I am sorry Paul, what I said was uncalled for. I think people should be at least made aware of what is goind on in the new digital age. If they do not object to tracking and that type of thing, that totally fine and cool. But I think many are unaware and would otherwise object to it and I guess I get a little impaitent, I shouldn't, towards anyone that I might percieve might be preventing readers from what can and does actually happen with networks nowadays.

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1996 E320
2000 C230 Kompressor
1988 190e 2.3 - 225K miles, owned for 7 years. I cannot say enough good things about this car. Very well built, even at 225 it ran like new.

My analog MB phone in the 2001 E Class is still operational and I believe uses the roof antenna.

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07 E350 4Matic wagon, 06 S430 4Matic, 99 SLK 230
retired W210 (x3), W124, W126

The phone probably works, but who do you think it talks to, the systems sre shut down. I last tried mine about 4 years ago and got a intercept....

I don't know how it works, but the phone still makes and receives calls and all features work (phone book, caller ID, call waiting, call conferencing). It costs $10 a month for the extra line.

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07 E350 4Matic wagon, 06 S430 4Matic, 99 SLK 230
retired W210 (x3), W124, W126

you must have a dealership change tele-aid to the new mbrace numbers if you want it to work. long ago when mbrace came out mercedes had a customer one claim and they would update all the old tele-aid to the new numbers. now i think you have to pay to have it done.

tele-aid causing engine wear and fault codes, now thats a new one

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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Hi Bhatt,

Can you tell me how to disable the SOS warning? I find it annoying--it is always displayed on my dashboard. I think, for this reason, my gear selector does not appear on the dashboard.

Your SOS warning is always displayed? It shouldn't be.

Mine said "Teleaid disabled" or something like that every time I started up the car, and it went away a few seconds later.

It was annoying so I disabled Teleaid using a STAR(DAS) system. I think it was in the instrument cluster where I set Teleaid to "not present" and it went away.

If yours is always displayed maybe it's telling you of an error?

Either way, I'm sure if you disable it with STAR(DAS) it will disable the entire Teleaid system and the error will go away. It doesn't use any other critical components of the car (it's pretty self contained with its own buttons, antennas, and even speakers are separate from the rest of the radio system)

So should probably not be an issue to disable. Find an indy shop with STAR and have them do it (unless you own a system yourself). I would guess no dealer will do it for you as it's a safety system.

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'83 300SD 335,000km (207k) mi SOLD
'87 560SL 163,000km (101k mi) SOLD
'86 300SDL 356,000km (220k mi) SOLD
'92 500SEL 250,000km (155k mi) SOLD
'90 300SL 140,000km (87k mi) SOLD
'01 S430 260,000km (161k mi) SOLD
'03 SL500 167,000km (104k mi) SOLD
'07 S550 4MATIC 235,000km (146k mi) SOLD
'07 GL320 CDI 4MATIC 348,000km (215k mi)
'13 GL350 BlueTec 4MATIC 170,000km (105k mi)
'14 SL550 72,000km (43k mi)

Yes, it's always displayed as a "malfunction" on the multifunction display. So that's something that can only be disabled with a STAR (DAS) device? No fuse or something I can pull?

Do you know why the gear selection indicator isn't showing on said display? I have a 2001 C 240 and according to the owner's manual, on the far right side of the multifunction display, it should indicate what gear I am on (P R N D or gear number in manual override). But it doesn't