Well, unfortunately you have to take the upholstery off.
Where? I do not have a merco, for me the contactor was integrated in the door lock ... and actually it would be a replacement of the entire lock, because it is poorly disassembled
Photos of locks / key inserts can help here, if available on the Internet> graphics.
Figuratively, do you see the unlock and lock in the picture?
http://www.mercmania.pl/forum/files/thumbs/t_siownik_c_zamka_drzwi_kierowcy_745.jpg Sometimes it touches here, sometimes there, and you should track similar wires at your place, check if the common one makes contact with these "locks". So after disconnecting the right cube, use the meter to check if there is a transition between one contact and the other in one key position "open", and in the "close" position between the third contact and the "first" joint.
Do you understand the idea behind this contact? Another car, please do not follow the description
The third one, from the bottom, makes contact with one contact once and the other.
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It's great, but I've already sweated ... Maybe someone else will find it useful here.
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Hezbollah wrote: when I put the key in the driver's door, it enters very tightly as if it does not fully fit and in order to turn it in the insert I have to figure out how to move it or have an impact on opening and closing
It may touch the end position of the key, where you may have / have a problem to turn the key to this position. Three to start the cartridge at the beginning, because in a moment, when it rains harder, it may stop working at all / fit the key to the cartridge.