K-A

I'm not one who likes to fuel the fire of sitting behind a keyboard laughing like a soulless and lifeless a$$hole at others misfortunes, letting the gap between cyber-life and real life muck up sense of reality by way of becoming an ultimate emotionless cynic....

.... However, this has to be posted here. I do hope the girl/woman's okay, and considering they released this video (I assume they did), that's the case and now it's here for our entertainment. In a movie, this scene would have you on the floor.... mix in real life, where it's almost surreal to watch.

Imagine having that evil a$$ front coming toward you?!

Big question is: DID THE CAR GO INTO PARK WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO?? Or DID THE ELECTRO-SHIFTER MALFUNCTION AND COME OUT OF PARK?! One has to wonder....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=XY3wBIuKuWU

BenzV12

Hey, K-A nice to see you
Seriously, I watched the video and I thought this video sounded like fishy to me , I dunno but when you open the door no matter what the car shifts into P . I think there is someone in the passenger side who we don't see and he / she fiddles with the column shifter because she doesn't close the door and somewhat the door closes by itself and they pass it off as an accident by contact a SUV ?
It's like someone inside the car pull the door in rather than it closes because of contact with japanese SUV , the way the door closes is way sharper than a regular contact

Another thing is the title , a typical stereotype you know blonde women are notorious for having something stupid stuffs or unusual (even though I highly disagree with this acronym or whatever you call it )

I hope she is OK but again I take this video with grain of salt



This video should be on Penn & Teller Tell A Lie as well lol

K-A

Thank you and nice to see you too my friend.

I agree, something's weird, however, if you notice, the door gets slammed shut after hitting the SUV, which shows that the speed the car generated in such a short time was quite significant. Either that driveway is WAY steeper than we can tell, or it almost looks like the car was accelerating even.

Very weird. Obviously, in Youtube as usual the commentators are ripping her apart for leaving the car in gear, but us who own and know this car, know that there isn't a traditional gear lever, and it's electronic, not to mention, is always supposed to go in Park when the door opens (though, I believe 2010 models might not do this? Also, with my 2 W212's I've had, usually it does go into P when I open the door, but occasionally, it has a mind of its own and doesn't I seem to remember).

ImInPA

Keep in mind, the brake must be depressed to move the car out of park.

icanectc

Yea I saw this video too and am also very confused it would seem like a HUGE safety hazard and if the video isn't shady. I see a potential for a recall coming. I just tested this in my car and it has always put itself in P when the door opens. I smell a lawsuit coming on for MB.

RobbieRob

I think the car hit something and caused it to stop, check out the front quarter panel on the passengers side as it stopped , looks like it crinkled a little on impact. Proably another car in the driveway that it hit, or the garage. Nice white panties though...lol

RobbieRob

When I first got my car, I was taking my grandmother grocery shopping and after we were done I had to take her home. When we got to her house, I put my car into park(I thought I did) and got out of the car to realize that my car was rolling backwards with my door open and me out of the car. I had put the car in reverse instead of park(not used to the shifter pattern yet), thinking that I was in my truck and on a traditional column shifter, park is all the way up, unlike our cars...lol Grandmom got a good laugh that day. Point is, these cars will roll with the doors open.

norcal_cyclist

K-A I think you're right, that driveway was steeper than it seemed. Scary as sheit too... it's a sobering thing that with all the nannies these cars have you can still be killed. Bottom line is to set your park brake, make sure it's in park, then get out. Don't rely on the nannies they'll let you down in the worst way.

hyperion667

the car never RAN her over, that was good!......looks like she did get served by the edge of that open door though.......
was that guy running down there with his hand in his pocket? at least he checked her before seeing if the car was in park,
and why did the camera move just an inch right at the end??
that was weird.......

seems kind of fishy........
the weapon door hit looked real though.....

still, chick should have a good evaluation.......of her head......

RNBRAD

Did that impact not warrant airbag deployment? Maybe not enough intrusion to set off the triggers on the front end.

hyperion667

another good point.....

jbec.keane

Without knowing where this took place, is it possible the car is a manual transmission and the parking brake was not properly engaged?

