Got a Problem-Any help is Appreciated
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Got a Problem-Any help is Appreciated
I have a 2000 S500 and while driving 30 minutes ago, I got the warning message "Entrance Position - Do not Drive!"...Has anyone had this warning before? Does anyone know what this means and how severe the problem is? The manual doesnt say much...Any feedback/insight would be appreciated...
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is it refering to the seat/steering wheel position
do you have the easy access option on the car where the steering lifts and the seat moves aft?.
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If your normal driving position is with the seat far back and the wheel pretty high, and you can reach everything OK, just move the wheel or seat a touch off of the limits (seat slightly further forward, wheel slightly down) - the warning may go away. The danger in the seat remaining fully back with the wheel full up is that a driver may not be able to reach the brake pedal.
On the other hand, it is possible that the seat and steering wheel did not reset to the normal driving position as they should when you entered the car.
You might try resetting the seat position by holding the memory position button you use, in, after turning the ignition on. However, just to be sure there isn't something else I'm not aware of, I would open the drivers' window and press the memory button from outside the car, or do it from the passenger seat. If there is a serious malfunction in the memory system, you don't want to be in the seat when repositioning it.
Don't forget, you can override the seat's moving to an improper or uncomfortable memory position by using the seat controls themselves.
If that doesn't remedy the problem, take a look at the steering wheel and seat reset procedures at http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w220...ml#post2216730.
On the other hand, it is possible that the seat and steering wheel did not reset to the normal driving position as they should when you entered the car.
You might try resetting the seat position by holding the memory position button you use, in, after turning the ignition on. However, just to be sure there isn't something else I'm not aware of, I would open the drivers' window and press the memory button from outside the car, or do it from the passenger seat. If there is a serious malfunction in the memory system, you don't want to be in the seat when repositioning it.
Don't forget, you can override the seat's moving to an improper or uncomfortable memory position by using the seat controls themselves.
If that doesn't remedy the problem, take a look at the steering wheel and seat reset procedures at http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w220...ml#post2216730.
Last edited by Skylaw; Jun 5, 2008 at 01:18 PM.
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It's Gone!!!!! Thanks a million!!! I did the "go to the extremes and hold for ten seconds" two times and POOF....off it went.....I really appreciate your help. Next time you are in the Toronto area, dinner's on me!
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The easy exit feature for the seat will move the seat back only if it is set fairly far forward. If it is already back far enough, according to MB parameters (I don't know what they are), it will not go further back.
The easy exit feature is activated or deactivated in the instrument cluster display.
Automatic folding of the mirrors when locking the car is also activated in the instrument cluster. Not all years have this feature. The mirrors can be folded when desired using the control buttons on the driver's door.
Last edited by Skylaw; Jun 6, 2008 at 07:34 AM.
