Passenger seat is making noise
06-26-2002 | 01:42 PM
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Passenger seat is making noise
We've had some annoying sounds coming from the passenger seat of our 3 months old ML. The dealer changed the back cushion but that has done nothing to cure the problem, in fact, it is getting worse.
The sound will occur each time pressure/weight si applied or removed from the bolsters or back cushion (applies to turns, accelerations and decelerations). It sounds more like a click/clack sound than like a squeak!
If anyone has experienced this problem and has had it fixed, I would appreciate if you could pass the description of the fix.
Thanks!
The sound will occur each time pressure/weight si applied or removed from the bolsters or back cushion (applies to turns, accelerations and decelerations). It sounds more like a click/clack sound than like a squeak!
If anyone has experienced this problem and has had it fixed, I would appreciate if you could pass the description of the fix.
Thanks!
06-26-2002 | 05:33 PM
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I had to fix it myself
Was your dealer able to reproduce the sound when you complained? Mine would only occur at certain temperatures, it seemed. So finally, I took the whole darned seat apart and put felt between every / any surfaces that touched!!!!
I THINK that the source was the area of the seat back (back rest) where the leather is tightend to the lower section of the metal assembly. The leather material is attached to a plastic clip that is "wedged" onto the metal. The plastic-on-metal is where the sound comes from when there are small shifts or movements in that area. (Again... I THINK!!!)
If you are relatively handy (good with tools) take the cover off the back rest and try to fix it yourself.
Hope it helps!
DRB
I THINK that the source was the area of the seat back (back rest) where the leather is tightend to the lower section of the metal assembly. The leather material is attached to a plastic clip that is "wedged" onto the metal. The plastic-on-metal is where the sound comes from when there are small shifts or movements in that area. (Again... I THINK!!!)
If you are relatively handy (good with tools) take the cover off the back rest and try to fix it yourself.
Hope it helps!
DRB
06-26-2002 | 06:19 PM
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Thank you for the replies!
Bottedi: Same problem here, the noise only occurs at certain temperatures, when I leave the garage in the morning, it is quiet, as the outside temprature affects the inside temp, the seat starts to make noise, and then, its constantly!
Where could I find the schematics of the seat. I am not sure where to start to remove the cover off the back rest.
Thanks again!
Bottedi: Same problem here, the noise only occurs at certain temperatures, when I leave the garage in the morning, it is quiet, as the outside temprature affects the inside temp, the seat starts to make noise, and then, its constantly!
Where could I find the schematics of the seat. I am not sure where to start to remove the cover off the back rest.
Thanks again!
06-30-2002 | 08:40 PM
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schematics
sorry, but I don't really have a schematics - I just sort of figurerd it out on my own......
if you feel comfortable trying your luck, start with the screws at the bottom part of the back-rest pastic cover. Once the screws are off, you pull down on the cover and it should come off...
Maybe the dealership will help you out better though...
Bottedi
if you feel comfortable trying your luck, start with the screws at the bottom part of the back-rest pastic cover. Once the screws are off, you pull down on the cover and it should come off...
Maybe the dealership will help you out better though...
Bottedi
