garygems

Hi Guys,

I had great feedback when I wrote on here regarding a COMAND issue I was having about a year ago, and now wanted to write about a drivers seat noise, that I always had, but is now driving me more and more crazy.

Basically, I am a big guy, driving this car, and the drivers seat (I usually drive alone) constantly makes these nagging noises when I am driving it. It sounds like plastic is breaking, or something is cracking.

I brought it to the dealership at least a half dozen times, even complained to corporate, and both the dealer and mbusa think that I am crazy.

Recently, the dealer had one of their tech's drive the car with me, and to be honest, I did not hear any particular noises that I am accustomed to. The guy was much skinnier than me, and it seems to me, that big guys have big problems. The dealer said that nothing is wrong with my car, its just the bottom plastic coverings rubbing up against the leather.

I drove many many C, E, and even S class Mercedes, and have yet to hear or experience the same noise that I am having. So I am reaching out to you guys here in the forum. Any "bigger/heavier" guys have experienced this noise phenomenon that I am having?

Feedback would be appreciated!!

bob2011

You my friend are definitely not crazy, my seats and frankly the whole damn cabin seem like they are creaking and cracking, at one point i thought my seat (driver seat) was ripped, but nothing was ripped and it was just creaks. I am by definition, a big guy, 6,3 230 pounds. hopefully someone has an answer, as it is driving me crazy!

chrisvr6

Check by where the seat belt buckle rubs the mb tex. I had to put felt on mine.

Grau E350

Yes, a piece of felt here or two should help. Make sure you look over everything yourself. Check how the seat belt latch is working (movement up and down) and any areas that rub.

The 2010 E is notorious for its rattles and noises. I traded my 2010 in about a year after buying it. The dealer couldn't or wouldn't fix any of the noises. And for what these cars cost, it's ridiculous.

BMW's F10 5 series platform does not suffer from the bottomless pit of the W212.

Keep on the dealer. I'm hoping your car is leased. Good luck, however!

todd's benz

I had problems with my driver seat to. I have a 2013 e350. I have had Corvettes, Jaguars, bmw, ect and never had noise coming from the seat like i though it was going to break.

I searched on here and other forums and found that there is a bracket in the seat that may be broken. Turns out after much argument that mine was. They replaced the bracket and the sound is gone... most of the time. Every now and then i hear it for a sec or two...so not sure if it broke again or something else.

Nuru

No problems with noises on my former 2010 E 4MATIC Sport. I had one on my 2012, and that was promptly taken care by the dealer.

Nuru

Hmmm, you know a lot of cars have issues, take for instance recalls, some manufacturers are there some are not:

http://news.consumerreports.org/cars...-and-suvs.html

http://news.consumerreports.org/safe...e-problem.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercoh...9000-vehicles/

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...m5-and-m6.html

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/recalls/

garygems

thanks all, i will keep investigating further, and hope that i can share a solution with everyone