I did it with VVDI Prog programmer as you have seen in the video. You do NOT need the adapters, even though they make life easier, you can solder some cables and extract the files that way. VVDI Prog will give you the connections diagram, so you'll know what and where to solder. I hope this help!!!
@Proud Papa - Hi Greg. Yes it should work as long as the EIS is an FBS3 generation. After 2014 Mercedes changed their 3rd generation (FBS3) to fourth generation (FBS4) system. FBS4 systems, at the moment can be programmed by Mercedes only. I hope this helps.
@Proud Papa - Sorry Greg I just noticed your vehicle is a 2003 so it should be just fine. Tomorrow I will be cloning a w639 VITO VAN EIS and I will film that as well, so keep an eye.
I had problem with EIS, but once I took it out, took it apart, clean those electrical contacts and connectors, and put it back together, the problem went away. I do believe much of these problems arise from corrosion of electric contacts.
@David Jacob - Never thought of that actually. I always thought they go wrong mechanically (internally). I have a few EISs that I kept from customers. I will do the same and see of they come back to life. Thanks
So u just made him a new key fob. How did u know the ignition switch was bad.? I have the same issue my e500 I went to the gas station and remote was working fine . Mind you I dropped it 2x and the remote stopped working left me stranded and had my car towed back home. I've had same issue in the past where my remote got soaked in water and stopped working . Called a key reprogram and he made me a new key and it started right up.
*@Charlie Vega - I did not made him a new key fob. He's EIS (Electronic Ignition Switch) was faulty, so what I did was clone a new (used) EIS. I did not do the diagnosis on the EIS, a garage did that and they called me to clone a new one. As far as your key is concern, if you drop it in water what you should do is clean it with alcohol like ISOPROPANOL or similar. This is to get your remote back and working again. As far as the car not starting, while you dropped the key, the transponder must of been damaged or came lose from the board. In this case you need to open the key fob and inspect it. Be careful while opening not to lose anything that came lose because you might be able to solder it back to the board.*
@Charlie Vega Sorry for the late reply. I did not make a new key fob. The original key was working fine since we cloned the Ignition switch. In your case, your key was broken since you dropped it but that doesn't mean, you needed a new key. Maybe the coil was disconnected from the PCB board from the drop and all you had to do is solder it back. As far as soaking the key all you had to do is dry it as quickly as possible, then clean the PCB board with alcohol (Isopropanol alcohol or similar).
Here you go: VVDI Programmer - www.mk3.com/vvdi-prog-programmer Adapters: www.mk3.com/xhorse-vvdi-prog-mercedes-eis-ezs-adapters-kit The two as a package: www.mk3.com/xhorse-vvdi-prog-programmer-tool-device-vvdi-prog-mercedes-eis-ezs-adapters-kit
hellooooo, i got a question, the doors where unlocking/locking with the eis faulty? i have the same issue and i want to know if is the key or the eis :P
Please give me a clearer picture. The doors were locking/unlocking or ARE locking/unlocking????? Are the doors locking/unlocking by themselves or what??? I don't follow you!!!
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 they dont lock/unlock with the key, i replaced the key battery (is my only key) and the battery og the car was disconected and now i want to know if is the key or the eis
@@ChillRighty Hi. Just seen your comment. If the ignition does not turn while on the car, there are two possible problems. 1. The key has lost it's data or gone wrong and 2. the ignition switch (EIS) has gone wrong.
If you are talking about the large black wire that connects to the EIS (ignition switch) that wire goes to the gear stick. As soon as you turn the ignition ON, it releases the gear stick so you can change gears.
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 I had the same question they stole my brother eis out of the car ( very odd) and only the eis how can I get the eis information so I can put it into a donor eis
@@juanrendon3639 Hi. You need to get the information from the Engine ECU. From there you can generate EIS file. You will also need the SSID which you can get from any of the keys assuming that you do have a key.
Excellent job and video. Where can I purchase the Computor hardware you used to read the EPROM and Flash files from the original and donor? Did the donor switch come with a key or were you able to use original key. Thank you for any response! I’m Kevin
@Kevin Pinson When you clone the EIS the original keys will work. No need to program new key(s). The programmer is called "Xhorse VVDI Prog". You can search google. With regards to the adapters you can do all this without them, but you'll have to solder cables that come with the programmer to the EIS. The programmer has wiring diagrams as to where to solder and what colour cable. I hope this makes sense & helps.
