GLE 450-Some Random Thoughts & More
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We just took delivery of our 2020 GLE450 this week. So far, we’re enjoying it a lot. There’s still plenty to learn, but I thought I would seek advice on two questions, and offer one very positive comment.
To the left of the gear indicator on the screen in front of the driver is a green rectangle with the word “Ready” in it. I can’t find what this means.
i miss gauges for temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and such. There is a screen for engine information that can be displayed on the center panel, but it’s a very busy display and not intuitive. It would be nice if round gauges could be displayed in front of the driver in place of the large speedometer or, even better, along with the speedometer, but this is apparently not possible.
Now the praise. We live in a cold place, and ordered the cold weather package. The heater starts blowing warm air after driving only three blocks from a cold start, and by then the rapid heating seats, heated steering wheel, and heated door panels and armrest are also doing their job. Very nice!
To the left of the gear indicator on the screen in front of the driver is a green rectangle with the word “Ready” in it. I can’t find what this means.
i miss gauges for temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and such. There is a screen for engine information that can be displayed on the center panel, but it’s a very busy display and not intuitive. It would be nice if round gauges could be displayed in front of the driver in place of the large speedometer or, even better, along with the speedometer, but this is apparently not possible.
Now the praise. We live in a cold place, and ordered the cold weather package. The heater starts blowing warm air after driving only three blocks from a cold start, and by then the rapid heating seats, heated steering wheel, and heated door panels and armrest are also doing their job. Very nice!
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We just took delivery of our 2020 GLE450 this week. So far, we’re enjoying it a lot. There’s still plenty to learn, but I thought I would seek advice on two questions, and offer one very positive comment.
To the left of the gear indicator on the screen in front of the driver is a green rectangle with the word “Ready” in it. I can’t find what this means.
i miss gauges for temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and such. There is a screen for engine information that can be displayed on the center panel, but it’s a very busy display and not intuitive. It would be nice if round gauges could be displayed in front of the driver in place of the large speedometer or, even better, along with the speedometer, but this is apparently not possible.
Now the praise. We live in a cold place, and ordered the cold weather package. The heater starts blowing warm air after driving only three blocks from a cold start, and by then the rapid heating seats, heated steering wheel, and heated door panels and armrest are also doing their job. Very nice!
To the left of the gear indicator on the screen in front of the driver is a green rectangle with the word “Ready” in it. I can’t find what this means.
i miss gauges for temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and such. There is a screen for engine information that can be displayed on the center panel, but it’s a very busy display and not intuitive. It would be nice if round gauges could be displayed in front of the driver in place of the large speedometer or, even better, along with the speedometer, but this is apparently not possible.
Now the praise. We live in a cold place, and ordered the cold weather package. The heater starts blowing warm air after driving only three blocks from a cold start, and by then the rapid heating seats, heated steering wheel, and heated door panels and armrest are also doing their job. Very nice!
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2020 GLE 450 AMG exterior
I made the same tradeoff because that AMG wheel is so damn cool looking. I do find myself second-guessing it a lot because I'm worried about the comfort of the seats. The AMG interior seems to be exceedingly rare, so I haven't been able to test drive it. We wound up on the GLE because the Audi Q7's seats were so uncomfortable after just a 15-minute test drive. Part of me still wonders if I should have gone for the multicontour seats and driver's assistance package and skipped the AMG interior, but it's impossible to know without trying both of them out.
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Seat comfort
I made the same tradeoff because that AMG wheel is so damn cool looking. I do find myself second-guessing it a lot because I'm worried about the comfort of the seats. The AMG interior seems to be exceedingly rare, so I haven't been able to test drive it. We wound up on the GLE because the Audi Q7's seats were so uncomfortable after just a 15-minute test drive. Part of me still wonders if I should have gone for the multicontour seats and driver's assistance package and skipped the AMG interior, but it's impossible to know without trying both of them out.
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From: Bismarck, North Dakota
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As a matter of fact, we do have some bison here. Specifically the North Dakota State University Bison football team! They have won seven national football championships in recent years.
We made it through a big snow storm last week. Seventeen inches in Bismarck over three days, which was a record. We were running well-worn OE Continental all season tires on our 2016 300d. Thankfully, we had clear roads on Monday when we drove it to the dealer in SD to trade it in on the 2020 450. Because the new GLE has the same size 19 inch tires as the old one, we have winter tires to mount before winter really arrives.
The only shortcoming for the 2016 in snow was limited ground clearance. We opted for the air suspension on the 2020, which can raise the vehicle about two inches. The system doesn’t seem to be as good as what they offer on vehicles with more “off road” cred, like the Grand Cherokee or Range Rover, but it should help.
