GLE Electric Parking brake
03-08-2018, 01:11 PM
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GLE Electric Parking brake
Hi MB peeps, I just brought our ‘17 GLE 350 W4 in for the 1 year service A and some other issues (one involving Dynamic Select). While driving the ‘18 GLE 350 W4 loaner, I quickly noticed that the electric parking brake automatically releases (As it should!!) when put into drive. I realized what a PITA this is on our ‘17 & how much it bothers me. Anyone out there know what they did differently in the ‘18’s & can it be fixed on our ‘17 with a software update? Any info appreciated as the dealer mechanics/ service advisors are sometimes clueless! (They had a the nerve to tell me I had to stop the car to use Dynamic Select.... umm not true... they call it dynamic for a reason!) Thanks for any knowledgable input.
03-08-2018, 03:19 PM
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Hi MB peeps, I just brought our ‘17 GLE 350 W4 in for the 1 year service A and some other issues (one involving Dynamic Select). While driving the ‘18 GLE 350 W4 loaner, I quickly noticed that the electric parking brake automatically releases (As it should!!) when put into drive. I realized what a PITA this is on our ‘17 & how much it bothers me. Anyone out there know what they did differently in the ‘18’s & can it be fixed on our ‘17 with a software update? Any info appreciated as the dealer mechanics/ service advisors are sometimes clueless! (They had a the nerve to tell me I had to stop the car to use Dynamic Select.... umm not true... they call it dynamic for a reason!) Thanks for any knowledgable input.
LOL about the Dynamic Select. I think some of these service advisors just make stuff up off the top of their heads. With a previous vehicle, I had one tell me the Nav system downloaded updates OVER THE AIR. Mind you, that was almost ten years ago and the car didn't even have WiFi! I guess he thought it downloaded data from some special satellite. I swear, you'd have better luck meeting the Wizard of Oz than getting a truthful answer from some of these folks.
03-08-2018, 04:55 PM
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I find it hard to believe that if this was detrimental to the trans, they wouldn't warn against it in the owner's manual. I can find no mention of this practice whatsoever in the manual. If you're supposed to be stationary, why in God's name would they call it "Dynamic" Select? This may just be an assumption on their part.
Dictionary.com:
Dynamic
adjective
1. of or concerned with energy or forces that produce motion, as opposed to static
Dictionary.com:
Dynamic
adjective
1. of or concerned with energy or forces that produce motion, as opposed to static
03-08-2018, 05:58 PM
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I have a 17 GLE Coupe and a very early model 16 GLE 350. My 17 coupe has a very sensitive parking break release where when you barely push on the gas it releases. The 16 350 does not release as quick and sometimes you can feel the breaks grab just a tad and then it turns of and the car moves. I have no idea if thats adjustable or not. I suppose you'd have to ask the SA and have them check with a Technician. Like Ron said, i just always pull the break lever out of habit. Conversely, I have no idea how my wife does it in the 350 but she never complains! 
03-08-2018, 09:06 PM
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I have a 17 GLE Coupe and a very early model 16 GLE 350. My 17 coupe has a very sensitive parking break release where when you barely push on the gas it releases. The 16 350 does not release as quick and sometimes you can feel the breaks grab just a tad and then it turns of and the car moves. I have no idea if thats adjustable or not. I suppose you'd have to ask the SA and have them check with a Technician. Like Ron said, i just always pull the break lever out of habit. Conversely, I have no idea how my wife does it in the 350 but she never complains!
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03-09-2018, 11:08 AM
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If your '16 has it and Boston's '17 does not, then it must be part of some optional package.
03-10-2018, 05:11 PM
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Yours should be releasing. Every MB I've had since 2014 that was equipped with the electric parking brake has released and engaged itself. I never touch it anymore unless.......... While in car line my little girl gets out of the back door i usually open the front door (still in drive) to hand her her bag and lunch box, the car will set itself to park and then when i put the car back in drive and try to go, the parking brake will not release. Other than that I never touch it and you shouldn't have to touch yours either if you don't want too.
08-21-2018, 01:17 PM
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I found out something interesting yesterday about this subject. I took my car in your service and they gave me a 2018 GLE350 for a loaner. The parking brake on this car relesed itself everytime I put the car into drive without doing anything else. On my 400 I have to put the car into drive and then tap or press the gas to make it release. Just curious as to why the same car might act different?
08-22-2018, 12:03 PM
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I found out something interesting yesterday about this subject. I took my car in your service and they gave me a 2018 GLE350 for a loaner. The parking brake on this car relesed itself everytime I put the car into drive without doing anything else. On my 400 I have to put the car into drive and then tap or press the gas to make it release. Just curious as to why the same car might act different?
