Transmission/ESP issues?
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Transmission/ESP issues?
Anyone have an issue like this yet with your GLC?
I had gotten off the freeway and came to a stop at an intersection. When I started to accelerate, the transmission started to feel very jerky and car felt like it was losing power; the ESP light came on briefly too. Then it started to drive as normal, and repeated this several times the few blocks to get home; I kept wondering if the car would stall or die out or something. It has been A LONG time since I drove a car and wondered if I would get home or not.
Called and have a service appt set up for Monday June 6; the service advisor had not yet heard of this kind of issue with GLCs (but I was also the first in our area to have the infamous front strut issue which they also have not heard of before me).
My GLC is at about 3900 miles (took delivery on Dec 24).
I was more thankful that nothing screwy happened when I was on the freeway than upset that this issue happened (it's a new model so I know that there may be some issues).
Did this happen with anyone else yet?
I had gotten off the freeway and came to a stop at an intersection. When I started to accelerate, the transmission started to feel very jerky and car felt like it was losing power; the ESP light came on briefly too. Then it started to drive as normal, and repeated this several times the few blocks to get home; I kept wondering if the car would stall or die out or something. It has been A LONG time since I drove a car and wondered if I would get home or not.
Called and have a service appt set up for Monday June 6; the service advisor had not yet heard of this kind of issue with GLCs (but I was also the first in our area to have the infamous front strut issue which they also have not heard of before me).
My GLC is at about 3900 miles (took delivery on Dec 24).
I was more thankful that nothing screwy happened when I was on the freeway than upset that this issue happened (it's a new model so I know that there may be some issues).
Did this happen with anyone else yet?
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Yes indeed; I posted the service invoice of the work on another thread...
https://mbworld.org/forums/glc-class...ml#post6736166
https://mbworld.org/forums/glc-class...ml#post6736166
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Update....Additional system failures on way to dealer for service
After experiencing the problem 5 days ago, I did not drive my car again until this morning when taking it to the dealer for service. On the way to the highway, I did not experience the transmission jerkiness or feeling like it would stall, but the driving did seem a bit off to me.
Then, just as I got onto the highway, I heard a chime and saw a number of different things (all this is new from what I experienced last Thursday):
ESP light on
ABS light on
Warning message: ESP and ABS systems failed
Warning message: Active Lane Keeping Assist system failed
Warning message: Pre-Safe systems limited functionality
I drove very carefully the rest of the way to the dealer and kept the engine running so they could see all of these indicators and warning messages, and they kept it running to take it to the service area for diagnostic.
None of them have heard of this issue yet with USA GLCs, so now I just wait to learn what they find.
Then, just as I got onto the highway, I heard a chime and saw a number of different things (all this is new from what I experienced last Thursday):
ESP light on
ABS light on
Warning message: ESP and ABS systems failed
Warning message: Active Lane Keeping Assist system failed
Warning message: Pre-Safe systems limited functionality
I drove very carefully the rest of the way to the dealer and kept the engine running so they could see all of these indicators and warning messages, and they kept it running to take it to the service area for diagnostic.
None of them have heard of this issue yet with USA GLCs, so now I just wait to learn what they find.
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Thread Starter
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From: Winston-Salem, NC USA
2019 MB C300 4Matic (me); 2021 BMW 530i xDrive (husband)
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From: Winston-Salem, NC USA
2019 MB C300 4Matic (me); 2021 BMW 530i xDrive (husband)
Transmission/ESP issues---solved. Loose RPM sensor
My dealer's service dept found the issue....a wheel speed sensor/wire had come out that caused all these system failures. They replaced the sensor.
So JEVA and decorily both nailed it with suspected issues, and especially decorily because it was the left-front wheel....same side as the front strut replacement.
So JEVA and decorily both nailed it with suspected issues, and especially decorily because it was the left-front wheel....same side as the front strut replacement.
