To the Dominican Republic?

 

I have enjoyed this discussion for many months. My loaded GLE450 was a Christmas present to my wife, ordered Dec 22 for an April delivery. VIN 42xxx so early.. September 1 it "went to VPC." Today MB, not dealer, will offer no information. I still have 2 of the 4 MB's I've purchased. 1998 SL500 and 2008 ML550.
Great cars but our last MB's, we bailed today. Best of luck to you all.

 

Sorry to hear, what are you buying instead.

 

My VIN 020XXX 450 still not here since 2018 DEC 7 order. Re order a 53 August 10, not news after that. So both orders they have no idea where when what will ever be deliver. I am in Canada, all I can say is f*ck this ! I own w208 w209 w211 w166 this will be my last Mercedes. They are so full of sh*t

 

Audi Q8

 

I'm with you all the way! They made me wait 18 Months for my glc63s, it came missing the mbux system, hud because magically non were available, different tires then shown in all press cars and the best of all condensation under the clearcoat on drivers door from waiting at port for months. I suckered myself in again hopefully this time there a little more honest? I don't see EPA release on 53 or gle/gls 580 so I figure we are several month's away! What wasyour dealers initial time estimate on the 53?

 

53 Coupe or Full-size?
Just when I start feeling sorry for myself I read your update and can’t believe it! I keep waiting to read about a management shakeup. Not many companies lose a Billion+ without consequences and this all follows Diesel-gate. Good luck with the 53, you deserve something special, that would have been my choice except for the 2021 estimate originally given.

 

my dealer was telling to re order 53 with a end of year delivery. I email them last week and still have no answer. I am not hoping much, it’s all lie anyways. They will always come up with an excuse so good made me walk with them. At they end of the day I think they just think I am stupid. Some what my fault that I really like the new GLE so much I am willing to wait for so long.

 

fullsize 53

 

Mine told me same story, I will believe it when I see it!

 

Recently spent most of a day towing my Polaris RZR over 600 miles. RZR and trailer with fuel and parts weigh about 3300lbs. Here’s a brief update.

Old issues remain:

Key fob locking

Mirror fold locking resets to on.

Kick to open erratic

Android Auto inoperative with Console and Steering wheel touch screen. No Full Screen even though phone allows it.


New issues:

Mercedes “me” flaky. Easy commands no longer work, Activates for no reason or “M” command. Hard to close with verbal commands. Simple “Navigate to’ large City for example rarely works now.

Nav works better but still minor issues, inaccuracies. Worked perfect until September.

Settings return to factory default randomly-(mirror fold), now announcement volumn in Nav drop so can’t hear them with music.

Towing -now lane keep and lane change inoperative when LK turned off. The rest of Distronic OK. Will check on return trip to see if towing is a factor. Until dealer trip-when in Distronic LK worked to keep centered in the lane with LK turned off. Now it no longer changes lanes with the turn signal and even thoug LK shows active it does nothing. Keeps the distance and no longer accelerates full throttle like it did. The Recall for the Radar fix made big improvement to false reactions..seems to work great except on curves. Any curve with background buildings, trees or hills results in slowing or gentle braking. In heavy high speed traffic this could be dangerous.

BlueTooth- used to connect automatically when selected….now usually need to imitate with phone. Skipped from track 29 to track130 and then back to 30 after the last track (136) played. Starting to lose the music for a few seconds like a needle skipping on an old record player. This on Google Play music I own that is downloaded to my phone.

‘Trying to be brief so hope this makes sense.

Good:
Mercedes Nav worked very well in long stretches with no cell service, no noticeable difference from in Cell service. Even POI’s were live. The update to Radar made it much better..still needs polish.

Bad:
Won’t pull taller gears when Towing, shifts down to 6, 7 or 8 and economy numbers drop precipitously compared to our Audi. Mileage at 65mph about 25% better than at 75. Audi adds boost and pulls my same trailer in 8th gear (8 speed vs 9), rarely downshifts and gets a little better fuel economy...weighs about 500lbs less, Audi has a Boost Gauge so I can watch Boost being added as it pulls a hill. Comparable HP and Torque. Mercedes 362hp/369T + EQBoost. Audi 354hp/369T. I noticed the EQ Boost come on at higher speed when passing, maybe when the battery was fully charged...didn’t do it all the time. Our Audi is noticeably faster passing while towing and faster 0-60 but not as linear as the MB.

