One of the least reliable cars??
02-23-2015, 09:27 PM
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Active suspension reliability issues is surely no surprise to anyone... Airmatic... Abc....
02-25-2015, 07:40 AM
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02-25-2015, 09:11 AM
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02-25-2015, 01:52 PM
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Lol. Some of us may have had problems with the car but definitely not enough to say it is an unreliable vehicle.
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I also think this is BS. So, a lot of us W222 owners had issues with squeaky breaks when on reverse, not enough lighting on the back up camera at night, etc. I don't consider these issues as a big deal since they were easy fixes. As already stated, when you purchase a brand new car with the most incredible technological advances in the industry, these minor issues are bound to take place. Did I tell you that I love my 2014 S550? -
I picked it up early April of 2014 and already have 16,500 miles on it. It's meant to be driven especially on long trips.
I picked it up early April of 2014 and already have 16,500 miles on it. It's meant to be driven especially on long trips.
02-27-2015, 02:57 PM
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I also think this is BS. So, a lot of us W222 owners had issues with squeaky breaks when on reverse, not enough lighting on the back up camera at night, etc. I don't consider these issues as a big deal since they were easy fixes. As already stated, when you purchase a brand new car with the most incredible technological advances in the industry, these minor issues are bound to take place. Did I tell you that I love my 2014 S550? - I picked it up early April of 2014 and already have 16,500 miles on it. It's meant to be driven especially on long trips.
I picked it up early April of 2014 and already have 16,500 miles on it. It's meant to be driven especially on long trips.
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03-08-2015, 10:03 PM
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Bought new s class 2 weeks ago. Paid 129,000.so far I have had problems opening my car door and twice I was traveling with distronics plus and speedronics traveling on interstate going 70 mph when warning "distronics plus and speedronics inoperable"occurred while heading to New Orleans.called salesperson in New Orleans where I bought car. She got a tech to look at the message memory and verified the in operating distronics.The tech said could be radar and may never happen again. Driving back to lafayette that same evening,yesterday, the same warning light came on and my distronics plus stopped operating again.
For my not being able to open the door by just grabbing the doorknob the salesperson said it worked for her .Well it works sometimes for me but other times not. My 2010 s-550 never gave me any problems but 2 weeks and nothing but regrets.
Any thoughts on what could cause the distronics becoming inoperable? Maybe this article has some merit. Thanks for letting me vent.
For my not being able to open the door by just grabbing the doorknob the salesperson said it worked for her .Well it works sometimes for me but other times not. My 2010 s-550 never gave me any problems but 2 weeks and nothing but regrets.
Any thoughts on what could cause the distronics becoming inoperable? Maybe this article has some merit. Thanks for letting me vent.
03-09-2015, 10:23 AM
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Bought new s class 2 weeks ago. Paid 129,000.so far I have had problems opening my car door and twice I was traveling with distronics plus and speedronics traveling on interstate going 70 mph when warning "distronics plus and speedronics inoperable"occurred while heading to New Orleans.called salesperson in New Orleans where I bought car. She got a tech to look at the message memory and verified the in operating distronics.The tech said could be radar and may never happen again. Driving back to lafayette that same evening,yesterday, the same warning light came on and my distronics plus stopped operating again.
For my not being able to open the door by just grabbing the doorknob the salesperson said it worked for her .Well it works sometimes for me but other times not. My 2010 s-550 never gave me any problems but 2 weeks and nothing but regrets.
Any thoughts on what could cause the distronics becoming inoperable? Maybe this article has some merit. Thanks for letting me vent.
For my not being able to open the door by just grabbing the doorknob the salesperson said it worked for her .Well it works sometimes for me but other times not. My 2010 s-550 never gave me any problems but 2 weeks and nothing but regrets.
Any thoughts on what could cause the distronics becoming inoperable? Maybe this article has some merit. Thanks for letting me vent.
03-09-2015, 03:01 PM
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My events were not as dramatic but still unnerving.
I did some research on this forum and there are a number of possible problems that could cause inoperation of distronics plus but haven't seen anything about the blind assist, though it could be interrelated.
Possible distronic plus inoperation causes derived from review of this forum are :
bad sensor(s):
small battery of the radar(Didn't know had radar but i know little since never a reason until bought my new car):
interference of other cars:
Could be RF interference of the bumper radar frequency or just reflections of the radar pulses confusing the control unit.
fixes:
recalibrations may help:
replacement of distronic sensors:
replacement of the control unit:
From other comments it does appear Event Memory in the car will show any connection issues with the sensors. Either way, you will need access to a STAR system to diagnose the problem.
I don't understand anything involving the suggestions to fix or the possible causes but hopefully you can use to see if your technician knows what he is talking about.:
I did some research on this forum and there are a number of possible problems that could cause inoperation of distronics plus but haven't seen anything about the blind assist, though it could be interrelated.
Possible distronic plus inoperation causes derived from review of this forum are :
bad sensor(s):
small battery of the radar(Didn't know had radar but i know little since never a reason until bought my new car):
interference of other cars:
Could be RF interference of the bumper radar frequency or just reflections of the radar pulses confusing the control unit.
fixes:
recalibrations may help:
replacement of distronic sensors:
replacement of the control unit:
From other comments it does appear Event Memory in the car will show any connection issues with the sensors. Either way, you will need access to a STAR system to diagnose the problem.
I don't understand anything involving the suggestions to fix or the possible causes but hopefully you can use to see if your technician knows what he is talking about.:
03-09-2015, 03:37 PM
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I'm having issues with my Distronic and steering assist it failed on me with out any warnings and when it went Into on coming traffic my bind assist didn't let me know nor made any warnings on the dash . It's very scary , the car is going in for other issues as well just picked up my 2015 s550 4 MATIC last week .
03-09-2015, 05:39 PM
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03-09-2015, 06:01 PM
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This happened to me today and yesterday when I tested it after reading this and other threads.
