Oh wow, so I have to live with that sound from now on until I give the car back.Its frustrating because it could hide some other issues that the car might have in the future, lets say back brakes, and you wont notice because you would think that its the camera again.
On my A class the camera opens and closes each time I start the car and does it about four times then stops doing it until I stop the car and start it again. I have tried the forced calibration by driving slowly for about 100m or so and that does make the camera retract and it wont do it any more on that trip however, as you can imagine, it is a bit of a faff having to do that and it is rarely possible in any case due to traffic coming up behind. Spoils what is otherwise a fantastic car.
Yes, you are right.Its a nice looking car and at the first glance seemed very silent and comfortable, but with this feature it ruins a bit the experience of driving a MB.Maybe in the future it will be some kind of an update or maybe poss to shut it off for good and only activate it when need it.
When I test drove the A class I had the option to drive a previous A180 or a new A200. I chose to drive the older A180 as I was more interested in how it drove with the less powerful engine. I thought it would be enough for me but wanted to double check and it was fine so I ordered one. I could see the new model in the showroom and was happy at how it all looked and worked. I wonder if I would have bought the car if I had driven the newer model and noticed the camera noise. Pretty sure I would have noticed the camera as I noticed it on the way home from the showroom and called them immediately.
Before this 73 plate that i have now, i had a 21 plate but that one was starting to develop some gearbox problem, was trembling when changing gears from 3rd to 2nd to 1st.Had the car for a few times at the MB dealership and every time they were saying that there is no error to check and that the car is fine, but i could still feel the judger in the gearbox.Anyway, I was really happy to change 21 plate with the 73 one, but than I found out about this camera calibration situation and mostly that its not going away after calibrations and I am starting to loose my interest in MB.
Same here, I drove the previous model during my test drive, but naturally went for the newer model when it came to purchase.
I just positioned the volume of the sound system to be lounder on the back, it helps a bit.
Yeah, I spotted your comment and his response.
Your absolutely right it cannot recalibrate in the dark mine takes about 15 seconds to recalibrate in the daylight which I’m ok with but you can drive around forever in the dark and it just can’t do it.
Perhaps I'm missing something but could you not go back to MB and ask them how come other cars don't have this issue if it's now a requirement for new regs?
The one consistent that you can take from this thread, is your Mercedes Dealer will make up anything just to get rid of you, if your asking awkward questions.
He said that all new Mercedes car have this feature but I have no way of knowing if that is correct or more waffle.
Agreed.
Could you go to a different dealer, get a test drive in another car and see if all Mercedes have that feature?
I have had a test drive in another new A class saloon and it has the same camera calibration issue. Not tested another new model such as a C class though.
