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Hi there, I'm new to MB. My 2014 GL350 doesn't seem to have Distronic plus package. However the Distance Warning option is enabled on my 2014 GL350. When engine starts it shows this symbol
OFF, for a few seconds. And the cruise control doesn't automatically slow down when approaching front vehicle. But I recall it worked before.It doesn't seem to give warning when getting very close to front vehicle. I think it's an issue with the distronic radar sensor? Thanks.
Yes I've read the manual, but that doesn't help with my question. Like I mentioned earlier, the Distance warning is set to Enabled, but when engine starts the symbol
shows up for a few seconds, which means something not right. And when fast approaching front vehicle it doesn't give warning in regular driving, or doesn't slow down in Cruise control mode. I'm trying to see if anyone knows which sensor causes this issue, and also where such sensor is located.
It's not a sensor issue - that part of the manual describes the function of Collision Prevention Assist - which is a emergency alert - and NOT Distronic function.
Under "normal" driving - you would tend NOT to set off Collision Prevention Assist - which is a beep/beep alert - it is NOT Distronic - it does NOT slow you down in Cruise Control - etc.
If the sensor was inoperative - the dash would give you a error message
It's not a sensor issue - that part of the manual describes the function of Collision Prevention Assist - which is a emergency alert - and NOT Distronic function.
Under "normal" driving - you would tend NOT to set off Collision Prevention Assist - which is a beep/beep alert - it is NOT Distronic - it does NOT slow you down in Cruise Control - etc.
If the sensor was inoperative - the dash would give you a error message
If that's the case, how would you explain the OFF symbol comes on every time, while Distance warning is enabled? It should only show up when Distance warning is disabled according to the manual.
Also, it happened at a few random times that there was no vehicle close in front but the triangle red alert came up in speedometer window, along with alarm sound.
If the Distance warning doesn't slow down in cruise driving, what does?
I'm getting more confused.
The driver controls speed when using cruise control on vehicles without Distronic.
I'm not sure how you know it's without Distronic. I believe it has Distronic as it was able to automatically slow down or accelerate to just follow front car speed before. And that OFF symbol wasn't coming up before. All those issues started at the same time later on.
OK thanks for the info. I checked on that web site, and it doesn't show Distronic package. If the details from that website is accurate, it just has Collision prevention and Distance warning, no adaptive cruise.
Hmm. But I still wonder why this
sign comes up every time engine starts. It should mean Distance/Collision warning is off, but it is set to Enabled.
always observed this light/symbol as collision avoidance and do not believe it correlates to distronic ... it's worked for me on many occasions (sometimes incorrectly) ... your front peripheral sensors are constantly active and sending out signals ... in the "normal" course of driving, the computer uses the sensors to analyze if something in front of the vehicle is "not" in the normal course of driving ... for instance, cruising at 45mph and it detects say for instance a car immediately in front is NOT cruising at comparable speed (say 15mph) and as the two vehicles narrows the gap, the audible and visual alert comes on ... and Boom ... I like it 95% of the time b/c it's accurate 5% of the time it miscalculates ... say a protruding branch into the road or a perpendicular car encroaching too much into your lane, waiting to make a turn after you pass ... :-)
06-12-2019, 11:53 PM
