Has anyone tried the valet feature on the app? Has anyone tried it, and does it work? If you drive outside of the set zone, will the car simply turn off?

 

No. It is an alert system. It alerts you if the car drives outside a radius but it doesn't shut the car off. I use this when I valet park as well as when my car is at the dealership.

I dont think any OEM would design a car which can be remotely shut down like that. It presents an obvious safety risk, and also it is a huge risk in the context of someone hacking the API. Imagine if someone shut a car down while crossing a railroad track for instance. Now imagine it was a hacker who hacked into the app and used the valet mode to get you.

 

Do you also activate the Valet Mode in the car itself? On a separate issue, I also find that the MB me app does not always update the car's status. Sometimes, I go into the MB me app, and I see the status of the car charge and other data is several days to a week old. There does not seem to be a way to manual force a refresh. I tried going in and out of the app too.

 

I find that the app updates the status when you do something to trigger a synchronization. See below I initially checked my app and last sync was 1208 but it is now 129.

i then triggered a door lock and then look at the next screenshot. That car just synce with the app.

 

Valet mode in the car is same as in the app.

 

Thanks, Stealth Pilot. I thought swiping down refreshes, but initiate a sync with an action, and it refreshes everything. Good tip. As for the valet in the car, it actually limits the speed to 50 mph, turns on EPS, and a couple of other things. But it doesn't limit the radius travel like on the app. I wish the app does travel logging. Now, I have to put a Samsung Smart Tag to do that job.

 

Thanks. Good to know about valet mode.