Mercedes-Benz cruise control out of control incidents condolences or artificial fraud

Recently, it was reported that on the evening of March 14, a speeding cruiser on the Mercedes-Benz C200L suddenly lost control on the highway to Henan’s Lianhuo Expressway in Shaanxi Province. The owner of the amateur racing car claimed to drive for about one hour at a speed of 120 km/h. A "China Speed ​​of Life and Death" was staged. The report also said that through Mercedes-Benz "backstage intervention", the vehicle's brake function eventually recovered, which made it possible to escape.

The above message has drawn attention due to the fact that the plot is twisted and it involves the discussion of eager smart driving. According to the "Securities Daily" reporter, Mercedes-Benz related personnel arrived in Chengdu on the evening of March 16 and contacted Mr. Xue on March 17th to view the accident vehicle.

As of now, Beijing's Mercedes-Benz said that the current Mercedes-Benz personnel are learning in detail about the origins of the incident, but why the cruise control failure, why the brake failure and other vehicle problems, you need to wait until after the inspection of the vehicle can be answered.

However, the details of the incident so far have been questioned by many parties inside and outside the industry, such as how to open the doors at a speed of 120 km/h, and how to successfully avoid all vehicles on the densely-powered Lianhuo Expressway. It is worth mentioning that the "Securities Daily" reporter learned from the Mercedes-Benz side, Mercedes-Benz C200L does not have car networking capabilities, the so-called SOS only has voice transmission capabilities. Therefore, the argument that “backstage intervention” has caused the vehicle to slow down has been confirmed.

Both parties are vocal

Conclusion Investigation is in progress

According to report, the out-of-control accident occurred after Mercedes-Benz passed the Sanmenxia toll station. According to the owner Mr. Xue, he wanted to switch from the cruise control mode to the manual driving mode, but found that the cruise control mode could not be withdrawn, the brake and the gear position system None of them work properly. In this case, he was "trapped" in the cruise control mode, running out of control for more than 100 kilometers at a speed of 120 kilometers/hour.

After the incident, "Securities Daily" reporter repeatedly tried to contact Mr. Xue by the mobile phone and WeChat voice contact, were rejected.

On March 17th, Mr. Xue publicly announced that Weibo refused to interview any media before the results of the inspection had been issued. He would inform the media at the first time after the test results came out.

On the other hand, on the evening of March 16, Beijing Benz issued a statement on the matter. In Beijing’s Mercedes-Benz’s “Notes on Mr. Xue’s Vehicle-Rated Cruise-Related Media Report”, Beijing Benz said that he was highly regarded after learning from media reports about Mr. Xue’s driving experience on the night of March 14, 2018. He immediately contacted Mr. Xue and arranged for professionals to rush to the scene to understand the situation. At the same time, Mercedes-Benz immediately established an expert technical team to investigate the situation described. The current incident did not investigate the conclusion.

Some industry insiders told the Securities Daily reporter that some software systems that are well-adjusted in foreign countries will be re-adjusted according to the road conditions and the Chinese people’s habits. This may cause subtle The deviation of coordination includes circuit systems and mechanical parts. However, such events as cruising, picking neutral gear, foot brakes, electronic handbrake and other operations at the same time are out of control, and the probability is extremely small.

Many doubts to be solved

Industry insiders question the fraud

Coincidentally, as early as November 2012, on the high-speed section of the Hangzhou-Pudong Expressway, a Toyota Jielu Chi's coupe suffered a constant speed cruising failure. After the incident was exposed, it caused an uproar. However, the results of the survey indicated that it was caused by the “drug driving” of vehicle owners and ended in a farce. Based on this, the Mercedes-Benz C200L cruise control out of control is a vehicle safety problem or artificial rendering or even fabricated, controversial quite a lot.

At present, the well-known automakers Han Lu and Li Xiang all doubt that this is a farce directed and performed. There are many questions about the incident in the industry. First of all, whether Mr. Xue, who has the status of an amateur racer, has really completed driving at the speed of 120 kilometers per hour on the Lian Huo Expressway for more than one hour, and successfully passed through several toll stations. In this regard, Han Han, a famous writer and racing driver, believes that it is impossible to drive an hour at an average speed of 120 km/h on a busy highway in China. This has nothing to do with technology.

Liu Shi, vice president of the Beijing People's Police College and director of the Automotive Special Driver Training Center, also expressed similar views. “Lianhuo Expressway is the east-west traffic arteries and there are many vehicles. The above-mentioned accident vehicle is driving at 120 km/h for one hour in this road condition. It is hard to imagine.”

In addition, the owner of the car, Mr. Xue, said that the final vehicle was braked by remote control. However, on the evening of March 16, Beijing Benz issued a statement in the microblogging that denied that the event vehicle was stopped by Mercedes in the background. "Mercedes-Benz does not currently have the technology to intervene in the background of vehicles." "The Mercedes-Benz vehicle has multiple safety guarantees to ensure that the driver can still perform brake operations under extreme conditions."

In this regard, Liu Shi said that after the auto-cruise failure, the owner can use the foot brake and hand brake, and even off the power off, gear change and other operations to brake. However, if all the parts encountered by the owner of the accident fail, even if it is, it belongs to one ten-millionth level.

Finally, as Mr. Xue mentioned that opening a car door causes speeding cruise control vehicles to decelerate, there are auto professionals who have come to the conclusion that the same type of test drive simulation has failed to achieve the goal of unlocking the seat belt and unlocking the seat belt. The vehicle slows down.

It is worth mentioning that after the accident, the traffic police originally requested to repair the "accident vehicle" before going on the road, but Mr. Xue patrols the traffic police and drove the car to Chengdu. As of this writing, Mercedes-Benz’s technical staff is in Chengdu to conduct technical appraisal of the accident vehicles. Whether this incident is caused by the loss of control of the vehicle or other reasons, our reporter will continue to pay attention.