I purchased a MBZ 1997 S500 Couple, that is in very good condition and it runs great. However, it only came with one key and I'm worried that I will be stuck if I can't get another one made. I've checked with several dealers in my area as well as contacted the corporate offices of BMZ and I was told that Mercedez not longer supports the keys for this model as well as any other model that uses the Drive Authorization System. I also reached out to a place in Great Britan that claim they were able to create replacement keys for these cars but I needed to bring the car to them. So now I'm reaching out to anyone in the US that has access or the ability to make me a new key for my car.
Go to this link below, this forum member has a similar car, and just went through a no key situation, which he recently fixed.
This guy, (jc220), is an expert at just about anything older Mercs, and he is in the UK. It's incredible what this guy can do, he has the information you need to get another key made. His Owners thread is super long, so go to the end and work backwards where he replaces the engine in his S500 coupe, gets it running, then has the key failure. This segment is on his page #29 and starts at post # 1402, Incredible amount of research and trouble shooting got him back running again, with the help of his locksmith who did reprogramming for him.
Hi all, I am new on here- I have owned W124 cars for many years andjust very recently purchased a 1993 E500- my dream Benz!! However- it's currently a nightmare. Please see the contentsof this thread where I have been trying to give as much info on the Battery drain problem as possible-...
www.500eboard.co
good luck
PS: If you want to find out what Joe has done, and what he is capabile of doing, start reading his owners thread from the beginning, he has an incredible amount of energy and ability to understand and fix anything. He has a fleet of old Merc's he maintains, and he's lately into S class cars.. (that forum is the E500board.com), I'm there as outrbnks as well