squeaky seats anyone?
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squeaky seats anyone?
the driver seats has a squeaky noise when I go through turns and my body moves. I can force my body back and forth to duplicate the squeaks. Brought it in last week and they said they put some felt on the seats and it's not there but after a few days of driving it came back. Does anyone have squeaky seats? This dealer isn't doing a very good job, more than half of the things I pointed out were either "couldn't verify" or stated as normal.
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I am not happy with the service so far with my dealer (Rallye Motors in Roslyn, NY) but it could have been the service advisor I was using. My car is back in there (COMMAND stopped working...9K miles on the car!) with a different advisor. We'll see what happens.
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It might also be the plastic covers over the seatbelt anchors. If you can repeat the noises by wiggling your hips left to right with your seatbelt on, see if you can also make it with your fingers by pressing on those covers. The covers can be replaced without taking the whole seat apart.
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I came across this also while going through all the tsb's for our cars and seeing what was relevant to my car. This says the grease trick but I'd push for a new seat rail/frame it seems
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It might also be the plastic covers over the seatbelt anchors. If you can repeat the noises by wiggling your hips left to right with your seatbelt on, see if you can also make it with your fingers by pressing on those covers. The covers can be replaced without taking the whole seat apart.
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It was a recent CPO purchase and these plastic covers broke when he took it apart to look at it, so yeah, they replaced both the driver and passenger side with no [extra] charge [other than recently buying this beast from them] 
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I'm going to make an appointment to drop the car off when I get back home next week, the SA seems to ignore any comment I make when I try to point out the problems and the "HOW TO" resolve the problem but instead, he says the tech will look at it. From the sound of my seat it sounds like a rail issue. Felt is a band aid not a fix IMO.
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I JUST NOTICED THE SAME PHENOMENON WHILE DRIVING MY CAR HOME TODAY! When I turn at moderate speeds, I hear a knocking/shifting noise from the seat. I can replicate it as well by wiggling, but I don't think its the seatbelt anchors (although they also do squeak while getting in and out of the car). Is the knocking noise the same thing?
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I JUST NOTICED THE SAME PHENOMENON WHILE DRIVING MY CAR HOME TODAY! When I turn at moderate speeds, I hear a knocking/shifting noise from the seat. I can replicate it as well by wiggling, but I don't think its the seatbelt anchors (although they also do squeak while getting in and out of the car). Is the knocking noise the same thing?
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the driver seats has a squeaky noise when I go through turns and my body moves. I can force my body back and forth to duplicate the squeaks. Brought it in last week and they said they put some felt on the seats and it's not there but after a few days of driving it came back. Does anyone have squeaky seats? This dealer isn't doing a very good job, more than half of the things I pointed out were either "couldn't verify" or stated as normal.
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I had the driver seat creak/crack sound when under pressure in a modest turn. The dealer drove it and replicated the sound. They ordered and installed a new seat frame. Unfortunately they did not install the driver outboard cover front trim piece, you could see the springs etc. when you opened the door. The first order for that was for a different trim piece which the dutifully switched and they didn't notice the missing piece. I showed it to the tech who was embarrassed. They ordered the correct piece and it fit OK, but later at home I noticed after when moving the seat fully forwards the rear outboard trim was lying broken under the seat. Later I noticed the driver side underseat light was not connected or broken, so I shall have them look again at my next service appointment.
A bit of a saga, but just some points to look for beyond the obvious before you leave the dealer!
The seat noise is gone by the way.
I do get some rattles from the passenger headrest. Not loud but the car is so quiet you hear every little thing. I found that lowering the headrest seems to quieten it.
A bit of a saga, but just some points to look for beyond the obvious before you leave the dealer!
The seat noise is gone by the way.
I do get some rattles from the passenger headrest. Not loud but the car is so quiet you hear every little thing. I found that lowering the headrest seems to quieten it.
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I think all S class has the creaking issue. Took my car in today and 4 other people had the same issue. I'm really getting tired of the b.S on a 100k car.
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Did your dealer do anything about the problem. As I said my dealer did not even want to bother with the problem.... not sure if I should find another dealer. I am actually now in the CPO portion of warranty so I am not sure if it would even be covered anymore.
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My car is there now getting a brand new seat frame. You need to find a better SA or file a complaint when your survey comes in.
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I had a rattle/creak that I traced to my front passenger headrest. Lowering it helps. I reset all the memory positions to the lowest and I haven't heard it for a while. I believe these are the two-piece active headrests, which are tied into the automated emergency adjustments, so I'm not keen to poke around.
It is interesting that the car is sooo beautifully quiet that a rattle which would go unnoticed in my MLs is clearly heard and can get irritating in the S class.
Any other tips?
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Just purchased a 2009 CPO S550 and while I absolutely love the car, I am starting to notice many creaks/squeaks/rattles as well. Coming from a 750Li that didn't have one squeak or rattle anywhere in the car, I am surprised by the build quality in this $100K+ car. (I am also surprised by the poor sound quality from the audio system but that's an entirely different topic.)
I have a loud rattle which I have determined is the trim piece below the 6 disc CD player and above the ash tray in the center console. That will be easy for the dealer to fix. I also have a squeak from the rear view mirror/night vision/rain sensor plastic cover which should also be easy to fix. But now I have been noticing that my passenger headrest rattles/squeaks over even the smallest bump. My 750Li was very quiet and I never noticed anything like this. I am really surprised that this hasn't been caught in MB testing. The car has such a smooth, quiet ride only to be marred by these annoying squeaks and rattles.
On the positive side, I haven't noticed my seat creaking.......yet.
I have a loud rattle which I have determined is the trim piece below the 6 disc CD player and above the ash tray in the center console. That will be easy for the dealer to fix. I also have a squeak from the rear view mirror/night vision/rain sensor plastic cover which should also be easy to fix. But now I have been noticing that my passenger headrest rattles/squeaks over even the smallest bump. My 750Li was very quiet and I never noticed anything like this. I am really surprised that this hasn't been caught in MB testing. The car has such a smooth, quiet ride only to be marred by these annoying squeaks and rattles.
On the positive side, I haven't noticed my seat creaking.......yet.
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Well that grinding noise turned out to be one of the parking brake cables that run along the transmission tunnel had come away from one of its retaining clips and was catching on the propshaft. It took the dealer twenty minutes to fix and they did it for free (relief!!). On a bum note or two though, the creaking in the driver's seat has returned, also the other day I had the internal plastics off the tailgate to see why part of it has been clattering for such a long time every time I go over a bump...which on British roads is about every two feet, only to find that whichever Service Technician (same dealership) replaced the tailgate lock about eighteen months ago obviously hadn't a clue how to remove the plastics without breaking most of the retaining clips and mounts, so I found a fair few pieces of Velcro holding everything in place. I'm just glad I only bought a nineteen grand car and not a hundred grand one.
