eddietr

It's completely absurd not to have this feature in a luxury car. The last luxury car or SUV I had without this feature was over 10 years ago.

What a bizarre decision to remove it.

MARK CUMMINS

Its still there..I Bought my son a 2007 209 The Feature was NOT there...10min later Its working ..Via the Star

SL65AMG V12

Its just an American thing. All Euro spec cars get it. But this omission begs the question to MBUSA - WHY?!!

LeroyC

My 2007 E550 manual refers to the tilt mirror feature in at least 3 places. Why did they put it in the manual if it's no longer offered?

MissMyBenz

Are there production dates that will or won't have it? Any official position or declaration from MB. Still holding out hope that our new E will have it. Thx

Talbot

My 11/28/06 build Bluetec does NOT have it.

konigstiger

Here’s the deal, unofficially. If you are taking delivery, mention to the person who is presenting the features tutorial to instruct you on using the Parking Assist feature. If not functional (i.e.: the MFD menu does not include the option to turn on), request that the Shop Foreman activate it through Star Diagnosis. If instructions are printed in your manual this will support your claim.

For those who already took delivery do not rely on the MBUSA Customer Assistance center CAC, sales person, or SA explanation for not having the feature. Request to have a face to face with the Shop Foreman and “suggest” activation via Star. Mention the feature is printed in your manual. If refused, and there are other dealers in your area visit each until activated.

Got that Barry?

Roupin

My 07 doesn't have it, but I don't miss it either. I was parallel parking yesterday and thinking about this thread, but don't understand the difficulty. The body on the 211 is flat and straight so it's kind of easy to know where the wheel is.

Further, I tilted the mirror down to see how helpful it would be IF I had the feature, and with the new mirror design on the 211 I wouldn't have been able to see the wheel anyway (like on our C230 for example).

amdeutsch

Interestingly enough I was able to get the tilt just right and could see the rear tire with my old US spec mirror glas. More now since I upgraded to the EURO spec mirror glas.

Roupin

I tried it again after my previous post here, I tilted the mirror and can only see the wheelwell curve, but no tire. Just for comparison I pulled out the C230 and was staring at the wheel in the mirror. Maybe my seating position has something to do with it, but that doesn't justify a drastic difference between the C230 and E350 though

211&216

yes the 2007 E350 has parking aid, i just bought one and came with it, you have to go into the intrument cluster settings and then conviniace features then parking aid, you have to select it to "on"

mspaul

What about the folding side mirrors when turning off the engine?

Does 03 320's have this feature? If yes- How to turn it on?

thegeneraltso

okay so someone shows me how to program it. the manual does not make it clear. i activated in the submenu but i don't know how to make it points way down. it seems to move a bit but not enough for me to see the curb or the wheel fender.

amdeutsch

Damm. At first, when I read it, I thought it said feelers.

You adjust it while your passenger button is depress and you are in reverse position. Thereafter when you return to any position other than R the mirror should return to your preset driving position. Keep the passenger button depressed for this to work.

konigstiger

Conclusion, Parking Assist can be reactivated by dealers. Some dealers activate it free (i.e.: upon taking delivery or shortly thereafter, loyal customer, etc.), others may charge (up to $150), and still others will refuse claiming it cannot be activated.

benzmodz

Can only be activated on a car with Memory capable mirrors. Either installed or as part of the memory seats package.

Once the hardware is suitable the software must be activated.

NewShockerGuy

OLD thread but figured I'd update since this feature was bothering me that it wasn't anywhere on the car.

We have 09' e350. Our 05' CLK had this feature and I wondered why the hell a newer MB wouldn't.

I even clicked over the passenger mirror switch and put it in reverse and it did not do anything.

Started looking in STAR/DAS and did in fact find where this feature is located.

It's under instrument cluster, then special features. Go to the option and activate it. It will reset the cluster and then you will have the menu to either switch it on or off from the steering wheel.

As soon as I turned it on, and then clicked the mirror button to the passenger side, put the car in reverse and now the passenger mirror tilts down and away. It can be adjusted to any spot that you like.

Put it in drive and click the driver mirror button and it goes back up.

Hope that helps. Attached two pictures I just took.

-Nigel

Heatwave

Thank you for posting the STAR procedures for activating the Reverse-Mirror option. I'll follow your instructions and will determine whether they work on our '07 W211 and '07 R230.

Andre91

My 2008 E350 (August 08 build) has the tilt-down passenger side mirror. Interestingly, the feature works even though there's no option in the instrument cluster for it. I followed the instructions to set the parking position for the mirror and it works as long as the passenger side adjuster switch is pressed.

Even if you don't have the option in the cluster, it may be worth trying. I don't recall the procedure off hand, but it had something to do with adjusting the mirror to the desired position with the car in reverse and pressing the memory button.

My car is Canadian spec, so it may be different from the US models. I believe the Canadian spec cars are more similar to the Euro model, we get some extra features not available in the US (Rest, heated rear seats...)

NewShockerGuy

^


I can't tell you how many times I did that and it still didn't work. I was so frustrated and annoyed. Same deal with the home link on the mirror. Tried for a solid hour and read on here how easy it was to setup. I had to call homelink and within a minute they knew that the system in the car was older than the system being used by my Liftmasters. I had to buy some Homelink repeater for only $23 (then it took 30 seconds to program the car and it works great!). But I could never get the passenger mirror to go down for some reason..


Then playing around with STAR/DAS I saw that and the fold in mirror option (Would love to have that BTW, but not spending close to $1k just for the parts) and saw the park assist. As soon as I coded it and enabled it on the screen it worked on the car...go figure.


I've read that the memory feature works on some and doesn't on others. Seems like there is zero rhyme or reason as to why some w211's work using the manual's instructions and some don't.


-Nigel