dead battery and replacement in less than an hour!

**jbanks15** · 06-03-2007

got in car this morning at 845 am. dead, no interior lights, could not turn key, nada. called mb roadside assistance number at 850. road tech calls me at 915. i told him car is 25 months old. gets here 24 mins later. have new battery. under warranty. i did not have my radio code number but fortunately when he hooked the battery up and reset everything, radio/sat/mp3 all commenced working. on the road at 10. tipped him $20. my old 2002 slk 320 had a dead battery at 2 years also. yes i have original vario roof but have had it a year so i don't think drainage was involved. just gets hot here in florida.

**alroumi** · 06-03-2007

Good thing that MB service "Tele Aid" is good.

**etyu** · 06-03-2007

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Originally Posted by jbanks15

got in car this morning at 845 am. dead, no interior lights, could not turn key, nada. called mb roadside assistance number at 850. road tech calls me at 915. i told him car is 25 months old. gets here 24 mins later. have new battery. under warranty. i did not have my radio code number but fortunately when he hooked the battery up and reset everything, radio/sat/mp3 all commenced working. on the road at 10. tipped him $20. my old 2002 slk 320 had a dead battery at 2 years also. yes i have original vario roof but have had it a year so i don't think drainage was involved. just gets hot here in florida.

And it's on a Sunday even.

412driver · 06-03-2007

Good ending. Did tele aid work with dead battery? Not familiar.

DansSlk · 06-03-2007

No Tele-Aid wont work with a flat battery but there is a separate number to phone if you need to.

jbanks, Pleased to hear mate.

There are no codes for the new headunits mate they are just looking for matching components in the car if they find them they power up.

**jbanks15** · 06-03-2007

dan, is that right about no radio code? i don't want to ask for one if one was never supplied to me. car picked up 5/05. any thing else i can supply u with to confirm?

btw, did not use teleaid as i was at house. jist dialed the 800 number

DansSlk · 06-03-2007

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Originally Posted by jbanks15

dan, is that right about no radio code? i don't want to ask for one if one was never supplied to me. car picked up 5/05. any thing else i can supply u with to confirm?

btw, did not use teleaid as i was at house. jist dialed the 800 number

No need to supply anything mate i can assure you there are no codes in use for any component in the car.

Parts are married to each other and are kept secure that way, so one unit looks for another that in turn has been hunting for something else and so on.

You can't just whip out any parts and install in another car without coding and for some parts not even thats possible they will work on one machine only.

V8SLK · 06-03-2007

Dan, sice we're on the teleaid subject, does shutting the command uit off disable teleaid?

DansSlk · 06-03-2007

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Originally Posted by V8SLK

Dan, sice we're on the teleaid subject, does shutting the command uit off disable teleaid?

No mate.

If you switch off the headunit all you are doing is pausing/muting any playing music and putting the screen to sleep all the clever stuff stays awake.

If you disconnect the MOST plug on / or have a fuse blow for a component on the fiber ring then this will shut down Tele-Aid

V8SLK · 06-03-2007

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Originally Posted by DansSlk

No mate.

If you switch off the headunit all you are doing is pausing/muting any playing music and putting the screen to sleep all the clever stuff stays awake.

If you disconnect the MOST plug on / or have a fuse blow for a component on the fiber ring then this will shut down Tele-Aid

thanks Dan. that makes sense, otherwise all a car thief would have to do is shut the command to disable the gps.

DansSlk · 06-03-2007

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Originally Posted by V8SLK

thanks Dan. that makes sense, otherwise all a car thief would have to do is shut the command to disable the gps.

No worries mate there is no easy way to shut down the system without knowing what fuses to pull, stripping the dash out to get at the connectors or pulling the battery.

These things are so hard to steal anyways, the latest trends are either getting a towing eye on the car and pulling it up into a lined container then gutting it and selling the parts or breaking into the owners house and simply stealing the keys because its so much easier.

There are systems that require 2 keys to start the car one being the MB smartkey and the other a key card and if its not in range when you try and start the car a solenoid thats installed in a hardened case and welded to the starter disconnects the battery feed so the thing wont spin-up and the engine wont fire, some also have sirens so they sound if somebody tries to start the car without both keys.

**jbanks15** · 06-04-2007

thanks dan!

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jbanks15 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Valrico, Florida Vehicle: 2009 SLK 55 AMG Posts: 684 Country: Thanks: 8 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	dan, is that right about no radio code? i don't want to ask for one if one was never supplied to me. car picked up 5/05. any thing else i can supply u with to confirm? btw, did not use teleaid as i was at house. jist dialed the 800 number __________________ Jeff 2009 SLK 55 AMG Black/Black Premium 1, Multimedia, Lighting packages Clearshield Protective Film OEM MB Plexiglass Windscreen Eurolight Clear Side Markers Smarttop version 3.22 Kleyman 3rd Brake Light Flashing/Strobing Module V1.5 (Noregrets Custom Works)

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