How to increase the turn signal volume on a 2025 GLE 580?
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How to increase the turn signal volume on a 2025 GLE 580?
My turn signals are too quiet for my taste. Any way to make them louder? I can't find anything about this in the manual. Thanks.
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I've honestly never come across such an option in any car. It's kinda ironic that the reason we even have a sound effect is to recreate the natural clicking of the relays that used to turn the signals on and off. It seems it is too quite in a number of cars judging from how many I see driving in a straight line with one of their turn signals on for miles and never making a turn. I do wonder do these people never look at their instrument cluster or are they that oblivious to what's going on with the car? I do have to wonder what else they are not paying attention to and I always keep a safe distance from drivers like that. I'm also not even sure how the turn signal stays on for these people. Did they mean to turn, but then didn't? If you turn, it goes off on its own or if you tap it, it indicates three times and then turns off.
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I've honestly never come across such an option in any car. It's kinda ironic that the reason we even have a sound effect is to recreate the natural clicking of the relays that used to turn the signals on and off. It seems it is too quite in a number of cars judging from how many I see driving in a straight line with one of their turn signals on for miles and never making a turn. I do wonder do these people never look at their instrument cluster or are they that oblivious to what's going on with the car? I do have to wonder what else they are not paying attention to and I always keep a safe distance from drivers like that. I'm also not even sure how the turn signal stays on for these people. Did they mean to turn, but then didn't? If you turn, it goes off on its own or if you tap it, it indicates three times and then turns off.
(other than bmw).
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I remember the rental mazda I had (and confirmed by this video that memory served me right youtu.be/MPcOQ8zcYUM?si=awwPN31RJxfQkVsr) lets you adjust the turn signal sound, it makes a difference, I understand certain MB's clicker is indeed pretty quiet, especially with the a class I was not expecting it to be quiet in the GLE. That said, everyone's ears are different and the frequencies heard can be different, as well as um age affects that too. Maybe that explains why so many drivers on the road keep their blinkers on all the time (other than bmw).
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If you mean the other german car that starts with a "B", then yes.
If you're referring to Buick, then no. Those cars are often driven with the blinker on at all times....
Getting back on topic, the GLE turn signal is hard to hear. And in my case, the steering wheel hides the indicators on the dash because of where I have it adjusted. I wish the indicators were along the bottom of the screen.
If you're referring to Buick, then no. Those cars are often driven with the blinker on at all times....
Getting back on topic, the GLE turn signal is hard to hear. And in my case, the steering wheel hides the indicators on the dash because of where I have it adjusted. I wish the indicators were along the bottom of the screen.
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If you mean the other german car that starts with a "B", then yes.
If you're referring to Buick, then no. Those cars are often driven with the blinker on at all times....
Getting back on topic, the GLE turn signal is hard to hear. And in my case, the steering wheel hides the indicators on the dash because of where I have it adjusted. I wish the indicators were along the bottom of the screen.
If you're referring to Buick, then no. Those cars are often driven with the blinker on at all times....
Getting back on topic, the GLE turn signal is hard to hear. And in my case, the steering wheel hides the indicators on the dash because of where I have it adjusted. I wish the indicators were along the bottom of the screen.
I wonder if custom coders can adjust the volume.
The facelift GLE might have turn signals shown on the assistance graphic view, the little vehicle in the middle shows the turn signal flashing.
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If you mean the other german car that starts with a "B", then yes.
If you're referring to Buick, then no. Those cars are often driven with the blinker on at all times....
Getting back on topic, the GLE turn signal is hard to hear. And in my case, the steering wheel hides the indicators on the dash because of where I have it adjusted. I wish the indicators were along the bottom of the screen.
If you're referring to Buick, then no. Those cars are often driven with the blinker on at all times....
Getting back on topic, the GLE turn signal is hard to hear. And in my case, the steering wheel hides the indicators on the dash because of where I have it adjusted. I wish the indicators were along the bottom of the screen.
Especially because of my torn rotator cuffs, I choose to position the steering wheel where I can't see the turn signals.
Plus I rely on my head-up display and look at the dash less frequently.
And even with the acoustic package, the turn signals are unnoyingly polite.
I even thought the heavy duty turn signal flasher unit I installed in my 63 Land Cruiser was beneficial because I could hear the clicker better.
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This has been an MB/GLE problem/complaint for years. Pretty obvious, MB couldn't care less.
The obvious fix would be to integrate the signal into the HUD and/or make the volume adjustable via the existing MBUX system. MBUX already permits us to adjust not only the parking proximity volume setting but also the pitch of the parking warning tones.
The profile of the typical MB owner skews toward the 55-75 age range, during which hearing are related hearing impairments are well documented. The placement of the turn arrows on the dashboard frequently blocks the driver's view of the indicators when the steering wheel is in use. The current sound level is so low that MB might as well omit the audio.
The obvious fix would be to integrate the signal into the HUD and/or make the volume adjustable via the existing MBUX system. MBUX already permits us to adjust not only the parking proximity volume setting but also the pitch of the parking warning tones.
The profile of the typical MB owner skews toward the 55-75 age range, during which hearing are related hearing impairments are well documented. The placement of the turn arrows on the dashboard frequently blocks the driver's view of the indicators when the steering wheel is in use. The current sound level is so low that MB might as well omit the audio.
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Maybe a coder can turn the volume up? Also, I was playing in the Dealer menu on MBUX and found audio settings, maybe there’s something there. I didn’t change anything as I didn’t know what anything meant.
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Yes, if nothing blocks it, and you still feel too weak, coding can be applied to increase the volume. Contact me if you need to adjust.
