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Benz Sprinter W906 2006 Key Programming with Autel IM608

by Alex Carter Mechanic Assistant
Test report:  Autel MaxiIM IM608 added key to a Mercedes Sprinter W209 2006- via OBD successfully. No EIS removal.

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Select Immobilizer-Sprinter-Smart Mode
Reading vehicle information
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It is a Mercedes Sprinter 906 2006-
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Select Add key
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Follow 7 steps to complete key programming
1. Read EIS data
2. Read ignition key information
3. Read blank key information
4. Calculate key password
5. Generate key file
6. Write key file
7. Test if the new key works normally.
Let’s get into the details:
Detecting frequency. Put the ignition key close to the programmer remote reception position and press any button of the key
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Insert the ignition key into IR keyhole on the XP400 programmer and press OK
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Check if the ignition key is a smart key. Here press NO
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Autel IM608 displayed number of possible existing keys: 3 and No smart key, press OK to continue
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Detecting frequency. Put the blank key close to the XP400 programmer remote reception position and press any button of the key
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If cannot detect blank frequency, press Yes to re-test
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Insert the blank key into IR keyhole on the XP400 programmer and press OK
Communicating with the key
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IM608 ask do you have a key password, if no press OK to enter Password Calculation process
Follow steps below to calculate key password
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1. Insert the ignition key into the EIS and wait for 5s
2. Remove the ignition key
3. Insert the key into the EIS and wait for 2s
4. After pulling the ignition key out, insert it into the IR keyhole on the XP400 programmer
5. Collecting data, calculating password
(The whole process takes about 10-30m)
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Calculate password success
6. Insert the ignition key into the EIS and wait for 30s
Note:
After the key password is calculated, it may be required to insert and remove the ignition key for multiple times before it can start the vehicle.

Password calculation completed.
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Press OK to return to Key Addition process and proceed to the next step
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Generating key file
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Insert the blank key into the IR keyhole on the XP400, press OK
Detecting key
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Writing key file
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Add key completed. Press OK, check if the new key can be used normally
Insert the new key into EIS. If the red indicator on the key turns on and goes off, the key learning is successful
If the red indicator stays on, try inserting and removing the key for several times, if still not working, add key failed.
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Autel MaxiIM added Sprinter W906 key success.
Done.


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