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"But pressing the button while moving does absolutely nothing - you get a beep telling you that you can't do this right now." Not quite ... We owned a 2013 Me
by rsync 7y ago
"But pressing the button while moving does absolutely nothing - you get a beep telling you that you can't do this right now."
Not quite ...
We owned a 2013 Mercedes E320 4matic (wagon) (US version) and although these did not happen often, you could:
1) Hit park while idling and lurch to a park even though you were driving >0 MPH.
2) If you were creeping along into a difficult parking space and you opened the door at, say, 1-2 MPH to look down at the divider line or something, the car would insta-lock into Park. I assume it is a safety measure or something as the door was, indeed, open, but I really don't want the major driving mode of the car auto-selected for me ... also it's quite a KER-CHUNK to throw it into park at 1 MPH ...
- todd8 7y agoI knew someone who told me his wife stopped at their mailbox to pick up mail and neglected to put their Mercedes in park when she opened the door. The car, while idling ran over (some part of) her! I'm not sure how hurt she was, but I've met her and she seems just fine now. He claims that because of this incident (and I suspect others like it) in new Mercedes opening a door automatically puts the car in park.
- gambiting 7y agoYes, and it's an incredibly hated feature by the owners of the G class who actually use those cars off road - you're in the middle of a difficult manouvre and need to open the door to look at clearance - bam, car goes into park.