Automotive Keys 1997-2014 Mercedes Benz / 4-Button Fobik Key Vancouver

Mercedes-Benz stopped using a conventional turning key long before most makes did. This four button unit is the slot-in style fitted across seventeen model years, from 1997 to 2014: the key body pushes into the electronic ignition switch, the car reads it, and you twist the whole fob to start. The mechanical part is a short emergency blade hidden inside the body, used only to open the driver's door when the fob is flat. That blade sits on the HU64 track profile, a narrow internal milling that ordinary key machines cannot follow, and we cut it from the key code. The electronic side is the real job. A Mercedes key is written into the vehicle's own key table rather than copied, and this span of years straddles more than one immobiliser generation, so we confirm from the chassis number which generation your car runs before we quote. The listing is the complete key with its board and blade, not a bare housing; an empty housing, sold elsewhere as a shell, is only useful when your existing electronics still work and the case has split or the chrome has lifted, and we can move a good board across if that is all you need. The programming is done with the car in front of us, at 4105 Macdonald St in Vancouver or at your address, and the key you lost is removed from the vehicle's list in the same session so nobody can start the car with it. Have the registration and your driver's licence with you, plus any key you still hold. The usual failure on this style is the case cracking at the slot end after years of being pushed in and pulled out, with the buttons wearing through soon after. Ring 604-734-7233 with the chassis number and we will tell you whether your car is a spare key job or a longer all keys lost session.