We made it through a big snow storm last week. Seventeen inches in Bismarck over three days, which was a record. We were running well-worn OE Continental all season tires on our 2016 300d. Thankfully, we had clear roads on Monday when we drove it to the dealer in SD to trade it in on the 2020 450. Because the new GLE has the same size 19 inch tires as the old one, we have winter tires to mount before winter really arrives.
The only shortcoming for the 2016 in snow was limited ground clearance. We opted for the air suspension on the 2020, which can raise the vehicle about two inches. The system doesn’t seem to be as good as what they offer on vehicles with more “off road” cred, like the Grand Cherokee or Range Rover, but it should help.
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2020 GLE 450 AMG exterior
Yeah, it's a crap shoot. I find the Sport seats okay, my wife doesn't like them. I don't like them as well as the same in my 2012. But we got the Dinamica; I think the Nappa is the way to go. You hear similar complaints about the multicountours from some - depends on you body type and likes.
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We just took delivery of our 2020 GLE450 this week. So far, we’re enjoying it a lot. There’s still plenty to learn, but I thought I would seek advice on two questions, and offer one very positive comment.
To the left of the gear indicator on the screen in front of the driver is a green rectangle with the word “Ready” in it. I can’t find what this means.
i miss gauges for temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and such. There is a screen for engine information that can be displayed on the center panel, but it’s a very busy display and not intuitive. It would be nice if round gauges could be displayed in front of the driver in place of the large speedometer or, even better, along with the speedometer, but this is apparently not possible.
Now the praise. We live in a cold place, and ordered the cold weather package. The heater starts blowing warm air after driving only three blocks from a cold start, and by then the rapid heating seats, heated steering wheel, and heated door panels and armrest are also doing their job. Very nice!
To the left of the gear indicator on the screen in front of the driver is a green rectangle with the word “Ready” in it. I can’t find what this means.
i miss gauges for temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and such. There is a screen for engine information that can be displayed on the center panel, but it’s a very busy display and not intuitive. It would be nice if round gauges could be displayed in front of the driver in place of the large speedometer or, even better, along with the speedometer, but this is apparently not possible.
Now the praise. We live in a cold place, and ordered the cold weather package. The heater starts blowing warm air after driving only three blocks from a cold start, and by then the rapid heating seats, heated steering wheel, and heated door panels and armrest are also doing their job. Very nice!
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I got to say the intermittent functionality of keyless go and hands-free trunk opening is starting to annoy me, especially when my keys are in my pocket, my hands are full, and it's raining.
The navigation is also not that great, the arrival times are way off for me, and the routing is sometimes really weird - I have been spot-checking with Apple Maps and they always have a better route.
The navigation is also not that great, the arrival times are way off for me, and the routing is sometimes really weird - I have been spot-checking with Apple Maps and they always have a better route.
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Looking at the car status, it would actually lower to -2 when parked. When I start driving, it raises to -1. Wondering if this is by design, or a software bug.
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I would go with bug! I have had several nuances like the lower on entry stayed on, the rocker switch inactive. After my last service visit, updates and hard reboot (battery disconnect) mine now works as currently designed except by measurement it drops one inch in Sport and lower on entry. Is that the way it should be or manual wrong??/
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Frustrating! I noticed that it won't always lower on entry and for some reason that setting won't stick being enabled.
In other news, I came to my car this morning and all 4 windows were rolled down by an inch. Luckily, I park in a garage.
I am wondering now whether I held the remote buttons and caused this to happen or did the car do it on its own.
In other news, I came to my car this morning and all 4 windows were rolled down by an inch. Luckily, I park in a garage.
I am wondering now whether I held the remote buttons and caused this to happen or did the car do it on its own.
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Frustrating! I noticed that it won't always lower on entry and for some reason that setting won't stick being enabled.
In other news, I came to my car this morning and all 4 windows were rolled down by an inch. Luckily, I park in a garage.
I am wondering now whether I held the remote buttons and caused this to happen or did the car do it on its own.
In other news, I came to my car this morning and all 4 windows were rolled down by an inch. Luckily, I park in a garage.
I am wondering now whether I held the remote buttons and caused this to happen or did the car do it on its own.
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I noticed that even though my map updates are set on Automatic and I have a wifi hotspot, the maps aren't actively updated. I had version 260 upon delivery, and on the Mercedes Me portal it indicates that latest version is 271.
So I loaded up the updated maps (about 4.5 GBs in total for Northeast region) on a USB stick and had it done manually. You would need to install the MB Download Manager for that, use a flash drive and the USB-C port in your car.
