57 Miles And Broken Already
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2015 C300, 2025 GLC300 4Matic
57 Miles And Broken Already
Well I picked up my C300 last night, and the drive home was OK. Today not so much. Whenever I stop at a stop light, I get a tremendous shutter as soon as I stop. It is so bad, that I always look in the rear view mirror to see who has rear ended me. It is that bad - really. Very violent. The engine does not turn off. I thought it might be stop start, so I turned it off. It still does it, but not as bad. It feels like the stop start turns off the ignition, then a microsecond later changes it's mind and turns the ignition back on before the engine stops. Is this normal? Also I have no creep in reverse. When I go into reverse, the car does not move at all until I hit the gas, then it creeps OK. This is very awkward, because after you try to hit the gas gently, you then have to quickly hit the brakes so you don't go screaming backwards at high speed. Is this normal? Also this car is not even remotely as smooth in up shifts and especially down shifts as my 15 year old E-Class. Wow...
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2015 C300 RWD
Well I picked up my C300 last night, and the drive home was OK. Today not so much. Whenever I stop at a stop light, I get a tremendous shutter as soon as I stop. It is so bad, that I always look in the rear view mirror to see who has rear ended me. It is that bad - really. Very violent. The engine does not turn off. I thought it might be stop start, so I turned it off. It still does it, but not as bad. It feels like the stop start turns off the ignition, then a microsecond later changes it's mind and turns the ignition back on before the engine stops. Is this normal? Also I have no creep in reverse. When I go into reverse, the car does not move at all until I hit the gas, then it creeps OK. This is very awkward, because after you try to hit the gas gently, you then have to quickly hit the brakes so you don't go screaming backwards at high speed. Is this normal? Also this car is not even remotely as smooth in up shifts and especially down shifts as my 15 year old E-Class. Wow...
The lack of creep in reverse is a safety feature and normal, after you park a bit, it automatically sets the parking brake. Releases if you pull the switch for it by your left knee, or as soon as touch accelerator. It shouldn't go screaming backwards by any stretch.
Your other issue sounds like a problem. My recommendation, get to the dealer and try another C300's auto start, and put in park, set parking break and then go to reverse to release with touch of the accelerator. If yours isn't right with that many miles, they should keep yours to fix in short order! Good luck.
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2015 C300, 2025 GLC300 4Matic
Just took a test drive, and I think I found the problem, and it is me. I am not used to these brakes, and I noticed that a lot of the time I thought I was stopped, but I was not completely stopped. When I then added more pressure to the brake pedal (because I thought I was stopped), it would jerk to a stop. I think that was the problem. My bad! BTW, this car is gorgeous! I waited four months for my special order. I will post pics soon.
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2015 C300 RWD
Glad it's all good. There's also a 'brake hold' feature for when sitting at stoplight for a bit, by pressing break quick and harder, and then releases like the parking brake...can read up on it. At first I thought a silly feature, now I use it a fair amount.
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Just took a test drive, and I think I found the problem, and it is me. I am not used to these brakes, and I noticed that a lot of the time I thought I was stopped, but I was not completely stopped. When I then added more pressure to the brake pedal (because I thought I was stopped), it would jerk to a stop. I think that was the problem. My bad! BTW, this car is gorgeous! I waited four months for my special order. I will post pics soon.
BTW 10 days and counting for delivery of my c300, already have the deal all setup, MB updated car will be delivered on the 20 or 21st. Dealer has been awesome, cant say enough about Beshoff ! - 10 days to go.
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I enjoyed this post. 'My car is broken' to 'oh wait it's just me braking' lol. Brilliant.
Things like this remind me of human nature... 'Where the hell are my keys, who's stolen my keys'.. 'Oh here they are, where I left them and forgot'
Things like this remind me of human nature... 'Where the hell are my keys, who's stolen my keys'.. 'Oh here they are, where I left them and forgot'
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