GLC Brake Failure
07-26-2017, 01:06 AM
#26
Senior Member
If not the phone, maybe all the electronics in the car (they can be distracting) can be to blame.
07-26-2017, 05:34 AM
#27
Member
Good point, mobile phones are keeping panel beaters in business these days. Still find it strange that brake assist did not stop the vehicle. Maybe she had been riding the brakes causing them to overheat. This would cause the low brake pedal and hot rotors.
07-26-2017, 10:35 AM
#29
MBWorld Fanatic!
Originally Posted by mtberman
To clear up any confusion, the GLC does in fact have have an EDR. Times change and the automotive business is no exception.
07-26-2017, 11:46 AM
#30
Junior Member
From the images and the very low cost of repair, some combination of your daughter and the mercedes did apply the brakes and avoided much greater damage.
A 30-35mph rear end with no brakes involved would look more like this:
Could it be possible that your daughter went to apply the brakes but the mercedes was already applying them, which is why she felt they weren't responding?
A 30-35mph rear end with no brakes involved would look more like this:
Could it be possible that your daughter went to apply the brakes but the mercedes was already applying them, which is why she felt they weren't responding?
Last edited by mike7ee; 07-26-2017 at 11:54 AM.
07-29-2017, 11:55 AM
#31
Senior Member
Well... I am grateful that your daughter is OK - and frankly running into a stopped car at her "35mph" speed WITHOUT Collision Prevention Assist + - combined with Brake Assist would have been a HECK-OF-A-LOT more than $2,000 damage to both vehicles.
As a father - your daughter was accelerating directly towards a stopped car - and the safety systems caught that - and minimized the damage to $2K for both cars.
As a father - your daughter was accelerating directly towards a stopped car - and the safety systems caught that - and minimized the damage to $2K for both cars.
I'm glad your daughter and no one else was injured in the accident, however it happened.
