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Old Jan 11, 2017 | 10:03 AM
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just an FYI. Had a pop spill from back seat cup holder. Fell into passenger side floor board. Spilled about 16 oz of pop with a carpeted Mercedes mat & a small rubber mat on top of that. Fried some major module under carpet underneath front passenger seat. This also managed to fry my driver rear window motor too. $1400 repair + tow. If you have kids or people in your back seat a lot I suggest putting in a weather tech floor mat or a larger rubber mat that will hold any liquids spilled.
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Bizarre. Battery is under the passenger seat...
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Old Jan 15, 2017 | 11:48 AM
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Yes along with the main computer module. They now have covers. Still strange that 16 oz of liquid would soak through the rubber mat, Benz carpeted floor mat & the floor carpeting in a matter of minutes.
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This is why car owners in England (and Europe in general) are mystified by the popularity of cup holders.

Nobody I know will uses them, for the same reason that I don't.....they stop you from driving as you want to, that is: hard! I will not have my driving style dictated to me by worrying if I'll spill the coffee...

You need a drink, stop and buy one. That way, he manufacturers might actually give us back all that wasted space in the interior!
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