Hi everyone
Just picked up a very nice 2005 CLS 500. I'm really enjoying the drive so far, and i love the lines that it has. I really want it to be perfect, and there's a few little niggly issues that i'm struggling with.
- Sunrool won't auto/Express close - it was stopping at two places, so i cleaned and lubed the rails, and now it only stops about an inch before fully closing, then retracts to about half way. Holding the button down makes it close fully. Also pulled fuses, and tried all the various re-learning/reprogramming button combinations.
- Can't set the correct time - it's out by about 4 minutes, and the day/date says 30 March 2003. Apparently it's picked up by the GPS, but there is no Nav disc installed, so the NAV menu simply says "insert disc". There's no "date time" setting on the instrument cluster MFD. I don't want to have to buy an outdated NAV disc just to get it working!
- Rear headrests don't pop down when button pressed - button on the dash does nothing. I don't have the pneumatic lumbar supports, and there's no center headrest. I understand mine are supposed to pop/flop down, and then manually raised by pulling them up. I can completely remove the headrests, but i'm none the wiser on how to fix. I'd be happy for them to just go down and stay down permanently.
Otherwise the car seems solid, the Airmatic stuff works well and it's an absolute joy to drive. These issues are very minor, but would love to get them sorted so i can love this car even more. I have searched the forums for help with these issues, but finding relevant threads to be a little difficult to locate.
So yeah, would appreciate any help!!
Will post up picks of our new baby once it's all tidied up (got some cosmetic stuff to to, kerb-rash on the wheels to sort out, and that kind of thing).
Just picked up a very nice 2005 CLS 500. I'm really enjoying the drive so far, and i love the lines that it has. I really want it to be perfect, and there's a few little niggly issues that i'm struggling with.
- Sunrool won't auto/Express close - it was stopping at two places, so i cleaned and lubed the rails, and now it only stops about an inch before fully closing, then retracts to about half way. Holding the button down makes it close fully. Also pulled fuses, and tried all the various re-learning/reprogramming button combinations.
- Can't set the correct time - it's out by about 4 minutes, and the day/date says 30 March 2003. Apparently it's picked up by the GPS, but there is no Nav disc installed, so the NAV menu simply says "insert disc". There's no "date time" setting on the instrument cluster MFD. I don't want to have to buy an outdated NAV disc just to get it working!
- Rear headrests don't pop down when button pressed - button on the dash does nothing. I don't have the pneumatic lumbar supports, and there's no center headrest. I understand mine are supposed to pop/flop down, and then manually raised by pulling them up. I can completely remove the headrests, but i'm none the wiser on how to fix. I'd be happy for them to just go down and stay down permanently.
Otherwise the car seems solid, the Airmatic stuff works well and it's an absolute joy to drive. These issues are very minor, but would love to get them sorted so i can love this car even more. I have searched the forums for help with these issues, but finding relevant threads to be a little difficult to locate.
So yeah, would appreciate any help!!
Will post up picks of our new baby once it's all tidied up (got some cosmetic stuff to to, kerb-rash on the wheels to sort out, and that kind of thing).
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