 

You placed an order for 53 SUV also ? You got allocation for a build yet ?

 

What city are you in? Tery is from Vancouver and I'm from Toronto and we both ordered 53's also.

 

I just received word that my Diamond White GLE 450 (ordered June 7th, scheduled 1D August) is at the vehicle processing center to be shipped to my dealer in Louisiana. My SA said that it should arrive within the next week.

I'm curious how much time that it takes to orient yourself to the car and all of its programs?

This is may first MB and I'm very excited to finally take delivery although I'm a little worried after reading about so many issues.

 

Congrats! The MBUX system does take a while to get down (the 653-page manual should give you a clue, though a third of that is legal disclaimers). After 5 months I'm still not proficient with it, but it's my wife's DD so I have not had enough time in it. After a couple non-start issues, no problems the last couple months.

 

Thanks, Greg! I am hopeful that many of the bugs have been worked out by now.

 

Congrats! I think it depends on how comfortable you are with new tech. For me it feels unexpectedly hassle-free, everything is well thought out and common sense....I can say 3 days in I am about 95% proficient. I did go through the manual in detail though, and clicked around quite a lot.

 

I'm pretty proficient with technology and have a free weekend after I pick it up so I should be good!

 

There are two separate screens and sets of menu’s with layers of sub menus. Some redundancy!
The one I missed for the first few weeks is controlled by the left steering wheel home button and track pad. That’s also where you can scroll up to adjust the HUD menu and height. If I had to do it over again I would do a very basic walk through at delivery leaving out most MBUX functions. Then take the car for a few days and get familiar with it. Write down a list of questions and then return to the SA for more in depth tutoring. With no prior Mercedes experience it’s too much to go over in one quick setting. Some things are similar to other German cars & others unique to M. Going through the Manual was painful for me, I don’t like to read instructions.
if there are any of the surprise glitches take a picture or video if you can. It seems like they fix or update software only to create a new issue. With the complexity and numerous subcontractors of the Tech there seem to be ongoing bugs.

 

Just got word that my original build, slated for production in 2D March is completed and has now been delayed at VPC since Friday. No ETA is listed in NetStar. Not sure when to expect it to get shipped. I'm leaning toward waiting for my June reorder even if this one arrives soon. The June order is scheduled for production 2D November and has been holding steady at that timeframe since September.

Since I haven't test driven the 450 yet, only a 350, I'm looking forward to its arrival at least as a preview of what is to come.

Interestingly, one of the screenshots she sent me showed three other vehicles were canceled by their prospective buyers, accompanied by notes such as "Norm gave up on us." I imagine that's pretty common these days.

 

We ordered our 2020 GLE450 in late May. Delivery was expected in August. That was subsequently postponed to September, then early October. We were close to calling it off, but the vehicle was finally built in early October and arrived at the dealer about a week later. We picked it up on October 14. The salesperson did a good job of keeping us informed along the way, but I was not pleased at how long it took to build.

I’m glad we held on, because it’s a terrific vehicle. We traded our 2016 300d on the new one. It’s Mojave Silver, which we like better than the white 2016. It’s a bit faster than the diesel, as well!

 

If you're one who doesn't mind reading manuals, you can download it here: https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manuals

 

Your timeline is similar to mine. We placed our order on May 25th, but the allocation allowed the order to be placed on June 7th with 1D August production. That was pushed back several times but It is supposed to arrive at our dealer sometime in the next few days.

I'm glad you think it is terrific and I hope that it is worth the wait!

 

Thanks for sending the link! We are in Hawaii for another week and I have some down time to read the manual before picking up my car.

 

Just got the news today that my second order has actually finished production and is on rail, pending of course a train derailment i should see it in a couple of weeks. I got all options i had ordered, first VIN was in the 20,000 range, new one just over 124,000 ,

GLE450
premium package
comfort package
technology package
night package
intelligent drive package
leather upholstery
H31 open pore trim
489 - Airmatic
490 - E-ABC
550 -trailer hitch
597 -windshield heater
942 - easy pack load system
RWB - 21-inch multispoke
PAF - acoustical comfort package
51u - black headliner