2020 GLE450 “Off road unavailable”
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2020 GLE 450
2020 GLE450 “Off road unavailable”
2020 GLE450 has an off road package, ie air and Hydraulics. It was bouncing fine about 6 months ago and today on the beach it would not do it. Screen is showing “off road assistance unavailable”. Maybe I was doing wrong then last time (6 months ago) but vehicle was in “drive” mode, “off road” dynamics and my foot was on brake pedal. No malfunction messages as well. Please help to make my baby bounce again
. Thank you!
. Thank you!
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From: Portland Oregon
2020 GLE 450
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See https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manu...ff-road-assist , there are a few requirements:
Setting Off-road Assist
Requirements:
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- the vehicle is stationary
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- the vehicle is set to off-road level 1 or 2
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- the Off-road or Off-road Plus (only vehicles with Off-road package) drive program has been selected
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- the ignition is switched on
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- all doors and the hood are closed
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- the transmission is not engaged in position P
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- there is no trailer coupled
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- the vehicle is outdoors
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- the detected lateral inclination of the vehicle must not exceed approx. 15°
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- the system is within its operating temperature
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- the on-board voltage is sufficiently high
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Also this, but it's less relevant if you never were able to start Recovery mode:
Recovery mode is automatically deactivated in the following situations:
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- you are actually traveling faster than 9 mph(15 km/h)
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- after a running time of 30 seconds
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- it is detected that an object has hit the underbody of the vehicle hard
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- not all conditions are met
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Joined: Jul 2024
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From: Portland Oregon
2020 GLE 450
See https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manu...ff-road-assist , there are a few requirements:
Setting Off-road Assist
Requirements:
-
- the vehicle is stationary
-
- the vehicle is set to off-road level 1 or 2
-
- the Off-road or Off-road Plus (only vehicles with Off-road package) drive program has been selected
-
- the ignition is switched on
-
- all doors and the hood are closed
-
- the transmission is not engaged in position P
-
- there is no trailer coupled
-
- the vehicle is outdoors
-
- the detected lateral inclination of the vehicle must not exceed approx. 15°
-
- the system is within its operating temperature
-
- the on-board voltage is sufficiently high
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From: Portland Oregon
2020 GLE 450
Also this, but it's less relevant if you never were able to start Recovery mode:
Recovery mode is automatically deactivated in the following situations:
-
- you are actually traveling faster than 9 mph(15 km/h)
-
- after a running time of 30 seconds
-
- it is detected that an object has hit the underbody of the vehicle hard
-
- not all conditions are met
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Thank you for the message. I don’t know what is recovery mode is and never saw it on the dash. I used to drive in the city with the kids and on red light was making my car bounce to make my kids laugh. Nothing hit vehicle underneath (may be car detected sand after wheels span fast). Even today after I washed it including undercarriage vehicle wouldn’t go in bounce mode. It raises but would not jump. Thank you!
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2024 GLE 350
I've been thinking of taking mine on the beach but the sand is super soft and deep here and I don't have the cool bounce mode like you do.
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2020 GLE 450
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2020 GLE450 has an off road package, ie air and Hydraulics. It was bouncing fine about 6 months ago and today on the beach it would not do it. Screen is showing “off road assistance unavailable”. Maybe I was doing wrong then last time (6 months ago) but vehicle was in “drive” mode, “off road” dynamics and my foot was on brake pedal. No malfunction messages as well. Please help to make my baby bounce again. Thank you!
. Thank you!
