CCOOK

This seems to be very common on these vehicles - the rolltop storage behind the center console and roof controls breaks along the track for the rolltop door; it was on my CPO at least.


Unfortunately my CPO has a high-end designo type of leather that is basically unavailable from Mercedes-Benz at this time, so I had the dealer send me a standard black with black threading storage compartment to match the base black leather that most of these cars have:





My stock designo sliding door and cover were still completely intact:





The little sliding door is removable from the bottom of the storage compartment:





Two flexible plastic prongs with rubber nails keep the sliding door from sliding off of its track - these can be gently pried out with pearing knives to remove the sliding door:





Here is the new console piece with my old designo sliding door attached:





Here it is fully-assembled, good-as-new:





You will need to remove the top piece for ease of re-insertion behind the center console; also removal of the auxillary battery upper trim piece and opening of the driver's side storage lid will help; here it is installed:








Reinsertion of the center console piece is very difficult - watch out that you don't snap off the red lights from the fiber optic cables here or you won't get red lighting around where you should.


-CCOOK

Utopia Texas

Great post! The dipstick that installed the window tint on my 2017 SL knelt on my unit and collapsed the sliding door even after I warned him to be careful. Lucky for me, and him, nothing was broken and I was able to manipulate the door back in the tracks and it works as original.

Wolfman

I don't think this is a common issue, but I can see how it can break if somebody applies pressure.

If I have opened this thing more than two-three times in the last 4 years I would be surprised

Helpful post though!

F456 V12

It happened to my 2013 SL550, not exactly sure how it broke, all I know is the mechanical track and the plastic bits just seemed to break after a couple of uses. Maybe too much sun, maybe a bad design, who knows. So far so good on my 2015 SL550.

MB

greatkoei

Mine broke too. Luckily I had the dealer replace it for free under warranty.

mellowyellow

Good writeup and pics to go with it, thanks.