2016 MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS Complaints

THE SIDE MIRRORS FOR THE CAR ARE HORRIBLE. THEY HAVE A HORRIBLE BLIND SPOT WHICH I FEEL IS REALLY DANGEROUS. WHEN DRIVING YOU BARELY HAVE ANY VISIBILITY OF VEHICLES ON YOUR SIDE. FEELS LIKE ITS A SET UP FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN.

THE SIDE MOUNTED REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE INADEQUATE, LEAVING LARGE BLIND SPOTS. THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR NEEDS TO BE CONVEX. MY WIFE, WHO IS USED TO DRIVING A CHEVROLET VAN WITH A CONVEX, PASSENGER SIDE, REAR VIEW MIRROR, ALMOST HIT A CAR THAT WAS UNSEEN IN THE BLIND SPOT OF THE METRIS. SHE WAS DRIVING ON A MULTI LANE ROAD AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE NEAR COLLISION OCCURRED. *TR

SIDE VIEW MIRRORS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO SEE OTHER CARS FROM. THEY ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CREATE MASSIVE BLIND SPOTS. THE 2017 MIRRORS WERE CHANGED TO MINIMIZE THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALERS WILL NOT RECALL 2016 MIRRORS.

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAS A TERRIBLE BLIND SPOT.NO MATTER HOW DILIGENTLY YOU LOOK IN THE PASSENGER MIRROR AND OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER THERE IS AN AREA THAT IS BLIND TO THE DRIVER. THIS IS DUE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR BEING TOO SMALL AND NOT CONVEX. IT IS NOT WRITTEN ON THE MIRROR " OBJECTS APPEAR CLOSER THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE".THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW, I AM SURPRISED THAT THAT THIS MADE IT THROUGH ALL OF THE SAFETY REGULATIONS. LUCKILY, I HAVE NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT YET DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE MOUNTED ADDITIONAL BLINDSPOT MIRRORS TO THE EXISTING MIRRORS BUT THEY ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A PROPERLY DESIGNED MIRROR. I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN AUGUST AND HAVE RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MIRROR BUT TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE MIRROR BUT THE FACTORY TINTING ON THE WINDOWS IS VERY DARK AND ONE MUST LOOK CAREFULLY TO SEE AN ONCOMING CAR. IN DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES ON THE METRIS FORUM SITE WITH NEW METRIC OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SIDE MIRROR VISIBILITY AND LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION. THE FIX IS A SIMPLE ONE AND I HOPE THAT MERCEDES WILL STEP UP AND ACTIVELY TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE.

TAKATA RECALL VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH VISION FROM THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS CANT SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THEM. I HAVE THE VAN A WEEK NEARLY GOT IN 5 ACCIDENTS TRYING TO GET INTO MY RIGHT LANE I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM IN ANY OTHER CAR OR VAN THIS PROBLEM NEEDS FIX BEFORE SOMEBODY GET HURT AND ALL MY OTHER VANS WERE BIGGER THEN THIS VAN

MERCEDES METRIS VAN FUEL SMELL WHILE VEHICLE WAS AT IDLE WARMING UP FOR WINTER DRIVING. GAS WAS SEEPING FROM "POROUS GAS LINE" WAS WHAT I WAS TOLD FROM DEALERSHIP AND THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENED TO TWO OTHER VEHICLES IN AMERICA. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR COMPANY BOUGHT MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND WE HAVE THREE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. MERCEDES DOES NOT HAVE PARTS READILY AVAILABLE IN THE STATES AND THE FUEL LINE HAS TO BE MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY. PLAN ON BEING WITHOUT YOUR VEHICLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORUMS ON THE WEB ILLUSTRATING THIS PROBLEM. IF YOU SMELL GAS OUTSIDE YOUR METRIS I SUGGEST TAKING IT IN RIGHT AWAY. *TR

GASOLINE SMELL NOTICED IN AND AROUND VEHICLE AFTER 5 MINUTES WHILE IDLING COLD. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES GASOLINE SMELL INCREASED INSIDE VEHICLE TO THE EXTENT THAT VEHICLE HAD TO BE STOPPED, WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN AND FUMES DISSIPATED. REPEATED TWICE WHILE RETURNING TO ORIGINAL START POINT. NOTICED GASOLINE SMELL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PRIOR BUT VERY FAINT. SEEMS TO BE COLD TEMPERATURE RELATED. DAY OF SEVERE INCIDENT WAS EXTREME COLD. ISSUE IS SEVERE ENOUGH I'M APPREHENSIVE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE SIDE MIRRORS ARE NOT ONLY VERY LOW AND SMALL BUT THEY ARE FLAT. THIS CREATES A HUGE BLIND SPOT PARTICULARLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE EVEN WITH LANE ASSIST TECHNOLOGY. I DO NOT WANT TO ALMOST HIT A CAR BEFORE BEING NOTIFIED. I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT ON A HIGHWAY WITH 4 KIDS IN MY CARE. THIS EXACT SAME VAN HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN EUROPE WITH CONVEX MIRRORS. IN FACT, MB IS MAKING THESE CONVEX MIRRORS STANDARD IN THE 2017 VERSION, BUT SEEMS TO WAITING UNTIL HUMAN CASUALTY BEFORE RECALLING THE 2016 MIRRORS FOR SAFE DRIVING.

MIRRORS ARE VERY NARROW/POOR, CANT SEE IN A CARGO VAN, I ALMOST KILLED SOMEONE OR KILL MYSELF

BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS ARE FLAT, NOT CURVED OR CONVEX. ITS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS CAR HAS HUGE DEAD ZONE NEXT TO THE CAR. AS I HAVE A CARGO VAN WITH NO REAR WINDOWS, NO WINDOWS ON THE SIDES EITHER ITS REALLY SUPER UNSAFE.