strangely mesmerising , and fascinating to see it in action, very few videos on this model. is it true that its impossible to get full engine power plus electric at the same time? can it pull away solely on electric? and has anyone chipped the engine on this model yet? i'm guessing it would confuse the electric assist system. nice ride down from detling hill to charge the battery, perfect place to re-charge it!
- Yes, it is possible to get full eng. + electric power if you hit the pedal hard enough; - It can pull on electric only but if you press the pedal very slowly, but under normal driving, like pulling away on a traffic lights, no, the el. motor power (20KW, 26 bhp) is simply not enough for this car, and if you want something like that you need plugin hybrid, like 300 de model. - no, I don't know if anyone tried to chip this engine, - detling hill is perhaps the only place in south-east, where you can get some 95% charge (~80% internaly), 100% charge was happening only in Alps :)
Hi there. How’s your car ? Do you have any issue so far? I have chance to buy one with 120K miles on the clock . I could have acces to SD. What’s your experience? Do you have any issue with battery etc? Can you share your opinion please
So far my bambino has done 310K km (or 195K m). No issues. The hybrid battery last time was checked with MB Star a month ago and all cells are in order. The 12V battery is still original. It's OK and starts the car without issues, but you cannot sit with it and watch a movie for longer than half an hour without running the engine (or starting the car, which will use the hybrid bat. to change the 12V bat till 34%). In Sep. 2019 I replaced the starter. The old was OK, but MB Star said it was more than 300K starts and it had to be replaced, and I didn't want one day to get stuck somewhere on top of something like Timmelsjoch (Italian-Austrian Alps) with car not starting :) . Replacement took whole day, but the new starter has been working well since then. I didn't record a move during the replacement, but took some pictures, and will probably make some video with pictures and comments. All the services requested by the car are done in time and as requested. My services span around 15K miles (25K km) because most of the time I drive like old woman - usually not faster than 100 km/h (60 mph). The oil that I always put, always says ACEA C3 (low ash) - this very import. for dpf. And also, every service I apply the dpf ash remover as in one of the videos on this channel.
This car is the first mercedes hybrid, so that did make a few bugs on the system. When you drive in E mode, then come to stop, the engine will switch off. After that, when you stay in the car with the ignition on, and the hybrid battery charge will come down to around 33%, the engine will start automatically. Then the engine will charge the battery to about 70% and will stop charging it BUT the engine will not stop. You have to switch off the ignition and then switch it back on. Also when your hybrid battery is around 80% and you open the driver's door with the ignition on, the engine will start, but the manual says it should not start :) - so that's another bug. All the services are done on time, as advised by the Assist system on the dashboard and the car runs with no problems. Around six months ago the second geabox oil change was made and all was and is OK. This car is more effective than normal diesel E Class. It can give you in Somer (20*C and more outside) around 4 L/100 km (70 uk mpg, 58 us mpg) from cold for the distance of around 100 km. No normal E Class can give you such an effective drive. And your breaks will serve you longer if you are careful and effective driver as more breaking is done by the el. motor charging the battery. However the best E Class I would by is E 300 de (diesel plugin hybrid), but is much more expensive.
No. No issues so far at all. 145 000 miles (233 000 km). No issues. All services are done by myself and on time - as suggested by the assist system on the dashboard. Six months ago the second gearbox oil change was done and no problems.
Sorry for delayed answer. The following video explains how to get to that menu. And when the Vehicle Data is highlighted, hit the OK button. here is the video: ua-cam.com/video/YoXefpYHoKM/v-deo.html
strangely mesmerising , and fascinating to see it in action, very few videos on this model. is it true that its impossible to get full engine power plus electric at the same time? can it pull away solely on electric? and has anyone chipped the engine on this model yet? i'm guessing it would confuse the electric assist system. nice ride down from detling hill to charge the battery, perfect place to re-charge it!
- Yes, it is possible to get full eng. + electric power if you hit the pedal hard enough;
- It can pull on electric only but if you press the pedal very slowly, but under normal driving, like pulling away on a traffic lights, no, the el. motor power (20KW, 26 bhp) is simply not enough for this car, and if you want something like that you need plugin hybrid, like 300 de model.
- no, I don't know if anyone tried to chip this engine,
- detling hill is perhaps the only place in south-east, where you can get some 95% charge (~80% internaly), 100% charge was happening only in Alps :)
Hi there. How’s your car ? Do you have any issue so far? I have chance to buy one with 120K miles on the clock . I could have acces to SD. What’s your experience? Do you have any issue with battery etc? Can you share your opinion please
So far my bambino has done 310K km (or 195K m). No issues. The hybrid battery last time was checked with MB Star a month ago and all cells are in order.
The 12V battery is still original. It's OK and starts the car without issues, but you cannot sit with it and watch a movie for longer than half an hour without running the engine (or starting the car, which will use the hybrid bat. to change the 12V bat till 34%).
In Sep. 2019 I replaced the starter. The old was OK, but MB Star said it was more than 300K starts and it had to be replaced, and I didn't want one day to get stuck somewhere on top of something like Timmelsjoch (Italian-Austrian Alps) with car not starting :) . Replacement took whole day, but the new starter has been working well since then. I didn't record a move during the replacement, but took some pictures, and will probably make some video with pictures and comments.
All the services requested by the car are done in time and as requested. My services span around 15K miles (25K km) because most of the time I drive like old woman - usually not faster than 100 km/h (60 mph).
The oil that I always put, always says ACEA C3 (low ash) - this very import. for dpf. And also, every service I apply the dpf ash remover as in one of the videos on this channel.
Are you happy with this car? Would you be happy to buy another MB hybrid?
This car is the first mercedes hybrid, so that did make a few bugs on the system.
When you drive in E mode, then come to stop, the engine will switch off. After that, when you stay in the car with the ignition on, and the hybrid battery charge will come down to around 33%, the engine will start automatically. Then the engine will charge the battery to about 70% and will stop charging it BUT the engine will not stop. You have to switch off the ignition and then switch it back on.
Also when your hybrid battery is around 80% and you open the driver's door with the ignition on, the engine will start, but the manual says it should not start :) - so that's another bug.
All the services are done on time, as advised by the Assist system on the dashboard and the car runs with no problems.
Around six months ago the second geabox oil change was made and all was and is OK.
This car is more effective than normal diesel E Class. It can give you in Somer (20*C and more outside) around 4 L/100 km (70 uk mpg, 58 us mpg) from cold for the distance of around 100 km. No normal E Class can give you such an effective drive.
And your breaks will serve you longer if you are careful and effective driver as more breaking is done by the el. motor charging the battery.
However the best E Class I would by is E 300 de (diesel plugin hybrid), but is much more expensive.
Thank you for watching.
Do you have any issue with this car? I have same car
No. No issues so far at all. 145 000 miles (233 000 km). No issues. All services are done by myself and on time - as suggested by the assist system on the dashboard. Six months ago the second gearbox oil change was done and no problems.
How to see water temperature?
You have to scroll right or left to services and then coolant temp.
How did you put that menu with the voltage values?
Sorry for delayed answer. The following video explains how to get to that menu. And when the Vehicle Data is highlighted, hit the OK button. here is the video: ua-cam.com/video/YoXefpYHoKM/v-deo.html