Mercedes Benz: Difference between revisions

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==Incidents==

=== App disabled (February 2025) ===

===App disabled (February 2025)===

In February 2025, Mercedes-Benz switched off support for the accompanying app<ref>{{cite web |last=Kunkel |first=Christina |date=18 Feb 2025 |title=Wie Mercedes seine Smart-Kunden verärgert (How Mercedes angers its "Smart" costumers) |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/smart-app-mercedes-eq-abschaltung-nachruestung-li.3200936?reduced=true |website=Sueddeutsche Zeitung |archive-url=https://archive.ph/xB9x2 |archive-date=18 Feb 2025 |access-date=19 Feb 2025|language=~~German~~}}</ref> for some of their Smart brand car models after a very short time, even though the cars are almost brand new. In the comments of the linked article, user Norbert Endres mentions the same thing happening for the previous model Smart ED 451 in 2019. According to him, the company hotline suggested he buy a new car of model Smart EQ 453 to resolve the problem when he confronted them. Another user complains about a similar incident where all digital features were disabled in the premium class models of the series E-Klasse 212.

In February 2025, Mercedes-Benz switched off support for the accompanying app<ref>{{cite web|last=Kunkel|first=Christina|date=18 Feb 2025|title=Wie Mercedes seine Smart-Kunden verärgert (How Mercedes angers its "Smart" costumers)|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/smart-app-mercedes-eq-abschaltung-nachruestung-li.3200936?reduced=true|website=Sueddeutsche Zeitung|archive-url=https://archive.ph/xB9x2|archive-date=18 Feb 2025|access-date=19 Feb 2025|language=de}}</ref> for some of their Smart brand car models after a very short time, even though the cars are almost brand new. In the comments of the linked article, user Norbert Endres mentions the same thing happening for the previous model Smart ED 451 in 2019. According to him, the company hotline suggested he buy a new car of model Smart EQ 453 to resolve the problem when he confronted them. Another user complains about a similar incident where all digital features were disabled in the premium class models of the series E-Klasse 212.

==Products==

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==See also==

* [[BMW feature lockout scandal]]

*[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]

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[[Category:Car_manufacturers]]

[[Category:Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers]]

[[Category:Bus manufacturers]]

[[Category:Truck manufacturers]]

[[Category:Defense companies]]

[[Category:Diesel engine manufacturers]]

[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies]]

[[Category:Emergency services equipment makers]]

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 ==Incidents==
-=== App disabled (February 2025) ===
+===App disabled (February 2025)===
-In February 2025, Mercedes-Benz switched off support for the accompanying app<ref>{{cite web |last=Kunkel |first=Christina |date=18 Feb 2025 |title=Wie Mercedes seine Smart-Kunden verärgert (How Mercedes angers its "Smart" costumers) |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/smart-app-mercedes-eq-abschaltung-nachruestung-li.3200936?reduced=true |website=Sueddeutsche Zeitung |archive-url=https://archive.ph/xB9x2 |archive-date=18 Feb 2025 |access-date=19 Feb 2025|language=German}}</ref> for some of their Smart brand car models after a very short time, even though the cars are almost brand new. In the comments of the linked article, user Norbert Endres mentions the same thing happening for the previous model Smart ED 451 in 2019. According to him, the company hotline suggested he buy a new car of model Smart EQ 453 to resolve the problem when he confronted them. Another user complains about a similar incident where all digital features were disabled in the premium class models of the series E-Klasse 212.
+In February 2025, Mercedes-Benz switched off support for the accompanying app<ref>{{cite web|last=Kunkel|first=Christina|date=18 Feb 2025|title=Wie Mercedes seine Smart-Kunden verärgert (How Mercedes angers its "Smart" costumers)|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/smart-app-mercedes-eq-abschaltung-nachruestung-li.3200936?reduced=true|website=Sueddeutsche Zeitung|archive-url=https://archive.ph/xB9x2|archive-date=18 Feb 2025|access-date=19 Feb 2025|language=de}}</ref> for some of their Smart brand car models after a very short time, even though the cars are almost brand new. In the comments of the linked article, user Norbert Endres mentions the same thing happening for the previous model Smart ED 451 in 2019. According to him, the company hotline suggested he buy a new car of model Smart EQ 453 to resolve the problem when he confronted them. Another user complains about a similar incident where all digital features were disabled in the premium class models of the series E-Klasse 212.
 ==Products==
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 ==See also==
-* [[BMW feature lockout scandal]]
+*[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]
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 [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Car_manufacturers]]
+[[Category:Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers]]
+[[Category:Bus manufacturers]]
+[[Category:Truck manufacturers]]
+[[Category:Defense companies]]
+[[Category:Diesel engine manufacturers]]
+[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies]]
+[[Category:Emergency services equipment makers]]