the_big_1

Hi Guys,

On a 2013 C63, will the driver alert coffee cup only appear when it detects a driver loosing concentration?
All others seem to have it on the dash when its switched on but on my C63, it never comes on even though I have activated in the instrument cluster.


cheers!

rickclass

my14 507 doesn't have it on the dash, but I believe its still active...need a reminder to get a coffee?

bjonesmd

I have had my 507 for about a year now and the coffee cup has only activated once. I am not sure why. I was alert and paying attention. I suppose I had not been as active with the steering wheel since I was on a long stretch of highway.

rentzington

if you put a coffee cup on your dash you will just end up with coffee all over the car

bjonesmd

Yeah, that is my traction control. I put a nice hot cup of coffee on the dash and it helps keep my concentration on driving very carefully.

ab0bab0i

I have a PFL-C63, but when I brought my car in for service and got a loaner c250, the coffee cup was displaying on the dash the entire time i was driving.

Sidv22

I have a 2013 and the coffee cup is displayed all the time, in green or white, unless I switch it off.

JeffDL

same with my 2013 coffee displayed all the time it's activated.

the_big_1

Must be a software change over as mine is never on. I double checked under the menu. I have a 2015 loan car at the moment that is exactly the same.

JimmyR

I have a 2013 model (without the Driver Assist options). It can be activated in the Menu system, under Asst then Attention Assist, turn on or off with OK. I am not sure it does anything, other than invite smart **** comments from passengers

the_big_1

I thought driver assist was standard?

screw991le

If I active mine the cup stays on. Never had it remind me of anything though.

the_big_1

It has to be a build year thing then. Seems 2013 C63 dont show the cup if switched on or off, only if it activates?

jcfay

this was exactly my experience. I think it's timed, plus also tired to degree of steering wheel or throttle input (I may have been on cruise control). It was a long highway drive, and I was TOTALLY alert and every 1/2 or so it would bleep its moronic tone. I was mystified. Since then no long highway drives so haven't seen it. But it was useless from my perspective, as they were all false positive "driver dozing" situations.

zibby43

'13 C63 sedan. Coffee cup is always displayed when feature is active. Never had it alert me though. Yet. This car tends to keep me awake. Imagine that.

JeffDL

i've never had it alert me either. the lang change one is always going off i'm a bit of a drifter. that got annoying had to turn it off.

zibby43

I battle the lane change alert daily as I swerve to miss potholes big enough to swallow a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

JeffDL

yeah i've turned it off. i hate when it jacks the brakes.

jcfay

Same here. I need to be able to swerve to avoid those same monster potholes. And that lane change function I just found to me more annoying than useful.