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If anyone else has experienced this issue in the past or present, will you please share how the issue was resolved and what was necessary for resolution? Thanks in advance!
If anyone else has experienced this issue in the past or present, will you please share how the issue was resolved and what was necessary for resolution? Thanks in advance!
I took possession of the MB EQS 580 in question, on 11-11-22 and expected that the Mercedes Me subscription would populate to the EQS 580 vehicle overnight, as per usual, since the vehicle was already showing in the Mercedes Me app shortly after leaving the MB dealership. When following the "Activate Mercedes Me" prompts from the splash screen and attempting to activate, I am persistently presented with the following error message "Internet Connection Currently Unavailable", and cannot use the Mercedes Me call button, fingerprint button or functions in car, related to Mercedes ME; which remains the case as of this message posting.
When Mercedes Me was not functional in the car by the evening after purchase, I contacted the dealership and have gotten nothing but a lack of communication and the run around from the MB dealership and Mercedes Me EQS support. After all of the Mercedes Me EQS agent's unsuccessful support and troubleshooting efforts, a ticket was opened on 11-14-22, I call regularly for updates which are non-existent. When posing queries to phone agents, generally, they report or display a lack of communication/information/documentation, whether through the inaccessibility of notes from "Tier Two" agents, or in the phone agents reluctance to complete their own due diligence, both of which leave the phone agents to bear the burden of attempting to, and ineffectually explaining, why there is no solution to the problem. If the "Tier Two" agents are working daily to resolve the issue, it should be reflected in detailed notes, and those notes should be available to customer contact agents. I am told that there are no notes that the phone agent can access from the "Tier Two" agents; this is not efficient nor customer service oriented.
Whatever the case may be, I would be more understanding and feel more assured that the issue was being addressed and could more easily accept the unacceptable answer of "no solution yet", if there were contemporaneous conversations taking place about what is known and what is unknown; this is not the case. As a result of the lack of any information about why the problem exists or any specification as to the actions being taken to rectify the "Internet Connection Currently Unavailable" issue, Mercedes Benz corporation, unfortunately, is in a position that appears to be attempting delay tactics and denial techniques, regarding a known issue, but unknown prognosis or fix; all of which are disingenuous business practices, usually not associated with the Mercedes Benz Corporation, though common in the industry. Irrespective to intention, the aforementioned remains distasteful and very unprofessional from the viewpoint of the consumer, especially myself, a loyal Mercedes Benz owner since my first E350 in 2014.
Realistically and rationally speaking, if the "Internet Connection Currently Unavailable" error is a known issue, say so..I can handle it...just fix it, asap and make it right in real time. Make it right by making resolution a priority, something as simple and free, as sending regular emails, even if, they in fact, reiterate that there is no solution yet...would be preferable to me calling and wasting more of my time, getting disconnected and waiting on hold, only to be told the same thing; an email is preferable. I can't get my time back.
The are a number of ways that this negative issue could be made into a customer service success story and a Mercedes Benz win. However, the path that is currently being pursued is very different than the path of transparency and timely rectification. As a result of the way the "Internet Connection Currently Unavailable" issue has been addressed, I am left in a state of confusion, as to the reason for the lack of detail and transparency, as well as discontented and dissatisfied, because I've paid for something that I haven't received. Mercedes Me functionality, in the car and full access on the app, is much more than a small accent feature, is an integral component of the MBUX system, as I have learned, by having to do without it in my EQS 580 thus far.
All of which leads me to...has anyone else experienced this issue in the past or present? If so, will you please share how the issue was resolved and what was necessary for resolution?