Reading the Manual on car washes,it gives a whole process of deactivating everything including cameras heating cooling etc.It seems like a overkill?Can anyone comment .please.

 

Have had mine washed many times( just rode it through,

 

Turn off the wipers. Place in neutral. The sensor noise is crazy but it’s only a couple of minutes. If the noise bothers you you can turn it off.

 

I took my wife’s GLE through an automated car wash for the first time a few weeks ago. It had a car wash mode which you could activate. I’m guessing all new Mercedes have that.

 

No, there is no wash mode on GLB's in US... Make sure to deactivate the auto parking break after switching to neutral. In the auto car wash, the guy was new and didn't do it. So the GLC in front of me and my GLB were jumping and not moving on the rail each time the cylinder came to push the tire...

 

Nor the EQS. In fact you cant manually control the EQS height at all, which quite frankly is beyond dumb since the car is very low and very long which compromises break over angle. Ive had scrapping even at low speed over speed bumps! There is a way to raise it to put it on a wrecker but its a hidden multi point process.

 

No wash mode on the W223 S Class either.

 

that’s too bad. Car wash mode is a brilliant concept.

 

Agree. Parked my wife's GLE under a Pecan tree in Southlake while visiting our Son, and it had little droplets of sap all over it, so took it to a car wash. The car wash mode was fantastic. But, not a problem for me as my EQS will never see one! Yes....I'm one of those weirdos.

 

Me too!

 

Agreed but I think its only available on the SUVs my GLS has it.

 

It is weirdly an SUV only feature, and I've only seen it on the Alabama SUV's (EQS SUV, GLE, GLS).

 

Wanted to report back on successful Touchless Car Wash.Left car in Neutral and shut off Wipers and no problems.

 

You got me curious since the topic of automatic washes were brought up, curious what you think of recycled water, is it like spraying salt water from other vehicles during the winter, for those who do touchless wash?

I too hand wash but sometimes I get lazy and wondered if it is better to keep the salt on the vehicle or go through a touchless with the risk of recycled water spraying salt water into places that normal driving will never reach. I thought about shell touchless.

 

The SUV's simply have a carwash setting that turns all the doodads off. For some mysterious reason sedans dont.

 

My S580 does. No idea why the EQS doesn't...

 

This guy's EQS580 sedan has car wash mode. My 2022 EQS AMG does not.

 

I have the car wash mode too. 2024 EQS 580 sedan.

 

I heard 2025 model year vehicles doesn't matter what model of the lineup have the carwash mode removed, not sure if that is true but so far 2025 GLC and 2025 W214 doesn't have it,

 

I wonder what could possibly be MB's thinking behind the removal of car wash mode. I can't imagine it's cost-driven.

 

That is a good question, maybe they are trying to simplify things... uh, for example MBUX 1.0 (NTG 6.0) you can customize the instrument cluster more than MBUX 2.0 (NTG 7.0) in the EQS for example. Can't say it is a good change though.

 

I think Mercedes has likely removed "Car Wash Mode" in newer models like the 2025 lineup due to advancements in technology that make many of the features it previously controlled now able to adjust dynamically based on situational factors, eliminating the need for a dedicated "Car Wash Mode" setting that might be seen as redundant.
Or someone sued Mercedes and won because this feature caused significant damage.

 

I don't see how the feature could cause any damage. It just closes the windows and turns off the wipers etc

 

Ya exactly.

That said, it does temporarily disable the PARKTRONIC sensors as well (if I recalled correctly), but there are so many disclaimers and what it will do shown before you activate, so people can't blame Mercedes if their car doesn't beep plus those are safety aids anyways.

 

I just watched a German-language video highlighting how catastrophically the software development is being handled. It’s no wonder that Mercedes struggles so much with updates and development. Almost the entire development process is outsourced, which creates significant problems. The motto seems to be: "We build cars; the rest of the software is done by others"—others who may have never even driven the car in real-world conditions.
Again, its in German language.