Little choked up at pick up from 0 (at stop light sometimes)
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Little choked up at pick up from 0 (at stop light sometimes)
Enjoying my MY15 C300.
But sometimes it feels like it is applying brakes when I try to accelerate from a a stop. There is a little choked feeling, as if the car is holding me back.
Any idea what could be causing it? The car has so many self awareness features that I am hoping that it is one of those in action and not any real issue.
EDIT: Not sure if I am able to explain this right, but it also is similar to maybe slower gear changes maybe at those low speeds.
But sometimes it feels like it is applying brakes when I try to accelerate from a a stop. There is a little choked feeling, as if the car is holding me back.
Any idea what could be causing it? The car has so many self awareness features that I am hoping that it is one of those in action and not any real issue.
EDIT: Not sure if I am able to explain this right, but it also is similar to maybe slower gear changes maybe at those low speeds.
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Little choked up at pick up from 0 (at stop light sometimes)
Sounds like you are talking about the shift between 2-3. There is threads around that talk about. I thought I read in one of them its a software update that is supposed to be out in a month or so, I could be wrong, I'm probably wrong. I mentioned it to my salesman when I picked up my ordered car and went on a test drive. He said it's normal, it was designed that way to sound like the AMG pop in the exhaust. I called BS and said that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard but what do I know. I guess we will see if they ever come out with something for it.
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Sounds like you are talking about the shift between 2-3. There is threads around that talk about. I thought I read in one of them its a software update that is supposed to be out in a month or so, I could be wrong, I'm probably wrong. I mentioned it to my salesman when I picked up my ordered car and went on a test drive. He said it's normal, it was designed that way to sound like the AMG pop in the exhaust. I called BS and said that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard but what do I know. I guess we will see if they ever come out with something for it.
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Enjoying my MY15 C300.
But sometimes it feels like it is applying brakes when I try to accelerate from a a stop. There is a little choked feeling, as if the car is holding me back.
Any idea what could be causing it? The car has so many self awareness features that I am hoping that it is one of those in action and not any real issue.
EDIT: Not sure if I am able to explain this right, but it also is similar to maybe slower gear changes maybe at those low speeds.
But sometimes it feels like it is applying brakes when I try to accelerate from a a stop. There is a little choked feeling, as if the car is holding me back.
Any idea what could be causing it? The car has so many self awareness features that I am hoping that it is one of those in action and not any real issue.
EDIT: Not sure if I am able to explain this right, but it also is similar to maybe slower gear changes maybe at those low speeds.
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Is that the feature where you have to press the brake to display the "hold" sign. We hardly use that feature.
Also, this is not a very frequent thing but happened twice yesterday. Once was in the parking lot and next was after a stop light. The gear change felt little more prominent than usual (not just the 2 to 3)
Also, this is not a very frequent thing but happened twice yesterday. Once was in the parking lot and next was after a stop light. The gear change felt little more prominent than usual (not just the 2 to 3)
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Is that the feature where you have to press the brake to display the "hold" sign. We hardly use that feature.
Also, this is not a very frequent thing but happened twice yesterday. Once was in the parking lot and next was after a stop light. The gear change felt little more prominent than usual (not just the 2 to 3)
Also, this is not a very frequent thing but happened twice yesterday. Once was in the parking lot and next was after a stop light. The gear change felt little more prominent than usual (not just the 2 to 3)
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Thanks. Will keep an eye out on the road gradient when I feel it next time.
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Did you hear a beep? If the collision prevention senses that you are about to hit the car in front of you it applies the brakes. It's happened to me a couple of times and surprised me.
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I found a display that pops up when I feel this "braking" feeling.
I am attaching a picture. It is that little "sensing an obstacle" (at least that is what I think it is) thing at the top. (P with radar waves hitting an obstacle)
When this pops up, it kind of restricts acceleration and feels heavy. But there is no immediate danger of any collision (but maybe the car knows better)
EDIT: Can someone confirm what it is.
I am attaching a picture. It is that little "sensing an obstacle" (at least that is what I think it is) thing at the top. (P with radar waves hitting an obstacle)
When this pops up, it kind of restricts acceleration and feels heavy. But there is no immediate danger of any collision (but maybe the car knows better)
EDIT: Can someone confirm what it is.
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I found a display that pops up when I feel this "braking" feeling.
I am attaching a picture. It is that little "sensing an obstacle" (at least that is what I think it is) thing at the top. (P with radar waves hitting an obstacle)
When this pops up, it kind of restricts acceleration and feels heavy. But there is no immediate danger of any collision (but maybe the car knows better)
EDIT: Can someone confirm what it is.
I am attaching a picture. It is that little "sensing an obstacle" (at least that is what I think it is) thing at the top. (P with radar waves hitting an obstacle)
When this pops up, it kind of restricts acceleration and feels heavy. But there is no immediate danger of any collision (but maybe the car knows better)
EDIT: Can someone confirm what it is.
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If there is a parking spot available a "P" at the bottom with an arrow pops up.
I was not sure what the top one meant. This is the same display when I am pulling into a tight garage but it as some solid blocks on either side of P.
Could it be that it has sensed some cars around me but those are not close enough to warn me audibly? If someone can confirm that the car tends to brake if it senses something around it at slow speeds, then I will check this off as resolved.
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Parktronic is the bar of amber and red lights that displays when you get close to objects.
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Correction: I was partially right. That's the Parktronic readiness indicator. From the Online instructions: "PARKTRONIC is operational if operational readiness indicator (the icon you highlighted) lights up".
Parktronic is the bar of amber and red lights that displays when you get close to objects.
Parktronic is the bar of amber and red lights that displays when you get close to objects.
