whwhzzz

I changed to sport mode. But next time I restart the car the mode is still comfortable mode. Can I set to remember using sport mode?
So does the Eco start/stop?

fabbrisd1

Your GLC "defaults" to Comfort on start-up - if you change to another mode it will stay in that mode until car is re-started .

whwhzzz

but my bmw can remember the drive mode even I shut down the car.
Can GLC do the same？

MITCH1975

No, the GLC won't do that. I have already been to the dealer and they say that has been a big complaint for customers. Seems like a software update could take care of that.

JEVA

Someone on here kind of had a workaround for this...it still would default to comfort but if you moved it into the custom(maybe it was a different name?) mode, it was set to turn off the auto start-stop. I don't recall the thread it was in.

larrypmyers

The fact the vehicle defaults to the comfort mode at start bugs me.

It should remain in the setting, what ever that may be, the driver has selected.

Start/stop setting should function the same.

JEVA

This is one of the posts I was thinking of...I think he posted about it a few times:
https://mbworld.org/forums/glc-class...ml#post6715532

Mikeyking

My BMW doesn't remember once you lock the car.

index1489

BMW drivers are a lot harder group to please, they tried to make auto stop start default ON and not rememeber last setting, that lasted about 3 months before they caved into customer demand.

I wish Mercedes drivers where more demanding...

fabbrisd1

It has nothing to do with "Customer Demand" - from the Mercedes side the default-Comfrt-w/eco-start/stop - is Mercedes compliance to meet how Mercedes interprets EU requirements.

If it really/realy bugs you - and you choose not to hit the Dymanic Select or set Indiv mode - then you can reach out to have someone install the Mid-City Engineering hard-wire-hack-solution.

whwhzzz

Why BMW can disable the eco start/stop. They are both EU companies.
I am in USA.

fabbrisd1

You bought a MB - and you abide with what MB thinks it should be to meet EU spec - did you own a VW diesel too ?

Penn

The tuning house Brabus have a kit part no 000-660-00
BRABUS Start-Stop Memory
additional control unit for deactivation of the Start-Stop function

JEVA

FYI - probably voids the warranty

FastE

Most Brabus is OK with MB. But not all.

FastE

Unfortunately Mid-City doesn't have a solution for my car. (W205) I am here snooping around to find a solution. Mid-City has a great reputation for those who can find the option for your car there.

dejongj

Mine seems to remember it when doing short dashes; i.e. I set off from home in Comfort, changed to Sport+ when driving, parked up and locked for a haircut, and it was still in Sport+. But parked up overnight it goes back to comfort.

It is just a little flick of the switch, I honestly can't get excited about it.

dieseldoc

Does not bother me. I change mine each time I start the car. I have set up an individual setting.

nelsonmanha

Very easy to do but you have to have its Monaco...... You can set the car to ROW (Rest of the World). it will remembember the setting as you left the last time

tcsting

GLC has to default to comfort mode and turn on auto start/stop due to both Europe as well as CARB rules.

BMW gets around it on SOME bmw models because of cap and trade (emissions trading). Their I3 model allows them to skirt some emissions requirements. Car companies like fiat just buy the emissions allowance from Tesla believe it or not.

its why sub compact SUVs have dinky engines so their large cousins can have huge engines then guzzle and pollute like mad.

its why both Mercedes and bmw always under rate true horsepower.

anyway, Mercedes has no successful battery only vehicle, not even at low I-3 volumes so it cannot disabled the auto start nor allow sport mode defaults

stephenja

I own, and like, a 2022 GLC300 and also noticed that the permanent default 'Dynamic Mode' cannot be changed from 'Comfort' to 'Eco'. I've researched several Mercedes user forums such as this one and do see that this question has been asked several times. But the answer is always the same, 'The Mercedes image is about performance and not about being environmentally friendly', is this true? Why doesn't Mercedes make the minor software update to allow the Mercedes owners, who want it, to make 'Eco' the permanently selected default. So we don't have to select it everytime we start our cars?

mikapen

Both the Stop-Start and the Start in Comfort, are required by the EPA. It has nothing to do with performance, or the mentality of the typical buyer.

Maybe a better way to say it is - "If you received your EPA mileage rating with those enabled, then the car must default to those settings." It's an important part of the CAFE ratings. And since the settings really affect real-world fuel economy, I don't know of a manufacturer that doesn't use every tool to improve their CAFE rating.

F SANE IL

Start/Stop is and EPA pleaser. To squeeze out an extra .0001mpg it has to default to that being on.

stephenja

I'm hoping the folks at Mercedes Benz read these posts. We the drivers of their great vehicles are simply asking that the choice of important features be put in our hands. Such as, choosing the more environmentally friendly Dynamic Eco Mode as the permanent default. I do understand that less eco friendly options should be a less permanent default selectable feature, such as making the driver select them every time they start the car.

F SANE IL

You don't live in a free country. It's a myth.