Greetings kind sir, I hope all is well with self and family.I asked my dealer to test drive one with keep lane assist and distronic to see if they work correctly. If not, I will not take them (optional here)
The problem occurs when you're not changing lanes, just riding along in your lane and suddenly ALKA thinks you're in another lane and slams on the brakes. Bonus points when you're next to a semi and a retaining wall.Why would that be dangerous, shouldn't you be signalling before you change lanes ?
The voice command is simple enough, thanks for sharing. I’m yet to find a lane assist I like. My E class, Denali etc all get shut off. I think they should be “self learning”, for instance on a two lane highway doing 50mph, I tend to hang my passenger tires just over the white line, especially in corners.I can confirm that it engages before crossing lines and doesn’t take into account things like semi trucks next to you and will correct you into the direction of risk. I find that it’s more unsafe on than off. I did find one option to share: the mbux system will allow you to disable by voice. “ Mercedes turn off lane assist.”
Our Volvo XC90 has the best lane assist IMO. There is a progressive level of pressure applied to the wheel + feedback when the vehicle starts to drift. The only time that the Volvo has stepped in with active braking is if it detected drift + an obstacle in the direction of travel. I think the MB system is too sensitive and jarring – especially in those scenarios where touching the white line is out of necessity or intentional. The audible, dashboard alert and braking really gets the heart racing.The voice command is simple enough, thanks for sharing. I’m yet to find a lane assist I like. My E class, Denali etc all get shut off. I think they should be “self learning”, for instance on a two lane highway doing 50mph, I tend to hang my passenger tires just over the white line, especially in corners.
If you block the sensors, this is the result. The other day I was wiggling out of an area between plants with giant leaves. When the soft, non-damaging plants touched the sensors, the van refused to move. I had to turn them off the the icon you describe to continue.I’ve now tried a number of times and cannot get the voice command to work for this function. I did not with my bike rack on the back, when I engage reverse, the van will lock the front wheels when you try to move, it is easily override by touching the ikon in the upper left of the 360 view camera on screen. I need to figure the lane assist inconvenience out.
The theory of a trailer is a good one. I’ll have to think about that. I wonder if a plug in cutoff of a trailer wire harness will do the trick.If you block the sensors, this is the result. The other day I was wiggling out of an area between plants with giant leaves. When the soft, non-damaging plants touched the sensors, the van refused to move. I had to turn them off the the icon you describe to continue.
Sounds like the bike rack you have is blocking sensors. You can disable the rear sensors if you trick the van into thinking there is a trailer connected. Perhaps a resistor across the trailer connection to simulate tail lights?