Mercedes W212 | How To Replace Broken Seat Cover
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2021
- How to remove seat cushion and install new cover all steps Mercedes-Benz W212 E-Class. This procedure is same for many models as W204 W207 W218 and more. This particular steps is for seat with artico leather (imitation leather code 100A) (Multicontour seat code 409) (Dynamic seat code 432) (Seat heater code 873)
Don't use same part-nr for your seat, you need to check with your mb dealer for the right part-nr because it a lot of different covers depending on your equipment.
Price for new covers mb original.
- Fabric around 300 euro
- Artico leather around 300 euro
- Leather around 600 euro. - Авто та транспорт
I just did this on my 2013 with an aftermarket Ebay seat cover. The attaching points to the blue clips are done differently, with plastic tubing which still attaches but allows the cover to "slide" fore and aft into a settled position once installed. Also the perimeter attaching stripping is different than OE but holds very securely and the cover looks and is tight. Overall It looks excellent. If you really really look close, the stitching holes are a smite wider on the Ebay cover I purchased. Aside from that it looks stellar and at 146 US is less than half the price of OE ( about 390 If I recall), and at least in the US it was available in a few days. The plug for the seat heater is very hard to unclasp and I had to use a small screwdriver to eventually free it up. Also on my car I have a light that illuminates the rear passenger footwell. Just sort of goes in there wedged between the seat cushion and the rear seat rail. Tricky to figure out. Taking the seat heater out on mine involved the dislodging of some adhesive from the felt which has to be done super carefully or you risk breaking the fine wires there. Thankfully for me all still works fine and was able to secure the plastic routing clips to the metal frame. Thank so much for this video. TBH I would not have done this job without your video. My US spec 2013 E350 was slightly different than your car. Once your committed to this job, you have to finish it as you know. There is no turning back after the cover is removed. Thanks again for your videos.
Tnank you John for sharing your experience and tips. I really appreciate you taking the time👍
Can you share a link to the ebay cover?
Nice story and all , but also share the link man !!!!!!
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where can I find the link to that ebay site? my heater has also given up as well. thanks
After seeing this video I am sure that you are certified for making official training videos for mercedes.
Keep rockin' Nordbo!
Thanks for the nice feedback buddy, would love to make official mb videos. Hopefully Mercedes is not to annoyed with my videos helping other to repair their cars at home, guess mostly would do it anyway that’s checking this kind of videos. But video probably I could help some to not do mistake to broke something.
I totally concur with the above comment 👍
I've done this kind of job on three previous cars I own, a Honda S2K and a Subaru Outback. This one was orders of magnitude more difficult than either of them. Without this video I would have been dead in the water! Thanks so much MB212 for putting this together!
Thanks! Glad it come to help, and yess it took some while this also for me ☺️
That was literally the best “how to” video I have ever seen. Well done!
Thanks a lot : )
OMG! I just did it by my self on my 2013 E350 . This is the hardest thing i ever done in my life (50 years) time. I will never ever will do it again. Its very hard to unclip heater wires. Then when i was installing pulling on new leather cover seat, i gave up like 100 times, because its hard. But somehow i finished and complete it whole seat repair.
So what would you suggest for others? Leave the seat torn as is? Or have it don't by the dealership? Thanks in advance.
Peace S - so it looks that You've never made it in 211.. there it is real nightmare. In 212 designers finally improved it and I can say that it is just easy :)
I’ll be doing this very soon. Just ordered the eBay ones
@@luked272you scare me because I just bought a cover for my 211, what made it so hard?
This is a great tutorial and extremely informative. Two additional possible tips. First, once you get the seat cover on, perhaps let it sit in the sun for a little while to make it more pliable before 2: make sure the impressions of the wires of the metal base match as closely as possible to the impressions in the cushion 'foam' when you pull the new death cover tight. Believe me, you will be soooo much happier.
AWESOME, thanks for your videos ! Best regards from Czech Republic!
Thanks for watching 🔥
Thank you so much for the wonderful videos!
Thank you, your videos are amazing!
