WEIRD STUFF
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From: Placitas, NM
E550
WEIRD STUFF
In my case, 2011 E550 Luxury, P2, all the extras except night vision . . .
The computers in these cars are so busy, the cars do weird stuff that the dealer service people can't explain to us --- at least not without some clear sense that they really don't know what they are talking about.
While this stuff is not defects, and probably not serious, maybe we need a thread to see if correspondents here can explain what's going on with our software-driven, maybe over-engineered cars.
I'll start with one WEIRD THING:
After driving the car for half an hour, on a hot day, I can park it in the (hot) garage, and come out up to 4 hours later and, without touching the car, hear a fan running. The sound comes from what I assume to be the outside air intake just under the windshield, passenger side. I can't tell for sure if it's also blowing inside the cabin because as soon as you touch the door the car starts doing all kinds of other stuff.
4 hours later???? On battery only???
Does anybody know what's going on???
The computers in these cars are so busy, the cars do weird stuff that the dealer service people can't explain to us --- at least not without some clear sense that they really don't know what they are talking about.
While this stuff is not defects, and probably not serious, maybe we need a thread to see if correspondents here can explain what's going on with our software-driven, maybe over-engineered cars.
I'll start with one WEIRD THING:
After driving the car for half an hour, on a hot day, I can park it in the (hot) garage, and come out up to 4 hours later and, without touching the car, hear a fan running. The sound comes from what I assume to be the outside air intake just under the windshield, passenger side. I can't tell for sure if it's also blowing inside the cabin because as soon as you touch the door the car starts doing all kinds of other stuff.
4 hours later???? On battery only???
Does anybody know what's going on???
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In my case, 2011 E550 Luxury, P2, all the extras except night vision . . .
The computers in these cars are so busy, the cars do weird stuff that the dealer service people can't explain to us --- at least not without some clear sense that they really don't know what they are talking about.
While this stuff is not defects, and probably not serious, maybe we need a thread to see if correspondents here can explain what's going on with our software-driven, maybe over-engineered cars.
I'll start with one WEIRD THING:
After driving the car for half an hour, on a hot day, I can park it in the (hot) garage, and come out up to 4 hours later and, without touching the car, hear a fan running. The sound comes from what I assume to be the outside air intake just under the windshield, passenger side. I can't tell for sure if it's also blowing inside the cabin because as soon as you touch the door the car starts doing all kinds of other stuff.
4 hours later???? On battery only???
Does anybody know what's going on???
The computers in these cars are so busy, the cars do weird stuff that the dealer service people can't explain to us --- at least not without some clear sense that they really don't know what they are talking about.
While this stuff is not defects, and probably not serious, maybe we need a thread to see if correspondents here can explain what's going on with our software-driven, maybe over-engineered cars.
I'll start with one WEIRD THING:
After driving the car for half an hour, on a hot day, I can park it in the (hot) garage, and come out up to 4 hours later and, without touching the car, hear a fan running. The sound comes from what I assume to be the outside air intake just under the windshield, passenger side. I can't tell for sure if it's also blowing inside the cabin because as soon as you touch the door the car starts doing all kinds of other stuff.
4 hours later???? On battery only???
Does anybody know what's going on???
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From: Placitas, NM
E550
AHA!! THANKS!
And I can see the purpose, since I've had that experience in other places I've lived. Of course, here in New Mexico, it's not as common a problem.
Thanks for responding.
And I can see the purpose, since I've had that experience in other places I've lived. Of course, here in New Mexico, it's not as common a problem.
Thanks for responding.
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My previous ride, a BMW 550 didn't do this so after about 6 months of ownership, it would smell like **** for about 5 mins after starting the ac.
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