Thinking of CPO GLE 450e
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Thinking of CPO GLE 450e
Not sure this is the right forum for this. I’m looking at a CPO 2025 GLE 450e plug in hybrid to replace a BMW X3 and looking for any suggestions, pro or con. We have a Volvo XC60 plug in hybrid and I really like the electric while still having the flexibility of gas. We’re retired and take cross country trips to see grandkids and can’t rely on pure electric until the ranges increase significantly. The BMW is fine but I miss the Mercedes ride.
Been awhile since I’ve been on the MB forum having destroyed my 2015 ML 250 a couple years ago in eastern Colorado (after all my years of driving I never got the memo not to use cruise control in the rain
). We hydroplaned in a light rain with no traffic at 78 mph and t-boned a guardrail. Had a succession of Mercedes in the years before my 2015. I loved the diesel and hoped to keep it for years to come. And it completely protected my wife and I and our old dog from any injury. The Mercedes plug in hybrids hadn’t become available at the time and long story short we replaced the car with the BMW deciding to go a little smaller and less expensive than a new X5 or GLE.
Appreciate any input.
Been awhile since I’ve been on the MB forum having destroyed my 2015 ML 250 a couple years ago in eastern Colorado (after all my years of driving I never got the memo not to use cruise control in the rain
). We hydroplaned in a light rain with no traffic at 78 mph and t-boned a guardrail. Had a succession of Mercedes in the years before my 2015. I loved the diesel and hoped to keep it for years to come. And it completely protected my wife and I and our old dog from any injury. The Mercedes plug in hybrids hadn’t become available at the time and long story short we replaced the car with the BMW deciding to go a little smaller and less expensive than a new X5 or GLE.Appreciate any input.
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2024 GLE 450e
Not sure this is the right forum for this. I’m looking at a CPO 2025 GLE 450e plug in hybrid to replace a BMW X3 and looking for any suggestions, pro or con. We have a Volvo XC60 plug in hybrid and I really like the electric while still having the flexibility of gas. We’re retired and take cross country trips to see grandkids and can’t rely on pure electric until the ranges increase significantly. The BMW is fine but I miss the Mercedes ride.
Been awhile since I’ve been on the MB forum having destroyed my 2015 ML 250 a couple years ago in eastern Colorado (after all my years of driving I never got the memo not to use cruise control in the rain). We hydroplaned in a light rain with no traffic at 78 mph and t-boned a guardrail. Had a succession of Mercedes in the years before my 2015. I loved the diesel and hoped to keep it for years to come. And it completely protected my wife and I and our old dog from any injury. The Mercedes plug in hybrids hadn’t become available at the time and long story short we replaced the car with the BMW deciding to go a little smaller and less expensive than a new X5 or GLE.
Appreciate any input.
Been awhile since I’ve been on the MB forum having destroyed my 2015 ML 250 a couple years ago in eastern Colorado (after all my years of driving I never got the memo not to use cruise control in the rain
). We hydroplaned in a light rain with no traffic at 78 mph and t-boned a guardrail. Had a succession of Mercedes in the years before my 2015. I loved the diesel and hoped to keep it for years to come. And it completely protected my wife and I and our old dog from any injury. The Mercedes plug in hybrids hadn’t become available at the time and long story short we replaced the car with the BMW deciding to go a little smaller and less expensive than a new X5 or GLE.Appreciate any input.
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Thanks. I am looking for comments like yours from folks who have or have had one. Doing some research last night I saw a bunch being offered by a local dealer with very low mileage. I was taken aback after looking at the Carfax reports showing about 4 of the 6 I was looking at had been repurchased by Mercedes under lemon laws - software and electrical issues lots of electrical issues “leading to prolonged dealer service stays”. We had those kind of issues when we got our ‘22 XC60. It was suggested the Volvo engineers had gotten too far over their skis software-wise. After the first number of months they fortunately caught up and the car’s been pretty trouble free. I’d guess the vast majority of 450e’s were ok, but seeing that many lemon laws repurchases now available at one dealership is making me pause.
