Headrest Rattle
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2005 SL500, Black on Stone
Headrest Rattle
Hi all,
In my 2002 S430 for about two months now. Great car so far. Only 23K miles....I have driven it about 3k miles since purchase.
I have one rattle in the car, from the front passenger seat headrest. I have swapped front headrests in hopes that this would help, but there was no improvement.
The only way I've been able to reduce the rattle is to raise the headrest height to max on the front passenger seat controls. This reduces the rattle to almost non-existent but impacts visibility out of the right side of the car.
Incidentally, the rattle is gone when someone is sitting in the passenger front seat.
Any ideas, pointers, tips? It's not a big enough problem to take the car in for service (it's under a CPO warranty), and I suspect they wouldn't cover it anyway as they typically don't cover rattles.
Thank you,
Jazzphile
In my 2002 S430 for about two months now. Great car so far. Only 23K miles....I have driven it about 3k miles since purchase.
I have one rattle in the car, from the front passenger seat headrest. I have swapped front headrests in hopes that this would help, but there was no improvement.
The only way I've been able to reduce the rattle is to raise the headrest height to max on the front passenger seat controls. This reduces the rattle to almost non-existent but impacts visibility out of the right side of the car.
Incidentally, the rattle is gone when someone is sitting in the passenger front seat.
Any ideas, pointers, tips? It's not a big enough problem to take the car in for service (it's under a CPO warranty), and I suspect they wouldn't cover it anyway as they typically don't cover rattles.
Thank you,
Jazzphile
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99CLK320, 98ML320, 02S430 (gone replaced with 2008 BMW 550i)
Raise the headrest all the way up. Lower the seat all the way down. Pull the headrest out of the seat. Put one headrest bar in a vice (with rubber protective covers to not scratch the bar). Bend the bar just a little. The two bars should be just wide enough that you have to push in a little so they return into the seat back with tension. No more rattle.
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