MB-Tex Seats Bleeding Again, Time To Call the Ghostbusters
A few months ago, we wrote out about how the new Mercedes MB-Tex seat covers were bleeding through, causing stains on owner’s seats. Mercedes responded and said the issue had to do with cold air reacting with part of the seat’s bonding agent. Mercedes said that all the seats with this issue could come in for service and be replaced free of charge. Well, we all thought we had heard the end of it. Unfortunately, we were wrong.
One of our forum members, StanNH, posted that he was shocked when he went to get into his car yesterday and found that the newly replaced seat covers had once again begun to bleed.
Here are StanNH’s own words describing what happened:
“I can’t even believe I’m writing this, but I just noticed that my new, just replaced, MB-Tex covers are starting to bleed. It is only on limited areas of the rear seat so far, but it is definitely there. Both side bolsters and the small horizontal strip under the rear armrest were completely covered with the oily residue today. I have not yet seen any white evaporate, but this is exactly how it started the first time around.Those are the only sections that have shown the problem at this point. Both front seats are clear, and the rear seats are clear except for those bolsters and the one strip.I called my dealer’s service manager, who has already gotten in touch with MB-USA about this. My dealer has been fantastic, and MB-USA has been very responsive, so let’s see what happens now.There is the possibility that this is a minor issue which will go away with time and some cleaning … or it may progress and get worse. Right now it’s wait and see, but I’m anything but pleased with this very unexpected turn of events. I’m beginning to feel like there must be a vengeful BMW/Audi god out there trying to make my life miserable.The irony is that, except for those lousy seats, the car is now 100% perfect. Everything works, everything fits, and it’s a joy to drive. What a shame.”
It may be too early to know for sure, but it sounds like the problem may not be what Mercedes originally suspected. Rather, it could have more to do with the seat cushions than the seat covers.
Hopefully, Mercedes will fix this issue quickly, but first we want to know if anyone else has experienced the problem, even after Mercedes supposedly fixed it? Sound off in the thread below.