2016 MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS Complaints

THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR IS FLAT ONLY GIVING A 5.6DEG VIEWING ANGLE. IT IS IMPOSABLE TO SEE. ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR THREE WEEK, HAVE ALMOST CAUSED SERVAL ISUESS MB NOT WILLING TO HELP.

SIDE VIEW MIRROR VISIBILITY IS EXTREMELY POOR CREATING ENORMOUS BLIND SPOTS IN A VEHICLE OF THIS SIZE AND INHERENT LIMITED VISIBILITY. HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS CHANGING LANES DUE TO INABILITY TO ADEQUATELY SEE PERIPHERAL AREAS. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THESE ISSUES PILE UP, THE VEHICLE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AS IS. THE EXACT EUROPEAN COUNTERPART IS SUPPLIED WITH WIDE VIEW MIRRORS BUT TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS THE US VERSION GETS CRIPPLED VISIBILITY.

THE SIDE MIRRORS ARE FLAT INSTEAD OF CONVEX AND THIS, COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH HEADRESTS, GIVES ONE EXTREMELY POOR REAR VISION. I CAN NOT RECALL DRIVING ANY VEHICLE MADE AFTER THE 1970'S THAT HAS FLAT MIRRORS LIKE THIS. CHANGING LANES, EVEN WITH BLIND SPOT WARNING, IS JUST GUESSWORK AND VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE NOT FELT SO UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSURE OF WHAT IS NEXT TO ME SINCE I DROVE CARS WITHOUT ANY RIGHT SIDE MIRRORS YEARS AND YEARS AGO. THE SAME VAN IN EUROPE DOES HAVE CONVEX MIRRORS THAT ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE USED IN US. CONTACTING MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS HAS PROVEN USELESS. THIS IS AN ISSUE IN ALL SITUATIONS BUT WORSE IN URBAN DRIVING OR HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE KNOWING WHAT IS AROUND ONE'S VEHICLE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A TERRIBLE AND DANGEROUS OVERSIGHT.

THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS ARE EXTREMELY SMALL. THEY CREATE A TERRIBLE BLIND SPOT WHICH INHIBITS YOUR ABILITY TO CHANGE LANES. IN ADDITION THE MIRRORS APPEAR TO MAGNIFY OBJECTS WHICH DISTORTS YOUR JUDGEMENT OF VEHICLE PROXIMITY. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS HAVE CAUSED NEAR COLLISIONS MULTIPLE TIMES! THE MIRRORS ONLY ALLOW YOU TO SEE A PORTION OF THE LANE NEXT TO YOU. THIS IS MUCH WORSE WHEN LOOKING AT THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR COMPARED TO THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE WEBSITE: METRISFORUM.COM HAS ADEQUATE COMMENTARY FROM OTHER DRIVERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

PASSENGER MIRROR CAUSES SIGNIFICANT BLIND SPOT AS IT IS NOT A CONVEX MIRROR. THIS CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO NOT SEEING A VEHICLE LOCATED ON RIGHT SIDE.

THE SIDE MIRRORS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE DANGEROUS AND TWO SMALL, THEY ALMOST GOT ME INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WITH MY WIFE AND FIVE (5) CHILDREN. THESE SIDE MIRRORS ARE NON-CONVEXED AND OFFER LITTLE VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE VEHICLE, LEAVING THE DRIVER TO DEPEND ON THE BLIND SPOT ASSIST FEATURE TO CHANGE LANES OR REVERSE FOR THIS CRITICAL VISUAL INFORMATION.

THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR ON THIS VEHICLE OFFERS VERY LITTLE VISIBILITY AND CREATES A HUGE BLIND SPOT. THE MIRROR IS FLAT OFFERS A VERY NARROW FIELD OF VIEW. BECAUSE THIS IS A CARGO VAN WITH NO WINDOW ON THE SIDE DOOR A CONVEX MIRROR IS NECESSARY TO OFFER A ACCEPTABLE FIELD OF VIEW FOR SAFE LANE CHANGING. I FEEL THE LACK OF A CONVEX MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE MAY LEAD TO SEVERAL SIDE SWIPE ACCIDENTS BY OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANESOME TO THE RIGHT ONLY TO FIND THAT THERE IS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE MASSIVE BLIND SPOT. UPON RESEARCHING THE EUROPEAN VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE I DISCOVERED THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH A PROPER CONVEX MIRROR. FAILURE TO EQUIP THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE WITH THE SAME MIRROR SEAMS LIKE A LACK OF REGARD FOR SAFETY

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VISIBILITY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WAS INADEQUATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THAT THE ENGINEERS WERE WORKING ON IT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500...UPDATED 05/09/16 *BF *TR