Great Video 👏! Had no idea the seat cover is changeable like this 😮
Thanks bud. Great way to repair the seats but expensive 💸
This guy is amazing. Thanks a bunch.
Finally after a hard working day again, I can watch your Video and relax, Nice one !
This comments make me continue this videos 😍 Sometimes I really only want to repair and not video. This is around 12-14 hours of work with video/edit and the repair. No video around 2 hours. Don’t get me wrong I like to video and kind of feel it like a opportunity lose if not sharing the process 😅
It's not as easy as it looks, but it is exactly as shows. Pay attention to the order of things going back, especially starting with attaching the front of the cover first. Push until the plastic clips click into place. Also watch the routing of the under seat wires so they go back in the same place. I have a compartment in front of my seat (2010 E350 Sport Premium P02 with AMG options) and that took 2 screws to get out.
Greetings from Romania,nice work you did there!!keep it up
Just did this on my 14 e350 and almost quit several times throughout the way. The covers are cut to fit and do not have much room for slack; so it was VERY difficult to clip in. For tip: let the cover bake outside in the sun to let the leather expand a bit. And before putting it on the cushion, make sure all the edges are folded in position. It will make it much easier than trying to flip once you get it on. Another note - the heater plug is very hard to put back in. Wear some gloves for grip, get yourself in a good position and push it in as hard as you can.
The build on this car is absolute crap. I’m convinced I want to trade it in now
great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge 😄
Excellent upload. You made it look very easy, and I know it isn’t. Especially clipping the new cover to the seat frame. Well done 👍
Thanks! It was bit of a pain clipping the new cover back 🤫 This took me literally a full day but that’s with flipping around with the camera getting good shots.
Buy don’t be afraid if you read this comment guys. I say if you feel comfortable with these moments you see in the video go for it because after some pain you get it right ☺️
Great video👍
you are the man.
This channel is great.
Thanks for the support 🔥
thank you, another great and useful video
Great job!
Very nice job and keep the videos coming
Thx! Have a lot videos in planning 👌
Great video!!!
Bro, this is exactly my issue too... thanks for the video!
Really glad I took the time and spend the money to repair it so nice to have new seat cover 🤟
Very good!!
Perfect!!
Thank you 🤛
My friend you made this look so easy, hahahahah but thank you . Because if you I had the courage to do my own seat cover. Took me 4 hours... the hardest part was fighting the cover clips when rei staling around frame
Love watching an artist
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Tôi có thể mua 1 bộ da của xe meccdes 2003. /w211 không
Nice work, Regards the Dane
I really enjoyed this video. Gives me confidence to work on my own car as a hobby. Thanks for the hard work. If possible do a video on the top half or the carpet? Subscribing right now
What a great job 🇸🇪🇸🇪
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Nicely done
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Dziękuję
I just had my lower seats done on my ML320 and was charged $1,100 to do both front seats ......But they ordered the leather from Mercedes-Benz ....... Greetings from Arizona !
you the man !
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I heard many go for the aftermarket seat cover how does it hold on after a while?
Thank you very much for this video because I need to do the same recovery. This video will survive me from wasting time to find the exact location for taking apart the seat cover. Thanks again.
Thanks 🙏 I did my best to video all the steps had a hard time first to figure out how it would be done correctly but it seems that I did it correct after all. If you have some more questions you could ask and I try to answer as fast I can.
Hi great video! Is it necessary to unplug the battery?
Have you removed the passenger side seat cushion? I think it maybe more involved that driver side. Thanks for a great video.
Teşekkürler 😍
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Bravo 👍👍👍
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Could you make a video how to remove acutal seat from your w212.
Would appreciate that
Excellent job, great and very informative video! Thanks so much for sharing your skills. Still, I think it's a real shame that Mercedes-Benz seat covers are so prone to crack and tear. This "Artico" faux-leather really can't withstand the test of time. It's a very well known issue, and many Mercedes cars suffer from this "disease". The W212/S212 E-Classes seem to be particularly likely to fail in this department. A good advice to those who are looking for a Mercedes : look for one that has the optional Nappa leather. Mine has it, and it's aging amazingly well. Plus, the look and feel is on another level!
