Palmball
MB Enthusiast
My Audi definitely does this, at least as bad as any Merc I've had.
Conversely, our previous Porsche Cayenne and Porsche Macan did not, the Macan being the same chassis as the Q5 mentioned above.
What does this tell us? Nothing. Some cars do it, some don't. But it's not a Mercedes issue.
As for Mercedes advising people to fit winter tyres to fix the issue? Well, of course this will help. It's an obvious solution because winter tyres have more 'give' in them, they're made of different compounds that provide more compliance. The skipping / juddering doesn't magically go away, it's still there, but the tyres' compliance adsorbs it more than a performance-oriented tyre can.
What else is Mercedes supposed to do to deal with the sheer volume of complaining customers? They're offering the ONLY solution they can and it seems they're getting a far harder time of it thanks to the wonders of modern world social media. It's bringing attention to a 'problem' which is not a problem, to people that are misinformed by the internet that it is a problem (and many of who would otherwise never have noticed a thing).
Where Mercedes went wrong is to offer any kind of free tyre change to appease the GLC owners. They didn't need to do this because this is not a fault or a design issue anymore than it is in all the other cars that have the characteristic.
The only people losing here are those getting wound up by something that's a well known and documented physical consequence of how (some) modern cars are set up. Try to relax and enjoy the rest off the car (especially those with a fab new E63!!)
Conversely, our previous Porsche Cayenne and Porsche Macan did not, the Macan being the same chassis as the Q5 mentioned above.
What does this tell us? Nothing. Some cars do it, some don't. But it's not a Mercedes issue.
As for Mercedes advising people to fit winter tyres to fix the issue? Well, of course this will help. It's an obvious solution because winter tyres have more 'give' in them, they're made of different compounds that provide more compliance. The skipping / juddering doesn't magically go away, it's still there, but the tyres' compliance adsorbs it more than a performance-oriented tyre can.
What else is Mercedes supposed to do to deal with the sheer volume of complaining customers? They're offering the ONLY solution they can and it seems they're getting a far harder time of it thanks to the wonders of modern world social media. It's bringing attention to a 'problem' which is not a problem, to people that are misinformed by the internet that it is a problem (and many of who would otherwise never have noticed a thing).
Where Mercedes went wrong is to offer any kind of free tyre change to appease the GLC owners. They didn't need to do this because this is not a fault or a design issue anymore than it is in all the other cars that have the characteristic.
The only people losing here are those getting wound up by something that's a well known and documented physical consequence of how (some) modern cars are set up. Try to relax and enjoy the rest off the car (especially those with a fab new E63!!)
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