If I sent you the original and a donor would swap the EPROM and the Flash files for me. I’ll be glad to pay you for what you need for the job. Thank you very much for any response and also the original response!
I have a 2008 211 E350 w the exact problem as yours. Would it be possible to send my original and donor and you program the donor w info from original. Let me know if you can do this for me. Thank you for any response!
@Ryone Samer - Hi. I'm located in Europe. I'm from Cyprus. Link to products: www.mk3.com/xhorse-vvdi-prog-programmer-tool-device-vvdi-prog-mercedes-eis-ezs-adapters-kit
hello there how did you do it beacuse i have the same cluster and i want to do it
I did it with VVDI Prog programmer as you have seen in the video. You do NOT need the adapters, even though they make life easier, you can solder some cables and extract the files that way. VVDI Prog will give you the connections diagram, so you'll know what and where to solder. I hope this help!!!
Can we use the donor Eis and key to bypass all the cloning and programming? Thank you!
Nevermind. It won’t work. I read other comments and figured it out.
@@bennydafarmer865 You got it!!!
Sent you an inquiry via email. Forgot to mention I have the password for the key already. Please let me know, thank you!
Your email doesn’t work anymore. You have another email address?
@@bennydafarmer865 The hosting company has technical problems right now and they are trying to fix it. What is it you need to know?
Would that make the lights on the shift indicator lights stay on? P R N D? Along with the radio to be able to turn on?
Nope!!!
Hi . just a quick questin. this set can programing and virgining the system if the key and ignition switch is missing?
@Miller Jolt Yes that can be done.
Do you have to erase the donor/new eis before writing old/original eis data to it?
YES!!!
would this process also work on a w208 chassis 2003 CLK 320? I have the same issue with the EIS in my car. Thanks Greg
@Proud Papa - Hi Greg. Yes it should work as long as the EIS is an FBS3 generation. After 2014 Mercedes changed their 3rd generation (FBS3) to fourth generation (FBS4) system. FBS4 systems, at the moment can be programmed by Mercedes only. I hope this helps.
@Proud Papa - Sorry Greg I just noticed your vehicle is a 2003 so it should be just fine. Tomorrow I will be cloning a w639 VITO VAN EIS and I will film that as well, so keep an eye.
I had problem with EIS, but once I took it out, took it apart, clean those electrical contacts and connectors, and put it back together,
the problem went away.
I do believe much of these problems arise from corrosion of electric contacts.
@David Jacob - Never thought of that actually. I always thought they go wrong mechanically (internally). I have a few EISs that I kept from customers. I will do the same and see of they come back to life. Thanks
What you used to clean
@@santana095 What exactly do you mean clean? Isopropanol alcohol!!!
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380qd electronic cleaner does the job having repaired flood vehicle components
@@draggy6544 Yep!!!
So u just made him a new key fob. How did u know the ignition switch was bad.? I have the same issue my e500 I went to the gas station and remote was working fine . Mind you I dropped it 2x and the remote stopped working left me stranded and had my car towed back home. I've had same issue in the past where my remote got soaked in water and stopped working . Called a key reprogram and he made me a new key and it started right up.
*@Charlie Vega - I did not made him a new key fob. He's EIS (Electronic Ignition Switch) was faulty, so what I did was clone a new (used) EIS. I did not do the diagnosis on the EIS, a garage did that and they called me to clone a new one. As far as your key is concern, if you drop it in water what you should do is clean it with alcohol like ISOPROPANOL or similar. This is to get your remote back and working again. As far as the car not starting, while you dropped the key, the transponder must of been damaged or came lose from the board. In this case you need to open the key fob and inspect it. Be careful while opening not to lose anything that came lose because you might be able to solder it back to the board.*
@Charlie Vega Sorry for the late reply. I did not make a new key fob. The original key was working fine since we cloned the Ignition switch. In your case, your key was broken since you dropped it but that doesn't mean, you needed a new key. Maybe the coil was disconnected from the PCB board from the drop and all you had to do is solder it back. As far as soaking the key all you had to do is dry it as quickly as possible, then clean the PCB board with alcohol (Isopropanol alcohol or similar).
can you share links to adaptors and tools?