JK

RobbieRob

Hype, I think the camera did move(probably mounted on the garage), thats why i think the car ran into the garage which stopped it, not the car stopping itself...... edit,, Nevermind, that movement you were talking about was way after the impact,, strange in deed.

dfordham

If she put it in neutral before opening the door it wouldn't go into park, would it? Otherwise, how could you get through those automated carwashes where the driver gets out and the car is pulled through?

Regards,
Don

norcal_cyclist

We are assuming automatic.. was this in the U.S.? Also no weight in seat = no airbag deployment IIRC

BM2BZ

i think the move toward the end isn't from the original cctv. i think someone had taped it with their phone/camera and put it up on youtube.

danlnyc

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAHHAAHHAHAH now that was hilarious

hyperion667

MBNUT1

what I don't get is why the door didn't stay closed given that it got essentially slammed closed by the SUV

K-A

She popped it open in some obviously not-well-thought-out attempt at getting back in the car and stopping it before it slammed into the garage/wall straight ahead.

tome10

I don't think that was staged. There is an incline, look at the wall on the left. I don't think this is a very big problem, as this is the first i've seen or heard something like this occur. But, I've only been trolling this forum for a few months now.
I just bought my first MB (E350 Bluetec) being delivered next week. Now i'm worrying about turning my wife loose in the thing. Thinking about it, if when you open the door, and the car 'doesn't' go into Park Automatically, it would seem the Gear Selector whatever thingey is a Liability? With that said, how do you go through one of those car washes that you exit the car, and it pulls the car through?

K-A

Just like with every car, they still have to make sure to put it in Park. If anything, actually, the gear selector being so electronically controlled to the point where it automatically goes into "P" when opening the door, gives it extra safety and assurance that it won't roll. However, on the other hand, if someone gets too lazy to actually click "P" because they get used to and expect the car to do it itself after opening the door.... that could be a problem in the case where the car MIGHT malfunction from doing it.

As for the other thing, I wouldn't worry as the most general E-Class driver seems to be small women.

Arrie

My car does not go to park when I open the door if the engine is running. I can open the door and move the car forward and back with the door opened and have done this many times in parking carages. When I open the door with engine off it slams on park very hard. My 2011 350 was the same way.

When the woman opens the door the car stops and it seeme as it stopped because it went on park. I say this because the car bounces back up like against a spring, which matches what happens if you slam it on park while it is moving. If it hits something in the front it would not do this.

The question is what malfunctioned here? If she left the car on gear with engine running and stepped out it would have started rolling down almost immediately and not after four or so seconds. If there was enough incline the hill hold would have kept it but only for a couple of seconds.It would have rolled already before she got in front of the car.

Then, if it was running and started rolling why did it stop when the door was opened? Does it have a feature that if it moves without the driver on seat it will slam on park if the door is opened from outside. I think she did leave it running as I think the guy went in the car to turn it off.

Could it be that with engine running the car allows to leave it on neutral to be pushed / towed. Then when the door is opened from outside slams on park to stop it as seems happened?

As I said my car does not go to park with door open if engine runs. Only if engine is off.


Addition: To clarify the engine on or off above may mean that the key is in on / off position. I'm not sure if engine running or not makes any difference, but will test.


Addition 2:

It is not about if the engine runs but about if key is in position 2, i. if the engine runs or the key is in position 2 I can open the door and the car does not go to park. It only goes to park if I open the door with key not in position 2.

Also, it does not go to park when the door is opened from outside if key is in position 2.

In this woman's case it seems car came out of park by itself and then went back to park when she opened the door.

norcal_cyclist

FWIW you shouldn't drive this car any different than the one you have now. Before you get out, shift into park, set the park brake, TURN THE ENGINE OFF and get out. We get into trouble when we're in a hurry and skip one or more of the above steps. Your wife ought to be fine....

Corey140

The camera moves because the person is recording from the security monitor.

Man, the door got her good...