Boston

Thanks Sube! Look much better... is it MB-Tex or Leather?

Tbone8771

they look like they might be the Nappa Leather seats.

Tbone8771

I have leather and they have a different stitching pattern, that's why I guessed possibly Nappa Leather.
I think the Designo leather seats have a quilting stitch pattern to them .

GLE43_Sube

Yes, they are Porcelain and Black Nappa Leather. This style of stitching is unique to the Nappa Leather seats.

Yomibro

Took the vehicle to the dealer yesterday, instead of swapping out the seat cover they refitted the existing one. Guess this will have to do until the issue crops up again, definitely looks way better then when I first got the vehicle.

Boston

Better, not great & not up to Mercedes Benz of old standards! Where has the pride of craftsmanship gone?

MBWorld Editor

Thought the front page should know too...
https://mbworld.org/articles/gle-own...ces-are-loose/

Boston

Thanks very much for brining this issue to the MB World readers at large... perhaps MB USA will take note and take care of our GLE forum members with this problem.

GLE43_Sube

I think we need to disseminate this story "outside" of this forum if we're going to get any serious response from MB. Based on their reply to my email, they don't care about forums. To them, forums represent an esoteric microcosm of the motoring world. Only when the story shows up on major outlets, will they take notice and make the necessary changes to rectify the issue. At that point, it becomes an embarrassment to MB. For this reason, I forwarded the below link to Autoweek and Motortrend. Hopefully, they'll pick it up. Being that this is NOT a safety related defect, it's going to be more difficult to garner attention.


https://mbworld.org/articles/gle-own...ces-are-loose/

paulybagadonuts

Thanks Sube. Nothing to loose and worth a try. I think you are absolutely correct MB will do nothing unless this shows up on a major outlet. Thanks for taking the lead!

Boston

Sube.. I second that thanks & agree as well! In addition, I will also forward link to a couple of auto news sites,etc.

bmnewmarket

Here are mine GLE43 4Matic seats are leather.

Vehicle is 3 weeks old.

GLE43_Sube

There's no legitimate reason why the front seats shouldn't look exactly like the rear seats.

Boston

bmnewmarket- Thanks for posting these- the front seats are awful! To GLEsube's point, my guess is that there is a different vendor for the front seats. Have you brought this to your dealers attention? Completely unacceptable! If anyone out there on our forum can get me the direct contact info for the GLE product manager's boss at MB USA/Daimler, please forward to me via PM. The GLE product manager should be fired... first for allowing this to happen & then second for burying it and not making it right for MB customers!

bmnewmarket

I originally was looking around this forum on the subject of noise as I find this vehicle really noisy. My previous vehicle was an E550 and really quiet. This really makes a lot of noise when accelerating any speed, slow or fast acceleration. The website says "The AMG sport exhaust system not only enhances performance but also generates the signature AMG sound. A pleasingly subtle exhaust note assures relaxed, quiet cruising, while acceleration and higher revs are accompanied by a rewardingly throaty growl from the four polished-chrome tailpipes."

The seat issue I stumbled upon while looking for anything to do with the GLE43 SUV. I am not sure I had any level of concern till I actually looked at my seats and saw the difference front and back. I will be sending the pictures to the dealer to see what they say.

27T

This post cannot be real.

fabbrisd1

Have I reviewed this thread correctly that there are a total of (8) owners with this "issue" - (2) owners that have posted that they don't have the issue - and that (3) owner's with the issue have already had the problem fixed - cutting thru all the multiple posts - is my count correct ?

DarrenK

If you are counting, add me in. I have some slight looseness, nowhere near as bad as most folks here, but there should be none. My 6 year old toyita''s leather seats were still taut when I traded it in for my MB. I have real leather, saddle brown.

Do the GLE350

My MB dealer service department worked on my seats and here are the pictures.




Passenger seat before repair 1/29/17



Passenger seat after repair(?) 2/27/17



Driver seat before repair 1/29/17



Driver seat after repair (?) 2/27/17

I think it's worse than before.

GLE43_Sube

They call that work? I call that a "visual" repair. They just "looked" at the seat, hoping it would get better all by itself.

This really pisses me off, and they're not even my seats!!!

The saga continues.......

baobay

I have the issue in my GLS. Front seats only. Back seats are OK.

c0w

My front seats are also pretty loose

yavor

Add me too, real leather, not desperately loose but not like expected, I can provide photos

hutch300

how hard is it to make it like they did before. They never used to have this problem

c0w

This is my first MB and actually noticed it when I first got the car. I just thought it was a regular thing and not a defect.




Noticed this defect on the driver side door too! Anyone else have this?? Not a big deal but still...