Blinking driver side window switch?

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06-24-23, 11:35 PM

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Ocean11

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Originally Posted by trogdor113

The press and hold of the switch after fully closing essentially disables the pinch protection and raises the burnout threshold for the motor. From the OEM's viewpoint, there's no safe way to do that automatically, hence the requirement of the manual process.

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06-25-23, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ocean11

This is just crazy. It started happening in my 07 ES350 as well recently. I wonder why wouldn't the manufacturer do "initialization" automatically instead of giving the stress to the owner?

MB electric vehicles make it difficult for owners to open the hood as " no user serviceable parts" in the compartment.