dodopig

I got the 2013 gl450 with parking assist last week and as I begin to explore features I realize the vehicle doesn't have a 360 surround camera.

Did the camera get added mid year to the parking assist feature?

Dealer had listed this as a feature!

jlim

Did you figure this out?

pjw1967

I just did a quick search of CPO GL's in TX. Found a 2012 in service Sept 2012 that did NOT have it, and another in service Aug 2013 that DID have it. Our 2014 ML350 has it. According to the build sheet, it part of the Option 996 Park assist showing sub option 501 Surround View Camera. You can likely put your VIN number in one of the search engines offered on this site to see if any of these option codes show up. Happy hunting.

pjw1967

Just looked at this '14 GL and the option code for the 360 camera is the same as my ML, 501. BTW, look at this car. 2.5 years on the road, 23k miles, orig sticker $78,300. Now selling for $52,900. That's a $25,000 drop. As a CPO it'll have 2.5 more years and unlimited miles on the warranty. I love my Hemi Durango but......

https://www.mbotw.com/certified/Merc...63107de51c.htm

cunningstunts

Bump, keen to hear about retro fitting this if anyone knows...

fabbrisd1

No - retrofit not possible...

Yes - in changeover year - there was Parking Assist w/Surround - and when factory did not have surround camera - then Parking Assist w/RVC (rear view camera) priced like $700 less no surround.

The VIN# will pull up exact features factory built.

Keep the beat !

jlim

Where do you see the option code in the link above? Isn't the 360 camera part of parking assist package? There's no mention of either in the description of the vehicle.

My 2014 GL450 CPO have the same options + parking assist (sticker at $80k) which is why I think the one above is missing the parking assist package with the 360 camera (since you mentioned the sticker was $78k+). Mine had only 16k miles and was just listed for days when I bought it. Dealer would not budge on price but I did pay a reasonable $51k considering the miles. This was about 2 months ago.

There were other used 2014 GL450 I looked at for around $45-$50k, but have too many miles or didn't have all the packages I was looking for.

pjw1967

See attached. When you click on the link for this dealer and the car comes up, click on "Complete Vehicle Details", which takes you to Autopacket. Then click on MSRP and it gives you the spec sheet. Go to page 2 and you see Park assist package like you said. The camera has it's own code 501. I pointed that out to the original poster in case he can't get to his build sheet and instead has to rely on a VIN dump, many of which itemize options without mentioning packages. MBOTW are the only dealer I have seen who post the original MSRP. Quite handy.

jlim

Got it. Wasn't showing on mobile Safari. I see it is part of the Parking Assist package as I mentioned but the dealer's website seem to have omitted this fact.

I also notice the difference between mine and this is, I have the leather package vs MB-tex on this which accounts for the price difference. Also, this comes with the illuminated star.

Btw, when the finance guy was sending over the preliminary paperwork, I noticed a curious number referring to trade-in value by the previous owner and it was showing $45k. Talk about scary depreciation from $80k to $45k in about 2-3 years. Maybe the previous owner bought it for 6% off retail. Still a $30k hit and she drove it for 16k miles only.

pjw1967

I tumbled to these dramatic drops by accident. We found a '14 ML350 with an MSRP of $68.5k. Wasn't missing much in the option dept except for 4matic. Car was listed for $41.5k, i.e $27k off. Got smack in the middle of the Kelley Blue Book range for our trade and drove off with a smile.....

pjw1967

1.5 days later and that GL is gone.....