Agree!!!
It’s a shame because the fake leather they used in the 80’s and 90’s, MB-Tex was indestructible.
@@KennethVanWieII Right! The MB-tex is very solid and it will last the entire life of the car. But for some reason, Mercedes ditched it for the Artico, which is really crap.
any tricks on getting that heater wire out? pull out the whole unit from the cross bar first?
Very nice! Now you have to make the back side look just as matte as the bottom :D
Yess I guess the car need a proper interior wash ☺️
Prolly easier to make new part a little shiny until it wears in a bit
That’s probably true! But the car need a proper interior detailing for the summer then I can try to clean the seats but think is hard to get them that new look 🤔
I went to a site called seat doctors and they sell leather coloring and top clear coat for cheap. They match my seat color on my W212 perfectly, and you can choose the top coat to be shinny or matte.
You are an artist - in every sense! How about how to repair broken Air Cooling in seat. I’ve replaced the fuse - it’s maybe the fan? Passenger side is good. I’ll search around. 👌🏼
Lovely to hear, I always try my best to show the important steps 🙏 Never come across air vented seat is kinda rare here probably because mostly is cold here in Arctic. But from what I seen is should be two fans inside the heat, they could probably be the cause of the fault.
Would recommend to do a fault scan with OBD reader before you remove the seat cover, could save you lots of time especially if is something other than the fans that are broken.
👍 полезное видео
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Nice
Do I need to unplug the negative battery terminal before working on the bottom seat replacement so that I don’t set the airbag off?
Where did you buy the seat cover from?the website is not listed, part numbers are though.
So will this prevent the seat from tearing seperating again? Or merely a replacement?
Thanks
You asked for my chassis number to see if it was compatible with the one you got as mine is right hand drive 👍
Your is 2128200808 my have 2128200708, so it seems to be some difference at least in the part-nr : )
@@MB212 Hi sorry I don't know if we have our wires crossed. I gave you my chassis number the other day. It did not have the wdb in front of the numerals, this was the chassis number not part #.
Many thanks
I did do a search with your chassis nr and the part you should get is A2128200808 as long you buy the fan with that nr you should be good 👍
Top man ....as always....you are my go to guy from here on 👍
No problem man let me know if you need something else checked up, always good to check the specific car before buying parts. Check out trodo.com and search only this (2128200808) you get one fan option you could buy 👍
Гуд джоб, бро
Lots of benz got this :( even my own W169... but new is orderd with install for 3500 sek :)
But great video :)
Unfortunately that’s the case with this imitation leather, not holding up good. Good you fixing it 👍
Excellent video. I guess all w212 owners will need to replace their seat covers sometime. The quality is not what you expect from MB... It would be nice if you also could make a video about how to replace the back cushion.
Not all, just the one’s with the faux leather.
how to replace c117 cla250 broken seat cover? any video? thanks
Would this work on a 2013 w463?
Amazing work!
Do you happen to know if the facelifted seats fit the pre-facelifted models?
Are the connectors and bolt mounting positions the same?
Pretty sure they are but I could check 100% on computer later today or tomorrow. I coming back to this 👍
Thank you very much!
I have a fully electric memory seats with heating and lumbar support.
But I found a great set of facelifted seats. They are however equiped with multicontour.
Do you know if I can make the swap and keep the multicontour working?
After all both the lumbar support and multicontour work on air :/
I checked briefly and the bottom plate have same part-nr in pre as facelift so probably should fit good. Not sure about the connectors and the multi contour probably you need to change some cables and some other things.
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Can it be customized?
Är det MB original överdrag eller var har du köpt det?
is it right for mercedes w 203
Thanks for the video. Where can I buy the blue plastic tool that you used to clip back the brackets? (6’43” in the video)
Trim removal tools amzn.to/34vxWfx
I just replaced my 2011 E350 driver seat becuase of the tear in the middle seam with cover I purchased from eBay for $30. And it is leather too. I ended up trimming cover plastic because it would not fit. I still had to do passenger side. Not looking forward to it though.
