Rattling. It started with a small high pitched buzz. With much Clouseau like investigation, we tracked it down to the plastic screen surround on the Sat Nav. If you put your hand on the dash board there, it stops.
Then we started to get an intermittent rattle that sounds like a conker has been left in the glove box. Having checked for conkers, or other dried fruits, there were none. It is on the passenger side, so I couldn't locate it. Daughter and other half showed no particular interest in crawling around listening to various parts of the car as I drove around, so it remains a mystery. Let’s call it the sound that drives me nuts, to make a very poor conker pun.
Then the sun roof started to crack loudly when going over speed-bumps and other undulations. It sounds like a pistol shot and in consequence it interrupted the Archers and totally ruined Jack Wooley’s Funeral. For one moment I imagined that Edward Grundy had shot another dog, or maybe even his hated brother. But, no: I was the sunroof on a Mercedes. I wouldn't mind, but I never even open the damned thing, so it can’t be wear and tear.
The car had managed to vibrate itself to the point that it buzzes, rattles and periodically takes pot shots at radio characters. I mentioned this when it went for a service.
Anyway, they couldn't sort it there and then, so it came back from the service with a note to go back after Christmas.
As soon as I picked it up, it started to rumble from the control panel above the rear view mirror. So, not only had they not fixed the buzz, the rattle or the gunshot, they had actually managed to add another unwanted sound to the car. Clearly they had removed the control panel to look at the sun roof and not screwed it back properly.
It's in to be fixed. Here's hoping...
Cars: We All Fall in Love With Our Models: A C63 AMG Tries to Sing
Then we started to get an intermittent rattle that sounds like a conker has been left in the glove box. Having checked for conkers, or other dried fruits, there were none. It is on the passenger side, so I couldn't locate it. Daughter and other half showed no particular interest in crawling around listening to various parts of the car as I drove around, so it remains a mystery. Let’s call it the sound that drives me nuts, to make a very poor conker pun.
Then the sun roof started to crack loudly when going over speed-bumps and other undulations. It sounds like a pistol shot and in consequence it interrupted the Archers and totally ruined Jack Wooley’s Funeral. For one moment I imagined that Edward Grundy had shot another dog, or maybe even his hated brother. But, no: I was the sunroof on a Mercedes. I wouldn't mind, but I never even open the damned thing, so it can’t be wear and tear.
The car had managed to vibrate itself to the point that it buzzes, rattles and periodically takes pot shots at radio characters. I mentioned this when it went for a service.
Anyway, they couldn't sort it there and then, so it came back from the service with a note to go back after Christmas.
As soon as I picked it up, it started to rumble from the control panel above the rear view mirror. So, not only had they not fixed the buzz, the rattle or the gunshot, they had actually managed to add another unwanted sound to the car. Clearly they had removed the control panel to look at the sun roof and not screwed it back properly.
It's in to be fixed. Here's hoping...
Cars: We All Fall in Love With Our Models: A C63 AMG Tries to Sing
