Automatic engaging of emergency break while driving or stationary together with signals of collision prevention assistant plus inoperative and two other errors (in pictures). car was bought recently bought and delivered to me on january 1st , 2020. it has been taken back to dealer twice for same errors. it was replaced the battery twice as dealer indicated it had to do with auxiliary battery malfunctioning which was also another error showing in the panel.
I purchased the vehicle january 2019, the vehicle was running smooth for a couple months. now it is january 2020 and between the months of september and now i have been to mercedes about 4 times. the car doesn't reverse sometimes while i am driving. the words 'car cannot reverse' comes up on the dashboard. i couldn't use the heat in november due to a gas smell coming in the car. sometimes i will be in gear 3 and the car will change to gear 5 on its own. as of right now there is a burning smell surrounding the vehicle when you are done driving it.
I leased this vehicle end of september 2016 but have replaced tires 6 times within last two years due to bubble in side of the tires. i don't think it is issue with tires since i have 2016 bmw with same tires without any issues. it could the rim size or the suspension on this vehicle cause tires to bubble up. i have been leasing cars for 30 years and never had issues like this. numerous time i have asked the dealer to find out the root cause for it but no luck so far. the issue here is it putting myself and my family danger of our life because it is happening without even going thru a pot hole.each time when it happened, it is causing me to spend 350 to replace each tire. the transmission also failed last week while i was driving on a highway but lucky i was able to pull to a side without getting hit by another car.the transmission should not fail when the car only have 37,000.00 miles. i am not sure if any other complains was files regarding the same issues. i want benz to replace these tires at free of cost till they find out the issue and fix it.
The sunroof spontaneously exploded with a large noise raining glass down on us. there were no cars around, no objects hit the sunroof. we were driving at normal speed on the highway. this issue is very dangerous because it was startling like an explosion and could have caused loss of control. the car had very low mileage was practically brand new in perfect condition.
*** i don't own this car. *** mercedes sent the remote access credentials to an unverified email account. the remote access app shows vehicle location, allowing unlock and vehicle start which could allow the vehicle to be easily stolen. also i fear that by not securely sending remote access credentials the remote start feature of the app could be used to start the vehicle when it is parked in an attached garage which could inundate the house with carbon monoxide. mercedes needs to verify owner email prior to sending vehicle access credentials. additionally steps should be taken to ensure that remote start features cannot cause harm to owners in case online accounts are hacked such as the recent yahoo email fiasco: * limit the amount of time a vehicle can be left running. * limit the number of times a vehicle can be remote started in a row. * add a carbon monoxide detector to the vehicle so it will shut itself down if running in an enclosed space. * require 2 factor authentication when logging into remote apps, perhaps only the first time?