Dónde se puede comprar este repuesto para un asiento en España
Great video. I just did my 2014 E350. There is a foot light in the back seat which needs to come loose. Also the heater plug was a bear to remove. I used the skinny nose vice grips cross wise to finally wrench the plug out. The seat cover product was after market ebay. My advice is not to buy the aftermarket. The fit is not exact and it took several hours to fit the cover. I had to remove material from the edge clip on the two radius which I noticed the original cover was trimmed. And I snipped two more areas to relieve strain because of poor fit.
Thanks for sharing, that’s what I was afraid of so I did go original right away! How much was the aftermarket cover?
You seams to have the higher trim level seats with some buttons for adjustement.
What can you adjust with those buttons?
I have seen several variants of the seat, one with roling buttons and one with switches/press buttons.
I have seen that it is possible to buy used seats with the roling buttons for aprox 900 EUR/seat but I do not know what I will get and if they will fit in my car that currently not have the buttons, only the standard electric seat without the memory function. I have a E 220 CDI sedan from 2014.
Please to a video about your seat functions!
Hi these was only for adjusting air into the seats on different spots I believe this is the most basic air option. I don’t own this car anymore and my new have the settings on the screen. But now I also have active multi contour seats blowing air when turning.
Thank you ! Must do mine . I was quoted £500 per seat by an upholsterer 😥
Then is more worth buying original covers and change if you feel you got the time for it 👌
Random Q: looking to buy a flat emblem hood badge for my 2010 W212 US sedan, not having much luck finding a vendor. Any recommendations?
Thanks for all of these useful vids!
Got this text sent to me from a Mercedes friend in the us. Thanks Tommy M 🇺🇸
“Do NOT use OEM hood emblem. It will scratch the hood paint. You will need aftermarket 45MM hood emblem. MB never made the correct size for pre facelift w212
www.ttlet.com/mercedes-benz-amg-45mm-hood-emblem
You can only get the aftermarket 45mm. Any OEM sizes will chip your paint on your hood. The newer E classes have a different hood star size and many people buy the oem part. They end up chipping the paint and it’s a horrible look.”
@@MB212 What a lifesaver. Thank you for taking the time to piece this message together!
Great video.....
This is what i have to do myself in my c207, but where to buy this seat cover when i live in Sweden?
Thanks for sheering.....
Thanks! I order all parts from www.carparts-pros.com l I find they usually have the best price, and I don’t have any mb dealer here in North Sweden. But you need to have the part-nr I use Mercedes online catalog, you get access to it when you are member in the MB club.
Thank you, now i know👍
Best wishes from Storuman🇸🇪
Thanks. Great and very useful video. Where can I buy full set MB original leather seats. Tks again.
Check your local mb part dealer, but is kinda expensive with new seats. Used ones on eBay is a good alternative.
@@MB212 Thank you. Have a nice day! 🔅
Where can I order this product?
Do you know if it is possible to swap driver and passenger seat bottom and seat backs (with the dynamic seats) without replacing the cover?
Probably not optionally because you have holes in the covers where the dynamic adjusters is! But could work but I would not do that.
@@MB212 Would the seat backs would be compatible?
Hold up 5:30 how are those clicking back into place- easier than it seems? You just press down and they just easily click back into place? Cause it looked like such a hassle un-clicking each one
Yess they unclip and clip back to place really easy not much to bother about, is pretty straightforward. But all depend on your personal (skills) I have never done any like this cover replacement before and for some steps I had no proper instructions but I figure out after the road.
Best tip don’t stress and have the tools needed and you would fix this. Some parts are bit annoying as to stretch back the new cover but because of the clips is hard to put it wrong. Go for it 👍
Does anybody have link for replacenemt?
Not me ALSO having packing tape in the exact same place
nice , my model w220😉 next model w212😁 no airmatic😫😜
W220 that’s not a bad car you have, probably more equipment then my W212 and more nicer to driver : ) Airmatic indeed is expensive luxurious to have when it stops working.
