2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 Brakes Problems

“The brake pedal and the gas pedal are too close together. I am constantly feeling the slight touch of the brake pedal when stepping on the gas. I have had multiple cars and SUV's in the past and I cannot every recall touching the brake when gassing. I am very conscious of the proximity of the 2 pedals and try to not touch the brake. It still happens from time to time.”

“I was driving to meet a friend for lunch. I came up upon a stop light that was already red and I would have been the third car in line. I came to what I thought was a stop. I was about a car length or more behind the car in front of me. Next thing I know, I hear a loud bang as my car had accelerated into the car in front of me with my foot on the brake. That car, in turn, hit the car in front of them. I was very confused. I received a traffic ticket for uncontrolled speed. The policeman thought I was I was crazy when I said that I had come to a stop. …”

“We have had this car about a year, we encounter numerous occasion the the collision assist plus has engaged intermittently w/o any reasonable obstacle in front of the car when it is in motion. About a month ago, the car gave message collision assist inoperative and I can even get the car in gear not with multiple restart. Last week I went out with my wife and the car stop on the busy street on the stop and go traffic and the car did auto start stop was unable to restart and it disengage the transmission and I had to restart the car manually and reengage the transmission. …”

“Had an update on the software to control collision prevention on the car, and soon afterward it began to deploy at certain spots without any other car in front for at least 50 feet. Took it back to the M-B Seattle dealer and after 4 weeks of investigation, I was told that the matter is exterior to the car and that the car performs as intended. T still drive the car and it still gives me warnings of impending to engage the collision detection braking system. I don't feel very comfortable driving it in the city.”

“There was no incident with the car. I purchased the car new and when driving it I detected a potential safety hazard with the positions of the brake and gas pedals and their relationship are too close to each other. For example if your are wearing men's tennis shoes their is a hazard of touching both the brake and gas when you want to apply the brake you also apply the gas. Simply because the shoes are too wide. The dimensions are: the brake pedal is 5 x 3 and the gas pedal is 2 wide and 6 long. The separation between the two pedals is 2 inches. …”