Recent content by JupiterRed

Only 1 month left on my 2014 B lease and I pulled the trigger on a new 2017 B250e lease. The drivers side seat heater stopped working so I brought it in for service (It's the only must have feature for my wife). They had to replace the seat heater and now the car is complaining of battery issues...

Just cut a deal on a 2017 to replace my leased 2014. 2 year lease for the roughly the same payment as my 2014. $6 more per month. All the paperwork is not done but the list on the car is 47780 and got about 16K off so the lease is based off of 31780. Car has essential the same features as my...

There is an open campaign for a software fix for some 2014 B Class cars. It is to take care of the "Visit Workshop" or Do not shift gears" messages that appear on some cars. Campaign No. 201510004. Model 242 (B-Class), Model Year 2014 Update Powertrain Control Module Software.

I just got the campaign letter and spoke to my dealer. The Campaign No. is 2015010004 , February 2015 Subject Model 242 (B-Class), Model Year 2014 Update Powertrain Control Module This is a required software update for about 880 vehicles according to the letter and corrects a condition where...

It is very common of German manufactures to make the sticker price very low and make one add all of the common options into a car to get a desirable setup. The Japanese manufactures have very few options, just different trim levels for you to pick from, and then the American manufacturers give...

Now having owned 2 MBs and with memberships on various forums, I have come to the conclusion that this message sometimes appears when other things are wrong within the electrical system. In my case, I had a bad connector on my throttle valve of my CLA250 which on a couple of occasions thew up...

Question for Tony. Do you have a thread that show just your data on the B ED in terms of consumption and range? I'm getting lost in this particular thread.

Having driven Honda's for 28 years before my 2 Mercedes and having driven 100s of rental cars I can tell you this; Mercedes mirrors particularly on the MFA body types (A-Class, B-Class, CLA-Class and GLA Class) do not have the field of view that most people are used to if you are coming from...

I lease a B ED and also have a CLA250. Took the B out today and noticed that the camera was filthy. I said to myself, how can that be? Come to find out, the camera is exposed to the elements all the time. Mine doesn't retract in like the CLA. I didn't know that about the B. Just posting in...

With temps normally under 25 degrees, my wife has averaged 1.8 MpKwh over the last 800 miles. Sorry I didn't take a picture.

My car needed an update due to another problem. After that, no more e+ mode. No explanation from MB.

Tony, I appreciate your information on this and on other forums.

I'm in CT. Have the same experience. I do have 220V charging however but the experience is the same.

My car is garaged and its side 40's in there most days. It doesn't really seem to help. I'm going to try to delay charging until 4AM so the car will be fully charged when my wife takes it at 8am.

I'm extremely disappointed with the range that my wife and I are getting. We live in Connecticut and it's been cold. Temp's in the 20s and sometimes 30's. The most we get on a charge is 55 miles. Cold definitely effects range. I hope when it warms up we get better performance. Lucky for us...