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Yeah, as I pointed out a couple of times in my earlier posts, parking on a slope is a bit tricky with these cars due to the clutch. You have to give it enough throttle for the clutch to start engaging and go uphill. Use the Hill Start Assist or engage the parking brake, then once you give it enough throttle the brakes/parking brake release and it moves.
The terrain is perfectly straight when I put the R, and then there is a VERY SMALL incline, where I park. But the problem is that I put the R and it doesn't move from the spot. When I say that the incline is minimal, I'm not lying to you, I'm attaching photos*
PS: I just went for a drive with the car 20 minutes ago and the following happened to me:
- I arrived, put the R (straight terrain), it didn't move from the spot, I left it for about 3-5 seconds or so and the car started to go backwards but then it stopped again and stayed still, I had to accelerate quite a bit so that it would reach the incline where I am to start parking and when I got there it lost strength to go backwards (until I accelerated quite a bit but it moved me abruptly from the spot).
I already made another appointment with Mercedes for September 10th, I would have liked it to be earlier but they can't attend to me before.... xdd
The terrain is perfectly straight when I put the R, and then there is a VERY SMALL incline, where I park. But the problem is that I put the R and it doesn't move from the spot. When I say that the incline is minimal, I'm not lying to you, I'm attaching photos*
PS: I just went for a drive with the car 20 minutes ago and the following happened to me:
- I arrived, put the R (straight terrain), it didn't move from the spot, I left it for about 3-5 seconds or so and the car started to go backwards but then it stopped again and stayed still, I had to accelerate quite a bit so that it would reach the incline where I am to start parking and when I got there it lost strength to go backwards (until I accelerated quite a bit but it moved me abruptly from the spot).
I already made another appointment with Mercedes for September 10th, I would have liked it to be earlier but they can't attend to me before.... xdd
I see, you are talking about a slightly sloped driveway. Yeah, that shouldn't be an issue. I was thinking of a hill. My driveway has what's known as a roll curb, similar to the picture below. I have to go up diagonally after slowing down almost to a stop and then ease up in order to not scrape my front splitter. I do have to give it throttle and ease into the throttle to find the clutch bite point and then it goes up. It doesn't go up just with idle power and if I give it too much throttle I'm gonna launch up the curb, but there's no delay once I found the bite point.
Problem found:
After taking the car to AutoKlass (very professional and very kind) they found that the problem (supposedly and apparently, they still have to look further) was that they did not tighten a screw properly and did not do the job correctly at AutoSchunn. The cardan screw was not tight and was leaking Vaseline. Also the transmission was sweating oil. I have made an even bigger claim to the dealership for the poor work they did and the time they made me waste, apart from the fact that they left my car in horrible condition.
Problem found:
After taking the car to AutoKlass (very professional and very kind) they found that the problem (supposedly and apparently, they still have to look further) was that they did not tighten a screw properly and did not do the job correctly at AutoSchunn. The cardan screw was not tight and was leaking Vaseline. Also the transmission was sweating oil. I have made an even bigger claim to the dealership for the poor work they did and the time they made me waste, apart from the fact that they left my car in horrible condition.
Yikes, although I am glad to hear you found the problem I really hope there is no transmission damage as a result.
The car is still at the Mercedes dealership, they called me today and told me that they are going to change the entire transmission and the cardan shaft. Everything will probably be ready by next month.
The car is still at the Mercedes dealership, they called me today and told me that they are going to change the entire transmission and the cardan shaft. Everything will probably be ready by next month.
That is good news, hopefully that means the saga will end.
I have not been able to comment as I have been on holiday for the last month, but the car has already been fixed at AutoKlass Sibiu (Romania). They did an excellent job, they replaced the entire gearbox and now when driving the car, it feels like another car, a totally different feeling. Thank you all for following the thread.
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