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Old 04-09-2009, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by derburger View Post
Good thing MB decided to make this feature vacuum powered instead of a button on the seat, so when the rubber inside it fails your climate control won't work, your engine won't shut off, and you'll go through the windshield in a crash. 2/3 of those have happened to me

I removed the driver's seat once to get at the vacuum pod inside, but it requires disassembling the seat and I don't have the replacement rubber.
Too true. I love bells and whistles as much as the next person but there's a few things like this that it seems like they deliberately went out of their way to invent a complication.
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