What else would this option do? I can already remotely lock/unlock van with the fob, and without having to take the fob out of my pocket, although only from 50-100’ range.

 

Sorry, my bad for not being more specific. My need is to be able to lock/unlock the van without the fob... I believe the feature may also allow other things like remote start, door/window open notifications, vehicle locator, etc.

 

I can't comment on this item, but the mid city engineering remote start product integrates with compustar drone to enable remote unlock over cellular.

 

I looked into the mid city engineering remote start/drone as I have their alarm integration already in the van. I was hoping to get away from the subscription model, but per ice rabbit it sounds like the Mercedes Me stuff is a paid subscription as well... Nothing is free :-(

 

I looked around our SUV, couldn't put eyes on anything; but can confirm that Mercedes Me - paid subscription - has remote start, lock/unlock.

 

Thank you! Do you mind me asking how much is the Mercedes Me subscription?

 

Not a problem. And I have to correct myself. Last October (21), we paid $308.16 to VZC*MERCEDES MBRACE GA in order to be able use the Mercedes app and remote start and pre-heat our GLE she uses in winter. This was as the vehicle went off warranty and the free service years expired. A purchaser of a new MB gets free Mercedes me for a few years (same as warranty?) and then it is a paid service ...

Of course I wish it was just a key fob thing without cellular and fees.

Things change, rebrand, ...

 

I have a 2021 Getaway and use Mercedes Me Connect without a paid subscription. I did have to remind the dealership concierge to register that feature for my VIN. It was my understanding that was free for the first 5 years. I read that on my dealer's website. Of course that won't help because that can't work without the currently unavailable LTE module. (Edit: which mine had --I just noticed that icerabbit was ahead of me by a few seconds)

 

Ahhh! A Metris with an actual LTE module installed! A rare beast indeed!

Do you mind seeing if you can find the module under your steering column or behind the center cupholders and post a photo of the sticker on it for me?

Thanks!

 

No Joy. There was nothing under there that I could get close enough to identify. I did glimpse a couple of modules --one big one squarely mounted to the floor under what you can see in the picture and another candidate under the dash --well to the right of the steering column.

The weather in my driveway is awful tomorrow, but I will try to dig out my bore scope and take a closer look next week.

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Thanks so much for checking!!

 

No Joy. The module under the cup holder on the floor was the air bag controller. The other candidate that I thought I spotted ended up being a part # sticker on an unrelated not-a-module part. Even with a USB bore scope, I didn't find much else.

Your next best bet may be to go to the parts counter at a dealership and ask them to lookup the part number. As much as I love solving a mystery, this one was beyond me. Good luck.

 

Thanks so much for trying! Off to the parts counter I go...

Cheers!

 

^ They might ask for a proper VIN so be ready for that. Please keep us posted, thanks and best of luck!