Passenger Seat Plastic Bottom

[candrews]

Haven't even looked yet but since it's under warranty they can have at it.

[asianml]

Stealer replaced ours under warranty.

[dcarl320]

Mine quoted $130 to do it

[wannaln]

Originally Posted by dimon1980

Hello all,

I got my 2003 ML500 couple of weeks ago…didn’t notice that plastic bottom on the passenger seat was broke on the side where the door is…it’s not completely up to the seat, and I looked and saw that one of the plastics bolts or whatever has been broken, I wanted to ask you, where can I find the replacement, I have a beige interior color, or maybe there is a way to fix it.

Thanks

Had a similar problem on the driver's side. It's not yet fixed but I will...
Suprisingly, ... this is a common problem for ML... whoever suplied plastic accessories for ML deserves to be "shot"... (just kidding!!! I'm not serious!...)
I'm just wondering if Mercedes did what it's required to be done to make sure plastic accessories supplier passed quality test.... to me it seems like most plastic stuff in MLs are very easy to break... not sturdy enough!.... aaaagh

[edcarls]

I think there's nothing wrong with the quality of the plastic component. If you examine the way it was fitted to the seat you can see why the plastic component would break. The soft seat cushion (sp?) is resting on the edge of the plastic cover. So when you get in you are practically seating on the plastic cover.
Just my 2cents.
Ed

[bjarkovic]

Same problem here on the driver's side. I've been meaning to get that fixed for a while now. Is Crazy Glue enough? Won't I need to get the right screw/bolt as well?

[dcarl320]

Do you think a burl seat bottom would be overkill?

[Deja-Vu]

Cheap plastics and MB just don't go well together.

[SeattleSam]

Could anyone advise me about how to fix a sticking accelerator pedal on a 2002 ML500? A friend said WD40, but that doesn't sound right. On a flat road, it gets very sticky between 60-65mph.

[dcarl320]

So's mine, I just stomp on it real hard!