E-Class Auto Smooth Brake To Standstill Problem
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I have found some related posts to this subject but not exactly what I'm looking for. This is my disclaimer in case I need to put Nomex on :-)
I will be driving a petrol E class with an auto box for a few days. I try very hard in a manual to be as smooth as I can with gear changing, braking etc. I'm slowing learning how to smooth out the auto changes in the Mercedes but I'm struggling to get a smooth brake to standstill. The only way I have managed what I would class a properly smooth brake to stationary is to put the car into neutral just before the vehicle stops. Otherwise when I stop the car there is a small jerk. Are there any other 'tricks' I can try? My problem is that the car moves relatively quickly, for an auto, when idling. I have to overcome the car's large automatic 'creep' under braking, which I'm finding much stronger than in other autos.
Thanks
I have found some related posts to this subject but not exactly what I'm looking for. This is my disclaimer in case I need to put Nomex on :-)
I will be driving a petrol E class with an auto box for a few days. I try very hard in a manual to be as smooth as I can with gear changing, braking etc. I'm slowing learning how to smooth out the auto changes in the Mercedes but I'm struggling to get a smooth brake to standstill. The only way I have managed what I would class a properly smooth brake to stationary is to put the car into neutral just before the vehicle stops. Otherwise when I stop the car there is a small jerk. Are there any other 'tricks' I can try? My problem is that the car moves relatively quickly, for an auto, when idling. I have to overcome the car's large automatic 'creep' under braking, which I'm finding much stronger than in other autos.
Thanks
Thanks for everyone's input!
I have had the same experience as 3wheels3, if there is slight incline and the autobox is in 2nd then the brake to standstill is acceptable.
I enjoy driving a new car and learning, with my limited skills, to get the smoothest gear, steering and braking I can from it. 90% of the different hire cars I drive are manual. I am getting better at smoothing the E class autobox shifts but braking to a standstill is more of a struggle for me so far!
I can use the foot operated holding brake by pressing the footbrake to the floor, after stopping, to hold the car as blakeypj has also experienced.When this is activated the car displays: SBC-H. This does help with the jerk that Pigeon mentions when transitioning from footbrake to handbrake (as you aren't technically doing so!). If I activate SBC-H the car keeps its brake lights on, until the car pulls off again. I wish the E class turned the brake lights off when SBC-H activates, I was sat at a railway crossing tonight for more than five minutes at night and I wouldn't dazzle the guy behind me with brake lights showing for that long. Does anyone know how reliable SBC is compared to the normal handbrake?
I have had the same experience as 3wheels3, if there is slight incline and the autobox is in 2nd then the brake to standstill is acceptable.
I enjoy driving a new car and learning, with my limited skills, to get the smoothest gear, steering and braking I can from it. 90% of the different hire cars I drive are manual. I am getting better at smoothing the E class autobox shifts but braking to a standstill is more of a struggle for me so far!
I can use the foot operated holding brake by pressing the footbrake to the floor, after stopping, to hold the car as blakeypj has also experienced.When this is activated the car displays: SBC-H. This does help with the jerk that Pigeon mentions when transitioning from footbrake to handbrake (as you aren't technically doing so!). If I activate SBC-H the car keeps its brake lights on, until the car pulls off again. I wish the E class turned the brake lights off when SBC-H activates, I was sat at a railway crossing tonight for more than five minutes at night and I wouldn't dazzle the guy behind me with brake lights showing for that long. Does anyone know how reliable SBC is compared to the normal handbrake?
To smooth the braking I now get to less than 10mph and then put the gearbox in neutral and brake as with a manual to standstill. This helps the smooth stop but the trouble is if I need to pull away quickly it takes a couple of seconds for the autobox to get back in gear and I'm also technically coasting. I also can't use this method on a 'creep and peep' junction if I need to edge out to see the road. I wouldn't call this method a fix for the problem, I'm still trying to find a way to brake better. Has anybody else had more luck?
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