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Noises From the Front Seats

The following list shows all the currently known fault patterns that can lead to noises from the front seats.

Noises from the front seats
Determine the fault pattern on the vehicle and enter the fault code in the keypad field in the next test step. After entering the fault code, the repair instructions are displayed.

Known faults

No. Fault pattern
1 With seat occupied: The seat cracks or grates with different loads such as: cornering, braking, accelerating or pressing back into the backrest.
2 Passenger's seat is not occupied: The passenger's seat cracks or grates while the vehicle is being driven, e.g. on poor road surfaces.
3 Seat squeaks with different loads.
4 Only on 2-door models and vehicles built up to week 31/2008, with mechanical forward / back adjustment of the seat: Seat squeaks during forward / rear adjustment.
5 Seat cracks or grates during height adjustment.
6 Topics seat covers, trim panels
7 Topics seat covers