and reading here that the most likely cause is dodgy coil but I've opened up the key and it all looks in order.
I took pics in case I'm missing something:
Assuming that the coil appears to be in tact, what options remain for me before forking out for a new key from MB?
Thanks in advance for any help.
First post to this forum here so I hope I can find some help.
I have a June 2000 S320, no major complaints aside from a couple of niggles which I will ask about in due course but the most important issue is that of the spare key not working (I'm paranoid about losing the main key and not being able to drive the car, especially as we are going on a long trip soon). This is the 3 button key (DAS3?)
Main key works absolutely fine, spare key will open car and will also perform global opening / closing when pointed at driver's door so I assume this to mean that the battery, radio and infra red are all in working order.
However, I can't turn the key in the ignition. I know from searching and reading here that the most likely cause is dodgy coil but I've opened up the key and it all looks in order.
I took pics in case I'm missing something:
Assuming that the coil appears to be in tact, what options remain for me before forking out for a new key from MB?
Thanks in advance for any help.