2nd row seat folding hits drivers seat. Is this normal?
05-28-2018, 06:06 AM
#1
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2nd row seat folding hits drivers seat. Is this normal?
Hi
in my other thread about the worse GLS ever made you can , if you've got nothing to do, read about this car. Australian delivered Oct 2016 GLS350d
https://mbworld.org/forums/gls-class...s-new-car.html
590 days owned, 130 days at the dealer!
However I am asking a specific question; if any on else has a problem of the 2nd row hitting the back of the drivers seat when folding forward?
In our car , the 2nd row head rest barely retracts, or doesn't - [a fault], and the drivers seat doesn't move forward fast enough, so the head rest hits the drivers seat or the webbing as it folds forward.
I'm about 6' and do sit quite close to a wheel, so the drivers seat is not a long way back.
The car came back after over 5 weeks at service and it wasn't fixed...I sent it back!
cheers Nigel
in my other thread about the worse GLS ever made you can , if you've got nothing to do, read about this car. Australian delivered Oct 2016 GLS350d
https://mbworld.org/forums/gls-class...s-new-car.html
590 days owned, 130 days at the dealer!
However I am asking a specific question; if any on else has a problem of the 2nd row hitting the back of the drivers seat when folding forward?
In our car , the 2nd row head rest barely retracts, or doesn't - [a fault], and the drivers seat doesn't move forward fast enough, so the head rest hits the drivers seat or the webbing as it folds forward.
I'm about 6' and do sit quite close to a wheel, so the drivers seat is not a long way back.
The car came back after over 5 weeks at service and it wasn't fixed...I sent it back!
cheers Nigel
05-29-2018, 03:07 PM
#2
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Not normal. The headrest retracts completely and instantly before the seat tumbles forward. I think your Aussie dealer gave you a reject from another country! Are you sure it wasn't a salvage vehicle from a flood or something?? Not unusal for that kind of thing to happen, a dealer somewhere gets flooded out and they get rid of their stock by shipping it internationally as salvage. The international dealer repairs any visual issues "washes" the title and sells it as new!!!
05-29-2018, 07:03 PM
#3
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Interesting thought, but unlikely. New order, RHD, quite specific colour and spec, eg; low range. We just have a lemon ��
Headrest fixed again, drivers seat still doesn't go forward fast enough, or the delay before folding isn't long enough. Apparently dealer checked others in stock and if the drivers seat is a long way back they do this, but. I might go check that one myself....
surprised this would be the case, but after my experience with MB quality, I wouldn't bet against it!
Headrest fixed again, drivers seat still doesn't go forward fast enough, or the delay before folding isn't long enough. Apparently dealer checked others in stock and if the drivers seat is a long way back they do this, but. I might go check that one myself....
surprised this would be the case, but after my experience with MB quality, I wouldn't bet against it!
06-04-2018, 09:15 AM
#4
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So car comes back and now the head rest retracts fast, however at my seat setting the head rest still hits the webbing slightly. MB reckon thats normal....
