[Flissera]

Hi all! Just purchased a 2016 CLA Edition Orange. Dealer said it had CarPlay but it does not. Trying to determine if an OBD activator would work. I am able to access engineering mode but once there I don’t know what I’m looking for. How do I tell what version firmware I have or if the head unit is NTG 5.1 or 5.1? I do know that CarPlay shows up within the engineering menu I believe under the telephone sub-menu. My usb 2 port connection has the phone/tablet icon. The dealer looked up vin and claims there is no way to upgrade to CarPlay.

 

[jmc]

Plug your vin into datamb.com
The build sheet should tell you some info on the head unit class
For 2016 you should already have firmware so perhaps just need the hardware ports and coding (dealer or ebayobdspecial)

 

[jsuen]

@Flissera how do you access engineering menu on your 2016 CLA?

 

[Emir]

Hi all! Just purchased a 2016 CLA Edition Orange. Dealer said it had CarPlay but it does not. Trying to determine if an OBD activator would work. I am able to access engineering mode but once there I don’t know what I’m looking for. How do I tell what version firmware I have or if the head unit is NTG 5.1 or 5.1? I do know that CarPlay shows up within the engineering menu I believe under the telephone sub-menu. My usb 2 port connection has the phone/tablet icon. The dealer looked up vin and claims there is no way to upgrade to CarPlay.

Please check out this topic ( last couple pages of it ) to get a better understanding of the situation.

Apple carplay for COMMAND NTG5.1 - retrofit?

So is there a resolution to the question of whether a retrofit is possible for CLA 250s with MY15, and COMMAND NTG5.1? Is there a part that can be purchased, and firmware updates required? If anyone has this info, can you please provide the relevant part nos.? I would like to have this...

www.mercedescla.org

I also have carplay in my engineering menu, port and obd reader but it doesn't work. You'll need to get that HMI update at the dealer somehow for the activation or just give up like me haha

 

[SunsetCLA]

@Flissera how do you access engineering menu on your 2016 CLA?

Yeah I didn't think that was possible.

@OP, are you sure its the engineering menu and not the Audio 20 menu?

 

[Emir]

Yeah I didn't think that was possible.

@OP, are you sure its the engineering menu and not the Audio 20 menu?

Actually its possible if the dealer forgot to deactivate it , one time after the service i was able to access my engineering menu with the regular access buttons that is available online. Then when i went back the week later for smt else i think they realized it and when i got it back it was deactivated

 

[jmc]

Actually its possible if the dealer forgot to deactivate it , one time after the service i was able to access my engineering menu with the regular access buttons that is available online. Then when i went back the week later for smt else i think they realized it and when i got it back it was deactivated

Idiots ... they could have been nice and left it open

 

[SunsetCLA]

Actually its possible if the dealer forgot to deactivate it , one time after the service i was able to access my engineering menu with the regular access buttons that is available online. Then when i went back the week later for smt else i think they realized it and when i got it back it was deactivated

Oh wow, thats fascinating. I wonder if I can request it to be unlocked after my warranty expires

 

[Emir]

Oh wow, thats fascinating. I wonder if I can request it to be unlocked after my warranty expires

I tried this at my last service before my warranty expired, they said its not possible for them to do it as if they do and if i fuck up some stuff its on them. I think if you know a mechanic at the dealer you can get it done, but not officially

 

[jmc]

I tried this at my last service before my warranty expired, they said its not possible for them to do it as if they do and if i fuck up some stuff its on them. I think if you know a mechanic at the dealer you can get it done, but not officially

geee ... so they dont care about us 2014s folks? but then it's kinda difficult to "mess up" anything in our engineering menus

 

[2016gla250]

I had the same issue, I bought the obdii device on ebay and it turned my carplay on.

 

[Hengst]

Plug your vin into datamb.com
The build sheet should tell you some info on the head unit class
For 2016 you should already have firmware so perhaps just need the hardware ports and coding (dealer or ebayobdspecial)

Wow - awesome site - got every detail for my 2017
Thanks for sharing!