Rim SPLIT in half after hitting pothole !
11-15-2006, 10:52 PM
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I understand it was a small ditch a bit off the road...However the type of damage to me indicates a manufacturing defect. No way the rim should split, tire blow, run flat on the rin sure, maybe it bends, but the split to me is a reflection of substandard materials, I would have the metal tested. I betcha something is not right with your rims.
Sounds reasonable...But I asked the serv. mgr...he said that he has seen this before.
Anyone have any ideas of how I should go about having the rim tested to prove it was a manuf. defect? Obviously, they would rather not admit it and just have my insurance take care of it. help...
11-16-2006, 07:21 PM
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jeeez that sucks! why bother hassling over this just have the ins. pay for it, thats why you get ins. the stealership/and MB will cause you to get a ulser. sorry to see that though what a frikn bummer!!
11-16-2006, 08:53 PM
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to me it does not look like a defect. 40 MPH is quite a high speed and depending on how the wheel was hit it easily could sustain that damage. The tires on the CLS are very low profile and this seems very probable.
11-16-2006, 09:11 PM
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Damn, sorry to hear and see what happened, with a hole that deep, not even the forged wheels can sustain the impact force, good luck, and please keep up updated with what MB is going to do with your case.
11-17-2006, 05:02 PM
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'07 CLS63 AMG, '08 S550, '09 GL450 w/appearance pkg., ('06 BMW '04 M3, '01 Boxster S - ALL SOLD)
The City has contacted me...seem concerned...they have an Adjuster contact yesterday...we'll see...he and I had a good rapport.
11-18-2006, 03:04 PM
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You are correct on the rim sustaining more damage due to low profile tires...I am certainly not gonna try and produce this result, jeez. I suppose it can burst at the seam. I wonder if there are statistics on "rim splitting"
11-18-2006, 11:13 PM
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due to the stiff short sidewalls almost all the shock of the bumps are transmitted to the wheels. It looks like the bump hit the middle of of the wheel which may have sheared the wheel.
Make sure you get your airmatic strut checked as well, it must have taken one hell of an impact. Too bad no body shops have a large CMM like the factory to see if it still is within spec.
Make sure you get your airmatic strut checked as well, it must have taken one hell of an impact. Too bad no body shops have a large CMM like the factory to see if it still is within spec.
11-27-2006, 10:33 PM
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People are moving to the Carolinas like crazy...the state/city is having a tough time, apparently to keep up the roads from the damage due to all the construction traffic...I'll bet the averge age of a home in my area is 10 years at the most.
