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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 05:01 AM
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thats the middle of your dash top.
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Old Oct 23, 2018 | 10:54 PM
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Buy Velcro and use the soft side on the clips of the cover

there are a number of them but if you do a few main ones that hold the cover, it won’t rattle

i did it myself in a parking lot, took me 10 mins

It fits very snug and kinda lifted it a tad, idc at all, it’s tight and never rattled again
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Old Oct 30, 2020 | 11:21 AM
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I popped this cover off and appears someone already did the felt but it still rattles and it's so annoying. Any other suggestions?


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Old Oct 30, 2020 | 05:51 PM
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Mine also rattles, but stops when I put my hand on it(weight) so it must be because its somewhat lose and vibration makes it rattle. I will just wedge some felt or a piece of sponge in there and see what will happen.
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Old Oct 30, 2020 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JakeW213
Mine also rattles, but stops when I put my hand on it(weight) so it must be because its somewhat lose and vibration makes it rattle. I will just wedge some felt or a piece of sponge in there and see what will happen.
I just ordered high density foam tape on Amazon. 1/4 wide strips and 1/16” thick. Thinking of taking the top off again and outlining the piece with this foam and see if that helps
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Old Jun 4, 2021 | 03:33 PM
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fixed at last!

Thanks for this (this is my first time on MBWorld) , it fixed a rattle that was driving me mad; and giving me second thoughts about ever buying a Merc again!
I used some PTFE grease and gave all the plastic tabs a bit of this until i could hear no more squeaking; then cut a bit of speaker cloth for the cover in lieu of the felt piece.

i had it with Mercedes and they wanted to sell me a new £500+ rear view mirror - this is another rattle, will post the fix in another thread!
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Old Aug 3, 2021 | 10:05 AM
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Finally got this fixed as well. I showed the dealer this exact blog post last year while the car was under warranty and they kept saying they could not replicate and instead replaced the rear view mirror. Of course the noise persisted. At last, the dealer did the felt install last week and it worked like a charm. It's interesting that the dealer made it very clear there was a bulletin of how to fix the problem but not a recall or open service campaign. Just that if the customer complains about the specific problem, here's how to fix it.
Thanks to this post and the attached images, it made it very easy to explain exactly what I wanted done!
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 05:42 AM
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Good stuff, I also fixed the rattling mirror - separate post.!
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Smile Annoying rattling in the dash of my 2017 E 300

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Old Mar 10, 2024 | 12:47 PM
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Hi,
Has anyone fix the issue? I have 19 and they already felt it before but still rattles and it's so annoying to me. I checked everything but no luck. Plastic sound coming from dash.
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Old Mar 10, 2024 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mericok
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Has anyone fix the issue? I have 19 and they already felt it before but still rattles and it's so annoying to me. I checked everything but no luck. Plastic sound coming from dash.
yes, I ordered high density foam tape on Amazon. 1/4 wide strips and 1/16” thick. I put it around the dash panel and on the metal clips. No issues since.
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Old Mar 10, 2024 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Hennessya
yes, I ordered high density foam tape on Amazon. 1/4 wide strips and 1/16” thick. I put it around the dash panel and on the metal clips. No issues since.
@Hennessya Is it possible to send me links what you purchased from Amazon and take a picture where you applied thid on the dash? Actually I removed the dash top cover and drive around a little bit but plastic rattling sound was still coming.
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Old Mar 10, 2024 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mericok
@Hennessya Is it possible to send me links what you purchased from Amazon and take a picture where you applied thid on the dash? Actually I removed the dash top cover and drive around a little bit but plastic rattling sound was still coming.
here is the link to what I got from Amazon. Obviously you don’t need to use all 65 feet of it lol. Might be able to find a shorter option but that’s the size and what I used. 1/4” x 1/16”.
https://a.co/d/6EDksjs
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Old Mar 10, 2024 | 05:50 PM
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Thanks, I don’t understand which part that you applied this foam? As I said after removing the top cover the rattling sounds still coming on my car.

Did you apply it to picture1 or picture2?

Picture1

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