RAFFIE55

Hello all, just recently purchased 1999 E55. Love it!! I am experiencing a click in the drivers seat when I accelerate hard or brake hard. Anybody got thought on what it is? If I lower the seat all the way down it seems to help. But I don't like that position when I am driving.

MARK CUMMINS

Its a Defective Seat frame...A KNOWN Problem on the W210s

My W210 Wagon has had SEVERAL Seat frames replaced

I Replaced Lots of Them when I Worked for Mercedes

RAFFIE55

Thanks! I checked with a dealer they say it's around $600.00. Does that sound about right? Do you know if it's easy to replace?

MARK CUMMINS

Im NOT Sure Re current prices as the Ones I Replaced were done under Warranty ...But its a Two / Three Hour Job with the seat removed from the car to transfer over all the Parts

I Have Since replaced the seats in my W210 Wagon With a set of FULL Option front seats from Europe ..Heated/Multicontour and Ventilated They are Quiet NO Rocking...Clicking!

CQHall

Mark,

I have the same problem.

Two questions:

1) on a scale of 1-5 (1 being changing wiper blades and 5 being changing the transmission) how would you rated the difficulty of switching the seat frame?

2) If you had to guess, how much would you expect the seat frame to cost?

Thanks,

Carleton

99E55

For the Southern California guys, I had the same clicking problem with my driver's seat in my 1999 E55. I took it to Roberto's Auto Trim Shop in Costa Mesa. They took the rail out, and fixed it. Cost around $250 2 years ago and Still click-free! Ask for Raul. I was referred to them by my my service rep at Fletcher.

glennbaz

PM sent for possible repair info

Eurosport

i think i have this as well, i don't know if Starmark covers it though
i'll have to double check sometime down the road.
it's not a priority that's for sure, but when you focus on it, it's a little annoying even if it's just a click or one mm movement

E55MKB

I also had this clicking problem on my driver seat of my 00E55. Noise (click) happens when I brake and then also on subsequent acceleration from stop. In the beginning it was not that bothersome but after awhile the clicks get louder and louder. Just two weeks ago I decided to check the real source of the noise.

I took of the seat mounting by taking four star bolts that holds the seat to the car floor. Traced the noise to the metal to metal contact on the front right corner of the seat. I can clearly see the existing "play" (in the front part of the seat height adjustment mechanism) is causing metal to metal contact that I simply eliminated by simply inserting a couple of washers in between the two corresponding parts (hence eliminating the metal to metal contact by making them farther apart).

The reason that when you fully lowered the seat the noise is gone is because at that position you eliminated the "play" between the two metals

My E55 seat is now quiet!!!!!!!

RAFFIE55

Thanks, Do I need a special tool? And, Is the problem in the seat frame. The dealers want to replace the seat frame which is not cheap.

E55MKB

I simply use a 3/8" 12 point socket to loosen the 4 star bolts that hold the seat to the floor.

Try to really see the source of the noise by having somebody rock the seat forward and backward while you observe the seat mechanism. In my case it was metal to metal contact on the front right part of the seat.

If my car is in warranty then I would let the dealer replace the frame. Out of warranty, then it is simply too expensive. Plus it might happen again to the new frame with time.

Hard to explain here in writing but if you are just even slightly mechanically inclined then you should be able to see the cause and find a solution to the clicking noise. In my case I just added metal washer to distance the two metal parts to prevent them from contacting each other.

Anyway where are you located, I am in SoCal/OC if I can be of further help.

RAFFIE55

Thanks, I am in the West San Fernando Valley (Woodland hills)

sbarsap

Thanks for the info. Would you mind posting pics if possible.

sbarsap

I don't think Starmark covers it, I asked my dealer and they said it will cost $1200 parts and labor so I decided to live with it.

But some folks on here were lucky to get it replaced via the starmark warranty.

E55MKB

I am sorry that i do not have pic since I did not take pic when I took off the seat.

If you look under the driver seat, loot toward the front right corner of the seat and look at the height adjustment mechanism. It is basically a rod that has a swivel at the end of it (to adjust the ehight of the fron of the seat). On the right end of the rod, I noticed on my car black paint (on the metal railing)that is no more due to the metal to metal contact with the end of the swivel rod. Notice that the right end of the rod is being held down by two bolts. I simply unscrew the bolts and slide a pair metal washer to lift the swivel rod so as to distance itself from the metal railing below it.

HTH,

Eurosport

that's what i thought, probably only electrical stuff on the seat/heat etc. not actual frame
i'll give it a shot one of these days, just haven't driven much lately
damn motorcycles grrr