From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   Well I did at least find out something interesting on the problem   
   driving the View in strong winds.  I know I have mentioned before the   
   issue where getting just the right blast of wind really seems to throw   
   off the RV.  At first I thought it was the overhang or something mounted   
   on the roof causing the issue.  On the way down, I was pretty convinced   
   it had something to do with the transmission and it struggling to   
   attempt being in the right gear when the wind would hit the coach.  It's   
   hard to explain, but it felt like it was coming from the rear wheels,   
   and you could feel it in your hands and feet.  On the way back it was   
   worse with this happening about 15 times.  Even slowing down it still   
   happened.   
      
   A couple times it threw the RV out of cruise control and almost seemed   
   to veer it to the left.  Very disturbing feeling.  On one especially bad   
   instance, I just happened to look down at the dash and there was a red   
   warning saying "Crosswind Assistance" that flashed up for a brief time.   
   It was an aha moment.  Getting home I researched it and I'll be damned   
   Mercedes has this "feature" where when over 40 mph winds happen (that's   
   all the time when driving) it kicks in and if it feels bad   
   irregularities, by braking it attempts to "assist" the driver getting   
   thru it.  Horrible, horrible idea IMO and I didn't see one review of   
   people who liked it.  Everyone also hated it and thought it was dangerous.   
      
   It doesn't appear Mercedes will turn this off for you, though I did see   
   this in one page:  "The Cross Wind Assist can be deactivated from the   
   variant coding of the ESP control module with DTS Monaco software on   
   NCV3 and VS30."   
      
   But for $200 you can buy a little gizmo that plugs into the OBD2 port   
   and will disable it.  Pretty sure I will be getting this if after I talk   
   to Mercedes about it and they won't do it.   
      
      
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