4 Reasons Your Mercedes Active Lane Keeping Assist Is Not Working
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Have you ever wondered why Mercedes is considered one of the safest car brands?
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Well, the answer is… its ability to develop futuristic safety mechanisms like:Active Lane Keeping Assist Active Blind Spot Monitoring Adaptive High Beam Assist And, similar other features…
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Here, we will converse about “Active Lane Keeping Assist” or ALKA.
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Active Lane Keeping Assist- What Does It Do?
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The purpose of the Active Lane Keeping Assist is to:Keep your Mercedes in lane Warn you in the event of an inadvertent lane departure Actively steer your car back into the lane (in certain circumstances)
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And, to do so, it employs numerous components. Some of them are:Radar sensors and camera Electronic Stability Program Steering angle sensor Yaw rate sensor And, numerous other sensors and electronics
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What Causes Active Lane Keeping Assist To Stop Working?
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Poor Visibility
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Your ALKA may not work if you are driving in heavy rain or other conditions.similar
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This usually happens due to a lack of visibility.
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Defective Component
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As you may have read earlier, the ALKA of your Mercedes is a very complex system.
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To keep you in the lane, it employs several components.
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If one of those components goes bad, your car's ALKA may stop working.
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Battery Is Faulty
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The Active Lane Keeping Assist of your car needs electricity to function.
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And, obviously…. if the battery goes bad, ALKA will stop working.
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Faded Lane Markings
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Your car's ALKA will not work if the road you are driving on does not have lane markings.
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Bottom Line
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The Active Lane Keeping Assist is a crucial safety feature of your Mercedes.
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That's why if you want to stay safe on the road, take good care of the ALKA.
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MEDWAY IMPORTS
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