How To Turn Off The Active Hood Open Warning W204 ?

When to turn off the hood warning? What are the requirements to Disable W204 Active Hood Warning? In this article, Eurocartool will guide you through the most detailed steps. Today we will guide you on the W204 car that has a warning status of the hood working due to the hood being placed in the wrong position.

What is Hood Open warning light on Mercedes?

Hood Open warning, also known as Bonnet warning, is displayed on the vehicle’s dashboard screen when the Bonnet is not tightly closed. Usually when you encounter this situation, you need to check and return it to the correct position and the warning will disappear.

Most Mercedes-Benz models have built-in W204 Active Hood Warning Off such as W204, W906, W204, W156, W164, W166, W212, W213, W221, W222, W253, W156, W164, W205, W222, W251, W166, W117,…
However, in some cases this warning light does not disappear. This can happen if your vehicle’s sensors are faulty. At this point you need to diagnose the error and handle it with specialized software. If the hood warning does not disappear after you handle it manually, you can see instructions on how to remove the error and reprogram it using specialized Mercedes software below.

Device required to turn off active hood opening warning light

The software and devices you need to prepare to turn off Mercedes hood open warning include:

• Laptop for coding
• Xentry Openshell
•  Vediamo
•  SD Connect C4 Doip

You can refer to the models of panasonic, it is very suitable in the car repair environment with the following advantages: Rugged, impact-resistant military computer, Fast stable connection of diagnostic equipment, Help coding stable programming

There are also computers used to fix errors such as Panasonic CF-19, Panasonic CF-54, Panasonic CF-53

Steps to turn off hood open warning W204

Step 1: Park the car about to turn off the active hood open sensor:

The car is parked in a cool place convenient for working.The car is in the parking state

Step 2: Connect the device to the vehicle to turn off the active hood warning C204

Connect the device to the computer then connect the diagnostic device to the vehicle’s OBD2 port.

Step 3: Check the error in the Samf box (fuse box) if any

Step 4: Open Vediamo software

Step 5: Connect the Sam204 control box in vediamo and unlock ECU

Step 6: Select Diagjob in Samf204 and choose security access if module blocked

Step 7: Select Variant coding, choose VCD_parameter_Motorhaubenueberwachung in Service and change Value of it

Step 8: Hard Reset in file Function and delete fault code then check error again (for this w204 many models do not have a hood sensor but still report this error)

Turning off the C204 active hood warning is extremely simple. With just a few taps, repair Mercedes error codes with models W204, W906, W204,,W156,W164,W166,W212,W213,W221,W222,W253,,W156, W164,W205,W222,W251,W166 ,W117,… quickly fix errors. You can do it easily but be careful if you are not sure that trying it will lead to a huge loss of money in compensation that’s why we have professional coding experts for you your wild first step.