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2024 GLE 450e
Thanks. I am looking for comments like yours from folks who have or have had one. Doing some research last night I saw a bunch being offered by a local dealer with very low mileage. I was taken aback after looking at the Carfax reports showing about 4 of the 6 I was looking at had been repurchased by Mercedes under lemon laws - software and electrical issues lots of electrical issues “leading to prolonged dealer service stays”. We had those kind of issues when we got our ‘22 XC60. It was suggested the Volvo engineers had gotten too far over their skis software-wise. After the first number of months they fortunately caught up and the car’s been pretty trouble free. I’d guess the vast majority of 450e’s were ok, but seeing that many lemon laws repurchases now available at one dealership is making me pause.
It is not easy to know if the underlying problem has been fully resolved.
Also some resellers special in cars repurchased under lemon laws as good value for resale. So they may have more stock than expected.
Not sure where you can turn for fact based data on the lemon law claims.
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I have a 2024 GLE450e and get email from Mercedes every two weeks offering me the “Highest possible trade value”. But, I like the car and have had no issues over 44,000 miles.
Maybe they know mine is one of the good ones
Maybe they know mine is one of the good ones
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2021 c300 Cab. Arrived 7/28/21 . 24 GLE 450e.
The price must be good.
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Not sure this is the right forum for this. I’m looking at a CPO 2025 GLE 450e plug in hybrid to replace a BMW X3 and looking for any suggestions, pro or con. We have a Volvo XC60 plug in hybrid and I really like the electric while still having the flexibility of gas. We’re retired and take cross country trips to see grandkids and can’t rely on pure electric until the ranges increase significantly. The BMW is fine but I miss the Mercedes ride.
Been awhile since I’ve been on the MB forum having destroyed my 2015 ML 250 a couple years ago in eastern Colorado (after all my years of driving I never got the memo not to use cruise control in the rain). We hydroplaned in a light rain with no traffic at 78 mph and t-boned a guardrail. Had a succession of Mercedes in the years before my 2015. I loved the diesel and hoped to keep it for years to come. And it completely protected my wife and I and our old dog from any injury. The Mercedes plug in hybrids hadn’t become available at the time and long story short we replaced the car with the BMW deciding to go a little smaller and less expensive than a new X5 or GLE.
Appreciate any input.
Been awhile since I’ve been on the MB forum having destroyed my 2015 ML 250 a couple years ago in eastern Colorado (after all my years of driving I never got the memo not to use cruise control in the rain
). We hydroplaned in a light rain with no traffic at 78 mph and t-boned a guardrail. Had a succession of Mercedes in the years before my 2015. I loved the diesel and hoped to keep it for years to come. And it completely protected my wife and I and our old dog from any injury. The Mercedes plug in hybrids hadn’t become available at the time and long story short we replaced the car with the BMW deciding to go a little smaller and less expensive than a new X5 or GLE.Appreciate any input.
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Thanks fellas. I figure Mercedes would have fixed the lemon buyback problem with those cars to qualify them as CPO’s, and cut a little better deal to sell them. Still, I’d be awfully pissed at myself to get one with a black mark on the title and then have it run into problems. It’s still significant money and I can’t imagine any resale or trade-in value in the future won’t be adversely affected by the title reflecting a lemon buyback.
I do have another question regarding the regeneration of EV mileage. You can drive my Volvo XC60 PHEV in “gear D” which is normal braking with no EV regeneration or the one pedal braking “gear B” (which I enjoy and use all of the time except on snow or ice) and at significant highway speeds (70+ mph on road trips) regenerates up to around 80% of the top EV mileage. At lower speeds it seems to regenerate nothing but does save and tear on the brakes.
Mercedes salespersons have touted that the EV mileage regeneration is very significant at any speed. Even being able to go 300+ miles on electric as a result of the regeneration. What’s been your experience?
I do have another question regarding the regeneration of EV mileage. You can drive my Volvo XC60 PHEV in “gear D” which is normal braking with no EV regeneration or the one pedal braking “gear B” (which I enjoy and use all of the time except on snow or ice) and at significant highway speeds (70+ mph on road trips) regenerates up to around 80% of the top EV mileage. At lower speeds it seems to regenerate nothing but does save and tear on the brakes.
