I'll bet they did not see this coming:

remote not working

And we used to complain about having to replace a tumbler on the 123/124 and 126 cars every 15 years or so.

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Jim

I'd like to know how you'd push a car with RKE out of an interference zone if you couldn't get in the car to take it out of park.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Years ago I posted a thread in the ML forum about a strange anomaly where a section of I-35 in OK had some radio interference planted in that area that would make the SUV go haywire (beeps and all dash warning lights triggered) and erupt in "limp home" mode. I wrote it off the first time, but since it was a frequent route on an annual family trip, I was able to narrow it down to a particular 1/4 mile stretch of highway.

The 99 ML is no longer in my posession, and I have since acquired an '07, then my current '09, and neither of them suffered from the same issue...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Push really, really, REALLY hard.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

The entire city forgot how to use the cut metal key that inside or attached to most Remotes ?

-John

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2009 Kia Sedona
2009 Honda Odyssey EX-L
12006 Jetta Pumpe Duse
(insert Mercedes here)

Husband, Father, sometimes friend =)