Originally Posted by
CL770
Hi wombrat
There's no way to bypass the SKREEM. Your mechanic friend was way off the mark, the ECU will not start or run the engine without a matched up SKREEM. I'm afraid that the easiest and most cost effective solution for you is to buy a new key. It is possible to read the key codes from the existing SKREEM module and make chips for new keys, but you'd need some specialist equipment to do it (and it would cost more than a new key) Keys are approx $660 from Needswings. It's worth spending the money. The alternatives are way too much effort.
If she just lost the key, and the skreem and antenna was working just fine up to that point, all you need to do is contact needs wings with her vin number and she provides him with some basic ownership proof, and in a week she will be back on the road after he sends her a new key already programmed to start and run her car. A 30 second programming procedure will enable her to open the doors. Cost......$680 or so. If the skreem or antenna goes, she might eventually need that too, same price and purchase procedure. Don 't wait too long, Mercedes and Chrysler are no longer providing these last time I checked, needs wings can still get them , but could be discontinued at any time. Meanwhile, the race to find an alternative solution continues. Thank you , Gary, for being understanding.