Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill

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Mon 13 Jun 2011 10:42
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - Karen22

Mercedes B Class 180CDI 2006, when appling the brake down hill causes the engine to race and rev up. I have returned it to the garage who have not been able to find anything wrong. if this problem can't be solved can I reject the car as I am losing confidence in this car I have had under 3months? Thanks from Karen

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Mon 13 Jun 2011 11:38
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - khcomp
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Edited by khcomp on 13/06/2011 at 11:42

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Mon 13 Jun 2011 13:15
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - Peter.N.

Can they not reproduce this fault when they are driving? Could it be that you are inadvertantly pressing the accelerator when you are braking?

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Mon 13 Jun 2011 14:33
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - unthrottled

Are you sure it's not just picking a lower gear?

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Mon 13 Jun 2011 14:37
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - Collos25
From the information received I would go for operator error.
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Mon 13 Jun 2011 15:28
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - injection doc

karen22

you dont explain whether the car is actually taking off ? or whether its just reving ?Modern autos now tend to change down gear when going down hill especially if touching the brake pedal ! as this assist with the braking !

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Mon 13 Jun 2011 16:51
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - davmal
Could one of the mods please put the missing bits of this post in, as I obviously can't see all of the ones that Collos does!
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Mon 13 Jun 2011 19:13
Mercedes B Class 180CDI Auto 2006 - Appling the brake down hill - WellKnownSid

Is there any chance that you're inadvertantly setting the cruise control to LIM - this will cause the auto to quite violently change down in overspeed conditions, although acompanied by a warning on the dash.

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