Distronic in rain
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Distronic in rain
Driving in light mist and Distronic plus keeps saying sensors dirty. I can see it if heavy rain but just light mist. I did notice it will come back to life in about 2.5 min. Should it be that sensitive to light mist?
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If your car is an 18 then idk but I have a 15 and I never once have gotten that message. Either something is wrong or maybe your sensor housing really is dirty.
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The light misting is actually worse as it covers the sensor and isn't heavy enough to wash off.
I agree the sensors are a little too sensitive, my old CL will do that in the rain, I'll get the distronic sensor dirty message after driving in rain for a while. Not too much you can do about it unfortunately.
I agree the sensors are a little too sensitive, my old CL will do that in the rain, I'll get the distronic sensor dirty message after driving in rain for a while. Not too much you can do about it unfortunately.
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AMG GTC Roadster, E63s Ed.1, M8 Comp. Coupe
This happens on every modern MB with Distronic in stronger rain or heavier snow. Rain reflects radar and will provide very irregular data to the software. When a threshold is reached, it is better to disable the feature then to provide false info.
If you shutdown the car and restart if will always start working again as the data is cleared.
If you shutdown the car and restart if will always start working again as the data is cleared.
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This happens on every modern MB with Distronic in stronger rain or heavier snow. Rain reflects radar and will provide very irregular data to the software. When a threshold is reached, it is better to disable the feature then to provide false info.
If you shutdown the car and restart if will always start working again as the data is cleared.
If you shutdown the car and restart if will always start working again as the data is cleared.
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My 2016–S550’s Distronic sensors disabled the cruise control while in deceleration mode while driving in a heavy rain today. I got the Radar Sensors Dirty message and the car started decelerating but not the Distronic braking that was engaged. The conditions were such that I had my Right foot hovering over the brake pedal and no harm done but.......
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My car also throws out a message in heavy rain to warm me that traffic collision assist is disabled, thank you Ultimate Driving "Washing" Machine
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2018 S560 and 2019 E450 Wagon.
Strange I’ve never had it happen on my 2019s yet. I had it happen on my 2018 amg and my 2012 amg. Maybe they improved the software on the 2019s? Seems like they improved so many other things.
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