Here you go: VVDI Programmer - www.mk3.com/vvdi-prog-programmer
Adapters: www.mk3.com/xhorse-vvdi-prog-mercedes-eis-ezs-adapters-kit
The two as a package: www.mk3.com/xhorse-vvdi-prog-programmer-tool-device-vvdi-prog-mercedes-eis-ezs-adapters-kit
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 does the software come with the adapters or is that separate ?
@@HoodStar413z Software come with VVDI Prog. Adapters have no software they just connect to the Programmer.
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 understood. Thank you for replying back and thank you very much for showing how to program.
@@HoodStar413z You are welcome. Anything else I can help with, please let me know. Take care.
hellooooo, i got a question, the doors where unlocking/locking with the eis faulty? i have the same issue and i want to know if is the key or the eis :P
Please give me a clearer picture. The doors were locking/unlocking or ARE locking/unlocking????? Are the doors locking/unlocking by themselves or what??? I don't follow you!!!
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 they dont lock/unlock with the key, i replaced the key battery (is my only key) and the battery og the car was disconected and now i want to know if is the key or the eis
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 and the ingnition wont turn as you shown in the video
@@ChillRighty Hi. Just seen your comment. If the ignition does not turn while on the car, there are two possible problems. 1. The key has lost it's data or gone wrong and 2. the ignition switch (EIS) has gone wrong.
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 ive already solved it! it was the key, both of the keys
is the large black wire for remote entry antenna?
If you are talking about the large black wire that connects to the EIS (ignition switch) that wire goes to the gear stick. As soon as you turn the ignition ON, it releases the gear stick so you can change gears.
Have you tried to change the normal eis to KEYLESS GO one? For example if i write EEPROM and FLASH to w209 eis but with different part number
@Mike Seacap Hi. No I never tried that but I'll have it in mind and try it out even though I believe it won't work!!! Thanks for watching.
What's if we don't have the original EIS?
You can obtain information from the engine ECU and program a new/used EIS.
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 I had the same question they stole my brother eis out of the car ( very odd) and only the eis how can I get the eis information so I can put it into a donor eis
@@juanrendon3639 Hi. You need to get the information from the Engine ECU. From there you can generate EIS file. You will also need the SSID which you can get from any of the keys assuming that you do have a key.
@@yiannakosautomotivekeys2380 one more question 😅 how do I get the information out of the ecu?
@@juanrendon3639 CGDI MB programmer
Excellent job and video. Where can I purchase the Computor hardware you used to read the EPROM and Flash files from the original and donor? Did the donor switch come with a key or were you able to use original key. Thank you for any response! I’m Kevin
@Kevin Pinson When you clone the EIS the original keys will work. No need to program new key(s). The programmer is called "Xhorse VVDI Prog". You can search google. With regards to the adapters you can do all this without them, but you'll have to solder cables that come with the programmer to the EIS. The programmer has wiring diagrams as to where to solder and what colour cable. I hope this makes sense & helps.
If I sent you the original and a donor would swap the EPROM and the Flash files for me. I’ll be glad to pay you for what you need for the job. Thank you very much for any response and also the original response!
@@kevinpinson9804 Hi Kevin. Which Mercedes do you have i.e w210, w211 etc. Email me to discuss the matter. Google search my TH-cam name.
I have a 2008 211 E350 w the exact problem as yours. Would it be possible to send my original and donor and you program the donor w info from original. Let me know if you can do this for me. Thank you for any response!
@@kevinpinson9804 Hi Kevin. I already responded to your request. Yes I can do that for you. Please email me at info@yiannakos.com
Where are you in Europe?? I'm in Germany. I want to visit you my car need to change eis .
do you need asistent?
@md shorif - I don't exactly know what you mean!!!
Please where are you located?
@Ryone Samer - Hi. I'm located in Europe. I'm from Cyprus. Link to products: www.mk3.com/xhorse-vvdi-prog-programmer-tool-device-vvdi-prog-mercedes-eis-ezs-adapters-kit
Can anyone buy this software? Or do you have to be a locksmith?
@Rodolfo Rico - Anyone can buy! No need to be a locksmith.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!!!
Hi, nice video 👍🏻
Thanks for the visit
Hi. Can you send me your email or address so I can send you my EIS for repairs.
Hi. info@yiannakos.com