E55 Driver seat click
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E55 Driver seat click
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.
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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.
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
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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!
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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!
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!
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?
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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.
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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
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
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Got rid of the driver seat noise myself
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!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!
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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.
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.
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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,
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,
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i'll give it a shot one of these days, just haven't driven much lately
damn motorcycles grrr
