Egonvdv

I paid for the subscription but underwhelmed with it.

not really found a scenario where i would really need this.
i would never park my car so close to another car that i can hardly get out..
cos then THEY can hardly get in... and thus might damage my baby...

It's also not a very quick procedure.

But i guess it's handy for people with a small "parking box"

c4004matic

If it works as well as the rest of the self parking system, you might as well forget it.
It is utter and absolute trash. In my expirience it works basicly under lab conditions: all the sensors have to be perfectly clean, the parking spot has to perfectly aligned, it must be an absurdly large space, etc, etc. Pure BS.

Egonvdv

that's another way of putting it yes!

c4004matic

ua549

Remote Park Pilot is an entirely different feature than Parking Pilot. They are different systems. Remote Park Pilot works perfectly in very tight angled and perpendicular spaces where there is no room for a door to open properly. It is controlled by the smartphone app, not the car's sensors. That said I've had my car for 6 months with never a dirty sensor issue. The car has been washed 3 times, endured a hurricane and some winter storms (no ice/snow).

c4004matic

The only sensor on the eclass that is weather resistant is the main radar sensor because its heated (unlike older versions, thankfully) The parking sensors are always full of winter crud. In my neck of the woods it snows essentially every week.
Btw, the smart phone app is simply a remote throttle control, the system works entirely off the parking pilot hardwre.

dguth

Speaking of the parking assist feature. I have tried to activate this three or four times to see if the car will recognize the parking spot. Never worked. Never picked up the parking spots when there were countless ones available. I keep my car immaculate too so should have been no issue in sensor cleanliness. Sort of a waste of a feature.

Egonvdv

remote park pilot is activated via the app, but the app doesn't do anything else than telling the car it's ok to move, it's the sensor of the car that ARE being used to park,
just like they do with "active parking assist" (when you let the car park whilst you are I it)

"parking pilot" is just the radar & camera assist when you park yourself.

ua549

Every time I've used Remote Park Pilot the car never turned as the Parking Pilot does. It was either straight forward or straight back. BTW what is winter crud? I did not realize that snow can stick to vertical surfaces where the sensors are.

Egonvdv

there are 2 ways to use it:

1) stop the car / get out / activate RPP = you can only move forward or back

2) let car find park space / choose the space / get out of the car / activate RPP = now the car will park itself in the chosen spot

BeachBunny

The US models will never see this feature until MBUSA's contract with Verizon a.k.a. mBrace expires. IIRC, the Remote Parking app communicates through Bluetooth to the target car. Verizon's half-assed thing connects through the cell network and there's too much unpredictability/lag/delays for that to work safely and reliably.

c4004matic

I'm well aqare of Europe's and some American city' parking foibles. Personally I would not park anywhere I cant exit the car through the door since though you may have a fancy app to do it the car next to you most certainly doesnt, leading him to bang your door to get in his car! If parking against a wall I simply let my passenger out before I park. The 360 camera side view makes such a maneuver a cinch!

BenzC400

BenzC400

Has any one heard any recent news about the availability of remote parking in the US?

BeachBunny

Until MBUSA's exclusive contract with Verizon Telematics to provide the MercedesMe service expires, this feature will never make it to US models.

BenzC400

2019 model year cars with Mercedes me connect use AT&T so maybe there’s hope. As far as I can tell, the remote parking capability doesn’t require an internet connection, only Bluetooth.

Music_Lover

How do you test if the car has Keyless Go?

BenzC400

• Mercedes KEYLESS START®: With KEYLESS START®, you can step on the brake or press the Start/Stop button on the dashboard to start your car—no key required.
• Mercedes KEYLESS GO®: This feature is essentially an upgrade of KEYLESS START®. You can start the engine by pressing the brake pedal or dash-mounted button, but that’s not all. KEYLESS GO®senses your key in your pocket or bag, and will automatically unlock/lock the doors when you touch the door handle.

DFWdude

I'm a big fan of "Active Park Assist" and I use it to back into 90° parking spots often. (Parallel parking opportunities are few where I drive.) I like being in the car and monitoring the process, taking over when the system rarely fails. Any passengers in the car feel safer watching me at the wheel to take over if needed, too.

That said, I see no use for Remote Parking from outside the car.
1) If a space is so narrow that I can't open the door if I park in it, I will find another space less likely to result in door dings to my car.
2) Standing outside the car to direct Remote Park is dangerous, IMO. In most parking lots, there is no curb to stand on (occupied by other cars instead). So that means standing in the busy approach lane, vulnerable to other drivers who are more likely to Honk at you to get you out of the way. Drivers are crazy here in TX, and I wouldn't trust them to recognize a remote park functon in use.

BenzC400

I wouldn’t park so close to another car either for the same reasons. I usually park well away form other cars, Unfortunately, even in a nearly empty lot with many open spots, I sometimes come back to the car to find someone parked right next to me. I think it would be a rare event that someone would park so close that I couldn’t open the door. But, if that happened, remote parking would be useful. I’d like to have remote parking, if even for the cool factor. I think that the necessary hardware is already built in, it just has to be activated.

I too use Active Park Assist. I find it most useful for parallel parking. It seems to recognize parallel spots easier and faster that perpendicular spots. Sometimes perpendicular parking takes too long and if there’s traffic, other drivers get impatient.

ua549

I would use remote park pilot in my home garage where the available space is tight. Remote parking would allow me to reduce the parking footprint from 10' to 8'. I could actually get 3 cars into my 24' wide 3 car garage.

Egonvdv

for that it's actually handy.

for regular parking it's good for people that really don't know how to park themselves,
The feature can not park in tight spots, so I have to park myself in any case
only used it a few times to show it to people, never cos I needed to.

2012 merc amg

For me being a wheelchair user it would be very useful. One reason I recently got rid of my E450 Cabrio was because the doors being so long I was very likely to get blocked in as I need the door swung open wide to get my wheelchair in the car. I switched back to a S550 which has shorter doors and is a much easier transfer in, more easy on my shoulders. But if I had the ability to back the car out of the spot when somebody parked too close that I was not able to get into the car it would be helpful. But I don't they are ever going to offer it in the USA.

BenzC400

Apparently, Hyundai will offer its version of Remote Parking Pilot called “Remote Smart Parking Assist (RSPA) on the 2020 Sonata. It’s described on the Hyundai USA website, so I assume it will be available in the USA. If Hyundai can do it, Mercedes should bring it to our cars too. Come on Mercedes.

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/why-hyundai/smartsense.aspx

sardarji

Just curious if anyone knows if this feature can be turn on in the USA? I know my 2017 e300 has the hardware (I have a P3 package/Drivers Assistance Pro).
If Mercedes is not allowing it yet, is it possible someone can make a smartphone app and unlock the codes in the car itself (through programming)? Maybe like a 3rd party app to remote park?