I purchased a 98 E300D a couple of months ago. It was cheap and had issues and I am gradually going through them one by one. Today I tackled the Multi Coutour seat issue.

The side bolsters didn't inflate. I found that an airline had become disconnected on the back of the driver's seat, reinserted it and its working great.

Before I jumped into this I searched this forum to research the problem.

Here's the deal. All of the postings state that if its equipped with the multi contour option it refers to both of the front seats.

Mine only has the driver's seat installed. I took off the back of the passenger's seat just to make sure it was not equipped. It's just a regular MB W210 leather seat.

Did someone before me swap out the seat or were there models with driver's side only?

I'm truly greatful for all of the options on this car, heated seats, Bose sound, headlight washers, xenon headlamps, etc. but I was just wondering.