So I loaded up the updated maps (about 4.5 GBs in total for Northeast region) on a USB stick and had it done manually. You would need to install the MB Download Manager for that, use a flash drive and the USB-C port in your car.
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Nav map updates
I noticed that even though my map updates are set on Automatic and I have a wifi hotspot, the maps aren't actively updated. I had version 260 upon delivery, and on the Mercedes Me portal it indicates that latest version is 271.
So I loaded up the updated maps (about 4.5 GBs in total for Northeast region) on a USB stick and had it done manually. You would need to install the MB Download Manager for that, use a flash drive and the USB-C port in your car.
So I loaded up the updated maps (about 4.5 GBs in total for Northeast region) on a USB stick and had it done manually. You would need to install the MB Download Manager for that, use a flash drive and the USB-C port in your car.
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2020 GLE 450 4matic
I have a new 2020 GLE 450, and I do not have Driver Assistance or "augmented navigation". I can't seem to find the current posted speed limit for any given road that I happen to be on. Does anybody know how to find it or where it is somewhere on my dashboard? Thank you.
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Speed limit sign feature
Traffic Sign Assist (513) is part of the DA2 Driver's Assistance Package Plus.
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2020 GLE 450 4matic
Thanks for your note. So since I also do not have Traffic Sign Assist, I am out of luck and I have no access at all anywhere to find the posted speed limit. Am I hearing you correctly? Thanks again.
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I noticed that even though my map updates are set on Automatic and I have a wifi hotspot, the maps aren't actively updated. I had version 260 upon delivery, and on the Mercedes Me portal it indicates that latest version is 271.
So I loaded up the updated maps (about 4.5 GBs in total for Northeast region) on a USB stick and had it done manually. You would need to install the MB Download Manager for that, use a flash drive and the USB-C port in your car.
So I loaded up the updated maps (about 4.5 GBs in total for Northeast region) on a USB stick and had it done manually. You would need to install the MB Download Manager for that, use a flash drive and the USB-C port in your car.
Doors and Windows - Geofencing - ECO Display - Online Map Updates - Software updates
All of them work (e.g. Software updates shows "No software updates are currently available for your vehicle."), except for Online Map Updates which gives this error:
Online map update
This service is not available.
The service Online Map Update is unavailable for technical reasons.Please contact your service partner to localise and eradicate this problem directly.
Contact service partner
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Thanks for your interest in my issue here. My thinking is that the posted, current speed limit is not based on what map version I have, but rather it might be based on receiving it through GPS. I also have a '17 Ford truck, and an older (approx. 5 years) portable Garmin GPS unit, and they display the current speed limit. So I wonder why I don't receive the posted speed limit the same way in something as sophisticated as a 2020 Mercedes Benz.
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Thanks for your interest in my issue here. My thinking is that the posted, current speed limit is not based on what map version I have, but rather it might be based on receiving it through GPS. I also have a '17 Ford truck, and an older (approx. 5 years) portable Garmin GPS unit, and they display the current speed limit. So I wonder why I don't receive the posted speed limit the same way in something as sophisticated as a 2020 Mercedes Benz.
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Where are you downloading the map updates from? I log into the Mercedes Me Connect portal, and under "services" I have a few options:
Doors and Windows - Geofencing - ECO Display - Online Map Updates - Software updates
All of them work (e.g. Software updates shows "No software updates are currently available for your vehicle."), except for Online Map Updates which gives this error:[h2]
I clicked the contact link and filled the form to hopefully "localise and eradicate" (!) the problem, but is there a direct download link for NA maps so that I can install them manually? I'm also on version 260.
Doors and Windows - Geofencing - ECO Display - Online Map Updates - Software updates
All of them work (e.g. Software updates shows "No software updates are currently available for your vehicle."), except for Online Map Updates which gives this error:[h2]
I clicked the contact link and filled the form to hopefully "localise and eradicate" (!) the problem, but is there a direct download link for NA maps so that I can install them manually? I'm also on version 260.
I have never had any of my maps update automatically. I got my vehicle on June 13th and have updated the maps twice manually. Even if you do update automatically, you will still need to do a manual update to get the accompanying voice files that go with the map updates.
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2020 GLE 450 4matic
Thank you all for your help. My GLE 450 was built in Dec 2018 and when I bought it in early Oct 2019, it had 438 miles on it. My guess is that it was built and "shown" with fewer options than I would have ordered simply to make it look more affordable to get into an EQ Boost GLE. But my goal was to have an EQ Boost GLE, they made me a pretty good offer, and here we are. So I will continue to ping on Mercedes Benz to make myself 100% convinced that my vehicle is simply incapable of showing me the posted speed limit anywhere. Thanks again.
