2007/57 CLK Cabrio roof problem

[AbbieCadabra]

i've just dropped my beloved off at Inchcape, Derby (& driven away in a lovely little 58 plate A class, MANUAL! how very dare they! i've been quite surprised how quickly i've reverted to a clutch & changing gears again ).

after about 6 months, we've noticed the occasional 'clunk' when the roof has closed. it's been very intermittant though & i asked them to check it when it was serviced last September but they couldn't find anything wrong. the service guy was fine though & said to just bring it back if it did it again, "this type of thing won't rectify itself & will probably just get worse" ...

well, it has, so they're having a look at it today & i was told they've got another similar age one to mine in for exactly the same problem! i did say i'd had a look on the owners forums & there were a few problems reported but the cars were a fair bit older than mine. he assured me it's an unusual thing to happen...

fingers crossed it's all sorted today.

 

[jaymanek]

Its the hinge on the cover... the little plastic guide will have snapped...

The hinges are over £100 each and guess what.. the little plastic bit doesnt come separately! although if you are on a budget you can glue it...

let us know how you get on.

 

[AbbieCadabra]

i've just been told that the hinge is faulty, it's on order & we'll back there again next week.

the other clk in today with a similar problem has been fixed as that was an alignment 'problem'.

design, technology & a bit of plastic eh?! all good stuff

 

[rf065]

he assured me it's an unusual thing to happen

Typical MB dealer, they assured me they had never heard of the 3rd brake light falling out of the bootlid in a w209 before. The MB forums have owners everywhere with this problem, some in the US are on their 4th or 5th brakelights.

Russ