Hey all,
I have an E350cgi which I have had for rather a long time now, and I am having increasing issues with my Distronic radar guided cruise control.
In a nutshell, as most will know, the Distronic system can temporarily shut itself down in very adverse weather conditions (due to natural and unavoidable interference). This triggers a polite message that advises you that it is unavailable, and a further polite notice when it is back up and running again.
I understand that the above is norma. HOWEVER, my car is now putting itself into this state with alarming regularity, and even on dry sunny days. In fact, it has now got to the point where almost every journey will be greeted at some point with this message, and on some occasions on multiple times a journey. Also - when it is not in fault, it works fine.
The issue I have is that when taken to Mercedes, they read the computers fault codes, and find none (as the car doesn't appear to think there is a problem beyond bad weather!)
I have ruled out external sources of interference as there is no rhyme or reason to when it enters this state.
Has anybody else experienced this? And if so, how did you cure it?!!?!
Help!
Thanks in advance
James
I have an E350cgi which I have had for rather a long time now, and I am having increasing issues with my Distronic radar guided cruise control.
In a nutshell, as most will know, the Distronic system can temporarily shut itself down in very adverse weather conditions (due to natural and unavoidable interference). This triggers a polite message that advises you that it is unavailable, and a further polite notice when it is back up and running again.
I understand that the above is norma. HOWEVER, my car is now putting itself into this state with alarming regularity, and even on dry sunny days. In fact, it has now got to the point where almost every journey will be greeted at some point with this message, and on some occasions on multiple times a journey. Also - when it is not in fault, it works fine.
The issue I have is that when taken to Mercedes, they read the computers fault codes, and find none (as the car doesn't appear to think there is a problem beyond bad weather!)
I have ruled out external sources of interference as there is no rhyme or reason to when it enters this state.
Has anybody else experienced this? And if so, how did you cure it?!!?!
Help!
Thanks in advance
James