[Carless]

All keys to my car are lost and the dealership wants $950 for a replacement key. Does that sound right? Does anyone have any recent experience ordering MB keys since the chip shortage?

 

[khomer2]

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Check for pricing with another stealership (more than one).
Seems steep, imo.

 

[Carless]

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Check for pricing with another stealership (more than one).
Seems steep, imo.

Thanks, all 3 MB stealerships in our city belong to the same guy!

 

[Rickman30]

Have you tried locksmith, many have aftermarket keys and can program it, I'm not sure about valet key, but it's not impossible.

 

[Carless]

Have you tried locksmith, many have aftermarket keys and can program it, I'm not sure about valet key, but it's not impossible.

Hi Rickman, the auto locksmith asked for $600 but said they "think we can do it" that didn't give me too much confidence plus an independent German Car Mechanic had told me that some of his MB customers have "run into problems" with independent programmers. At this point it looks like this open wallet surgery will be expensive!

 

[Rickman30]

Yeah, definitely avoid if they say that.

 

[Pfe550cab]

All keys to my car are lost and the dealership wants $950 for a replacement key. Does that sound right? Does anyone have any recent experience ordering MB keys since the chip shortage?

A year or so ago the transmitter in one of my keys stopped working. You couldn’t unlock the doors with it. If you took the keyless start button out the key would start the car.

RBM of Atlanta replaced it for me. I think cost about 5 or 600 dollars. They had to order the key. It took a few days.

i check my records tomorrow and confirm the price

 

[ZeroGee]

I paid less than $300 for an electronic key and valet key for my wife's 2012 E-350 Cabriolet in 2021 thru an independent but authorized MB maintenance shop. Of course, 9 months after it came in the previous owner called and found the missing set.