Anyone have a sloshing sound from boot lid??

[sjhalstead]

E class 300 (W211 2008) Boot lid sounds like water sloshing around in it when lifted up... any ideas??

 

[The _Don]

Water in bootlid.

 

[Alps]

^^^ as above, might have a blocked drain hole, you can pull the lower panel out a bit when down to see if anything comes out

 

[Spinal]

Water in bootlid.

Here's hello magazine's solution to water retention...
How to get rid of water retention - hellomagazine.com

( I know I'm not helping. Sorry.)

Suggestion would be to remove the numberplate and interior trim. Try to identify the ingress point, then drain it.

M>

 

[Ben947]

I have the same probem with my E220. in the bootlid and in the spare tyre bay.
visited the MB Garage 3 times and no resolution.
still waiting for a "How to" trick

 

[martyz]

Check the boot seal rubber,this is more than likely where water is getting in.

 

[ringway]

Here is a link to the same issues experienced by our man Corned with his S211. LINK.

 

[rorf]

Drill a few holes and the water will leak out

 

[John]

I noticed this on mine earlier as one of my LED number plate lights was dim and I thought it was dying.

In the process of lifting the boot lid, I heard and felt a big swoosh of water and it was obvious the boot lid had a lot of water in it.

Having just been out to investigate, the boot lid is empty and I can see a plastic mesh which lines a small slit at the very bottom of the boot lid so this may well be a normal draining situation.

I took the boot lid lining off and it is all bone dry so I suspect the boot has some sort of second skin or deliberate draining mechanism through it.

Having taken out and re-seated the number plate light, and ensure both are clean, they work fine again.

Most odd.

 

[redcalibra]

Same Here, same car, frustrating design.