Since we purchased this car in december 2015, we have had a series of electrical and engine problems that do not seem to fixable by the dealer. the car was serviced (3 years or 30,000 miles) *cw *bf*jb consumer also had issues with faulty radar sensor, power control unit, engine light, and faulty crankcase vent system.*jb
With the introduction of self driving features new passernger saftey regulations are needed. my car , an added feature, is distronic safety system, self drive mode. when the car is at acomplete stop it will sense if some is about to rear end you. the car completely locks down. with impact the passengers in the vechile take a full body impact. the current seatbelts do protect the left side of the body but the right side gets sever damage. harness seat belts such as race car drivers us or children car seat would minimize right body injures. this feature equates the impact to hitting a brick wall. my accident was on a busy highway.
Panoramic sunroof shattered and exploded without warning, without any external impact seen, felt or heard. vehicle was moving on rural highway (flat farmland) around 55-60 mph. external temperature above 100 degrees. highway traffic normal, not dense or empty. odometer at 12,000 miles. hazard due to defective/ insufficiently strong sunroof glass.
At 7:30 am on june 10, 2016, while driving north on rte. 495 in delaware in our 5-month-old mb - glc 300, the panoramic sunroof suddenly and without any warning exploded and shattered outward. the sound was as loud as a bomb. as shown in the photographs, nearly all the sunroof was blown out, with only a little glass remaining around the frame. the shattered glass fragments either flew off or settled on top of the shade screen. we were driving at approximately 65 mph and there were no cars directly in front of us or behind. we had the air conditioning system on with the outside temperature at about 70f. it was a clear morning and the sun had just risen. our mb dealer in germantown, md said they were not aware of other instances of exploding glass sunroofs