Mercedes salespersons have touted that the EV mileage regeneration is very significant at any speed. Even being able to go 300+ miles on electric as a result of the regeneration. What’s been your experience?
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Thanks fellas. I figure Mercedes would have fixed the lemon buyback problem with those cars to qualify them as CPO’s, and cut a little better deal to sell them. Still, I’d be awfully pissed at myself to get one with a black mark on the title and then have it run into problems. It’s still significant money and I can’t imagine any resale or trade-in value in the future won’t be adversely affected by the title reflecting a lemon buyback.
I do have another question regarding the regeneration of EV mileage. You can drive my Volvo XC60 PHEV in “gear D” which is normal braking with no EV regeneration or the one pedal braking “gear B” (which I enjoy and use all of the time except on snow or ice) and at significant highway speeds (70+ mph on road trips) regenerates up to around 80% of the top EV mileage. At lower speeds it seems to regenerate nothing but does save and tear on the brakes.
Mercedes salespersons have touted that the EV mileage regeneration is very significant at any speed. Even being able to go 300+ miles on electric as a result of the regeneration. What’s been your experience?
I do have another question regarding the regeneration of EV mileage. You can drive my Volvo XC60 PHEV in “gear D” which is normal braking with no EV regeneration or the one pedal braking “gear B” (which I enjoy and use all of the time except on snow or ice) and at significant highway speeds (70+ mph on road trips) regenerates up to around 80% of the top EV mileage. At lower speeds it seems to regenerate nothing but does save and tear on the brakes.
Mercedes salespersons have touted that the EV mileage regeneration is very significant at any speed. Even being able to go 300+ miles on electric as a result of the regeneration. What’s been your experience?
There is a paddle adjustment for high, medium, low or automatic Regen. The high slows the vehicle significantly but not as much as 1 pedal driving.
Regen is only during braking so it reduces battery use but does not build enough charge to add significant mileage.
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300 miles on regen is BS.
There is a paddle adjustment for high, medium, low or automatic Regen. The high slows the vehicle significantly but not as much as 1 pedal driving.
Regen is only during braking so it reduces battery use but does not build enough charge to add significant mileage.
There is a paddle adjustment for high, medium, low or automatic Regen. The high slows the vehicle significantly but not as much as 1 pedal driving.
Regen is only during braking so it reduces battery use but does not build enough charge to add significant mileage.
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Thanks fellas. I figure Mercedes would have fixed the lemon buyback problem with those cars to qualify them as CPO’s, and cut a little better deal to sell them. Still, I’d be awfully pissed at myself to get one with a black mark on the title and then have it run into problems. It’s still significant money and I can’t imagine any resale or trade-in value in the future won’t be adversely affected by the title reflecting a lemon buyback.
I do have another question regarding the regeneration of EV mileage. You can drive my Volvo XC60 PHEV in “gear D” which is normal braking with no EV regeneration or the one pedal braking “gear B” (which I enjoy and use all of the time except on snow or ice) and at significant highway speeds (70+ mph on road trips) regenerates up to around 80% of the top EV mileage. At lower speeds it seems to regenerate nothing but does save and tear on the brakes.
Mercedes salespersons have touted that the EV mileage regeneration is very significant at any speed. Even being able to go 300+ miles on electric as a result of the regeneration. What’s been your experience?
I do have another question regarding the regeneration of EV mileage. You can drive my Volvo XC60 PHEV in “gear D” which is normal braking with no EV regeneration or the one pedal braking “gear B” (which I enjoy and use all of the time except on snow or ice) and at significant highway speeds (70+ mph on road trips) regenerates up to around 80% of the top EV mileage. At lower speeds it seems to regenerate nothing but does save and tear on the brakes.
Mercedes salespersons have touted that the EV mileage regeneration is very significant at any speed. Even being able to go 300+ miles on electric as a result of the regeneration. What’s been your experience?
