GMW

Got rear ended by a Toyota Landcruiser 2 days ago. Neck Pro worked and I have no whiplash nor any head/neck/shoulder strains! He must have hit me at around 5 -10mph, cause it felt quite strong that with even seeing him coming in my rearview mirror and getting ready I still got my upper body pushed forward from the back of the seat. As I was pushed forward the Neck Pro activated so that when my head was starting to come back it met with the headrests which were deployed forwards and upwards. Quite an interesting sensation and very useful! My car also got pushed into the one in front but no damage to my front bumper but a bit of paint from the bumper of the car in front on mine which I polished off later.

1sikbenz

Cool, I'm glad you weren't hurt, do I have that on my 05' C230 S.S.?

advans

wow i'm glad ur ok...landcruisers...tsk tsk tsk...imagine u got rearended by their new car the FJ cruiser!

drexappeal

Wow! I didn't even know this function existed. Glad to know it wasn't a major accident and no major damage or injuries.

Sickwitit

I second that I did'nt know this option existed but glad no one was hurt be safe out there.

white_w203

interesting feature. glad to see you were safe

sogo011852

just wonderin.. can u reset that thing to go back to normal? or u have to get a new one?? just wonderin.. but good to kno mb got this in the cars, n good to kno ur ok ..

MBZAMG32

Damn! Good thing you're alright! Wow! does every C class has this feature?

GMW

Thank you all for the well being wishes! The Neck Pro feature just needs to be reset at you local MB dealer. There is a metal type tool that the instruction manual says you can use to reset it yourself but I couldn't figure out how to do it so I just took the car in.

The Neck Pro is a very good feature! saved me any possible neck pains. Plus the C-class rear bumper is tough, I really expected a lot more damage from the force I felt and the noise I heard. I thought at least an indenation would remain but nothing, which is good! He however, cracked one of his fog lights mounted on his bull bar! I was lucky both our cars were lined up otherwise that bull bar might have cause a lot more damage.

fanito

I'm glad it worked for you... I hope you are saving a load on insurance money, because you saved them between 5k ~ 7k for a small whiplash

ctC230K

and which cars have this feature???

jsloan01

Is this a Euro only feature (judging by the pics on the inside of your car)?

If that's not it, then maybe it's for 2005+ based on your dash.

rlee02135

wow rear ended by a landcruiser and not even a paint chip?

aecasasus

WOW!!!! Didn't know that this feature existed!!!!

Glad you and your car are OK!!!!

GMW

Mine is Euro spec so I can't say if it's standard though it is standard on the Euro spec so I pressume it also is worldwide. Check in your vehicle's instruction manual. If it is on your car it should be mentioned in there.

GMW

Well, if you look closely just below right of the MB star on the trunk you can see a small paint chip and another on the rear bumper. I was lucky that he didn't hit me at an offset otherwise there would have been a lot more damage. The paint and bumpers are quite strong! I was really surprised after getting out of the car to inspect the rear, I expected the worst especially after seeing what had hit me.

StillKickin

I got rear ended by a Grand Cherokee on the Belt PKWY in Brooklyn at about the same speed, that bumper is pretty damned tough, all I have to show for that whole thing is a little dent in the chrome molding strip.

eckc21

I got rear ended by a motorcycle...he hit me really hard and all i got was some scrach, which was removed by some rubbing compount hours later at the dealer. Our rear bumper is damn tough!

PC Valkyrie

In Canada, the neck-pro feature made its debut in the 2006 C-class range. All previous C-class models do not have this safety feature.

SUNILP

It is a USA feature as well in 2006 and later C class cars.