General Car Conversation 2025 - Part 2
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Yep, it will never work or never ever give you a problem.
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He said that there is a software update for those GLCs that solves that lol. Super.
In other news, I think my rattle is still there but is much better. Pouring rain out there and when it's wet is when you really hear it. I'll keep driving it over the next week and take it back if it's still there.
In other news, I think my rattle is still there but is much better. Pouring rain out there and when it's wet is when you really hear it. I'll keep driving it over the next week and take it back if it's still there.
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Whatever they did definitely improved it.
This is a good example, this is MUCH worse than mine, This car had the repair to the cross members that mine had:
Attached is a video from an MB World member, his repair wound up being the lower steering column, he just got his back and its solved.
Last edited by SW17LS; Jul 31, 2025 at 06:37 PM.
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Won't even boot up.
Yeah, they'll have to reflash it with a fresh copy of new firmware.
You know it. Haha 🤣
The best and the worst.
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Its a slight rattle right at the base of the windshield that is really based on acceleration and deceleration. If you rock the car back and forth on the brakes you will hear it, and its much worse when the car is wet which leads me to believe its outside the firewall. When I picked it up it was totally gone, but now that its been raining I think I can hear it again faintly, I will get it washed tomorrow and see if that brings it out.
Whatever they did definitely improved it.
This is a good example, this is MUCH worse than mine, This car had the repair to the cross members that mine had:
https://youtu.be/4jLhlR47lG4
Attached is a video from an MB World member, his repair wound up being the lower steering column, he just got his back and its solved.
Whatever they did definitely improved it.
This is a good example, this is MUCH worse than mine, This car had the repair to the cross members that mine had:
https://youtu.be/4jLhlR47lG4
Attached is a video from an MB World member, his repair wound up being the lower steering column, he just got his back and its solved.
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That was their thought. They had it all the way down, all the cross supports off and the subframe down and greased and retorqued everything.
It may just be my imagination. The Carwash tomorrow will tell me. As soon as you pull out of the wash you can feel/hear it.
It may just be my imagination. The Carwash tomorrow will tell me. As soon as you pull out of the wash you can feel/hear it.
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Its a slight rattle right at the base of the windshield that is really based on acceleration and deceleration. If you rock the car back and forth on the brakes you will hear it, and its much worse when the car is wet which leads me to believe its outside the firewall. When I picked it up it was totally gone, but now that its been raining I think I can hear it again faintly, I will get it washed tomorrow and see if that brings it out.
Whatever they did definitely improved it.
This is a good example, this is MUCH worse than mine, This car had the repair to the cross members that mine had:
https://youtu.be/4jLhlR47lG4
Attached is a video from an MB World member, his repair wound up being the lower steering column, he just got his back and its solved.
Whatever they did definitely improved it.
This is a good example, this is MUCH worse than mine, This car had the repair to the cross members that mine had:
https://youtu.be/4jLhlR47lG4
Attached is a video from an MB World member, his repair wound up being the lower steering column, he just got his back and its solved.
Last edited by mmarshall; Aug 1, 2025 at 02:30 PM.
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I noticed, in the video, that the engine is lugging along at only 1100 RPM at 60-65 MPH....a result, no doubt, of extremely tall gearing. While Mercedes V8s, if running properly, are generally smooth by nature, maybe whatever vibrations that do come from that low RPM and lugging could be contributing to the rattle-problem you describe. Or maybe a defective weld behind the dash from the factory.
