Repaired sticking cupholder with a sharpie pen

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Sep 2, 2020 | 01:30 AM
  #1  
so you may know about sticking cupholder issue. Dealer refused to replace mine and said its a $6000 repair.
so I ended up disassembling the console and fixing the thing with a spring from sharpie pen and some rivets

amg lol

works good so far been 2 months
If anyone in Miami pm me I can fix it for you

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Sep 2, 2020 | 07:05 AM
  #2  
Really?
I didnt realise there was a sticking cupholder issue - have never had one.
Is the problem a faulty spring or something else?
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Sep 2, 2020 | 08:11 PM
  #3  
Quote: so you may know about sticking cupholder issue. Dealer refused to replace mine and said its a $6000 repair.
so I ended up disassembling the console and fixing the thing with a spring from sharpie pen and some rivets

amg lol

works good so far been 2 months
If anyone in Miami pm me I can fix it for you

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@hooks0n
That's surprising. Who is that dealer? We should all avoid them.
I got mine fixed at a dealer I didn't buy the car from. It was no prob.
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Sep 3, 2020 | 08:08 AM
  #4  
Sharpies don't have springs in them lol
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Sep 5, 2020 | 04:17 PM
  #5  
Glad to hear about this fix...Hard to believe its a $6000 repair. That's crazy.

I spend my "quality time" reading all the Carfax reports on AMG GT cars to look for trends in defects and trouble spots. Its a fairly common problem in the early years (2016 - 2017) for cupholders to fail and require replacement.
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Sep 5, 2020 | 09:59 PM
  #6  
Quote: Glad to hear about this fix...Hard to believe its a $6000 repair. That's crazy.

I spend my "quality time" reading all the Carfax reports on AMG GT cars to look for trends in defects and trouble spots. Its a fairly common problem in the early years (2016 - 2017) for cupholders to fail and require replacement.
interesting. I didn't know you could read those reports.
do you mind posting a link?
I would like to see if there are lots of entries for the wiggling drivers seat, and also, when the muffler valve fails.
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Sep 5, 2020 | 10:01 PM
  #7  
Quote: so you may know about sticking cupholder issue. Dealer refused to replace mine and said its a $6000 repair.
so I ended up disassembling the console and fixing the thing with a spring from sharpie pen and some rivets

amg lol

works good so far been 2 months
If anyone in Miami pm me I can fix it for you

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@hooks0n
that's good. I had this issue too. Replaced under warranty. Since then I have been more gentle with it. I think it helps.
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Sep 6, 2020 | 09:12 PM
  #8  
if anyone will need help let me know) and sharpies do have spring in them)
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