@@MB212 It drives so well, it is very comfortable, well soundproofed, and a lot of space in it, but when it is raining the shock absorber can be bought used but we are never sure whether it is 100% efficient, unfortunately in Poland the cost of the new 4 bilstein shock absorbers is the cost is almost equal to the value of the car, I am not a fan of used parts, my W220 is very comfortable, but I think it should be even better, it dampens cracks on the road a little bit, but it rocks comfortably, I think the shock absorbers are not perfect anymore. and ordinary spring suspension you can buy a new one much cheaper, I always wanted to have a W221, but I think I will give up just because it has an expensive airmatic, and most of these cars have a used suspension and need to be replaced after purchase. Greetings from Poland
@@audiostereo2928 W212 tanieją, tylko jedyny wybór to raczej diesel.
Great video
Hi Sir Fran🙏😇
ok
Why disconnect battery?
Great video, how long did this take you, how much was the replacement and where did ya get it?
Because I video all the steps this usually take me a full day. But I would say around 1,5-2 hours for a experience mechanic. Then if you not have any option like heated seats is going faster.
Replacement cost 300 euro I order mostly all original parts from this site www.carparts-pros.com but you could get this from your local mb dealer.
I have a quick question for you if you don't mind. My 212 has 245 Kms on it and it has started to make some strange sounds over the last couple days. On startup it makes this click click sound and then goes. Could this be the signs of a timing chain fail?. It was only serviced last week. Thank you for your time.
Кто-нибудь подскажите у меня обогрев сиденья не работает. Когда нажимаешь на кнопку включить зажигается лампочка на кнопке и через секунд 10 отключается. Подскажите в чём может быть проблема? Я чехол не снимал он у меня просто какой-то момент перестал греть
Hallo,,, Salam kenal. In my w 212 case all air line multicontour has cracked because age the air line. Can you show me how to change it on your next content, TQ 🙏🏽
You can get repair kit from your mb dealer : ) Unfortunately I don’t have the part-nr. I have done the repair with my latest W212!
Thank you for the video.
The MB seat cover for the MB-Tex is very expensive.
Has anyone purchased the seat covers that are advertised on eBay?
I did and I just installed it 2 days ago. Black interior, all looks great, car has 50k Miles if that helps you reference it any as far as wear. It is made differently but still attaches no problem. The part you sit on and see has the same pattern as Mb tex which is what I have in my car. In some ways the attaching parts are actually better IMO. Appearance wise it is excellent. The stitching is very slightly different (wider stitch slightly I think) and the cover is of course a bit newer looking which would be the same as a new MB one because well...its newer. Getting the heater unplugged from under the seat is a nightmare. I ended up using a small screwdriver to dislodge the clips (Siamesed black and white which on this video come right out) and they still clipped back in when I was done so no harm no foul at least on my job. The seat heater is a bit of a butt pucker when you remove it but take your time is all I can tell you. But to answer your question, I did use the ebay cover and the one I received worked very well and I am one picky dude.
@@johnzito125 Exotic Leather in Vegas does the entire front seat for $250 and that cannot be beat, 5 hours
Do you have these in real leather ?? How much to replace both front seats ? Very nice , thanks !!
I got them from Mercedes dealer, they also have in real leather think they cost around 300€ ~ but not sure how much they take for installing these.
Thanks !
Hello, how are you? I also changed the leather brushes, but I did not remove the battery, I have no idea what the reason is until I remove the battery. And when I finished everything seat heating not works😢. what i can do?
Hi bro! In this case I first would do a fault scan. Because when not removing battery and disconnect things like seat heater cables it could give you fault codes and not working after plug in, that’s why it could be good to remove battery before assembling, and if your unlucky you could fry some electrical things. But it could also be broken heat elements they are kinda fragile.
How many years / km until the seats started to break?
Not sure my seat was broken when I got the car with 140.000 kilometers about 3 years ago 2012 years model.
I have a 2017 350d glc amg with 37000 miles and my seat has delaminated from the threads have found out that the seats are actually vinyl not leather which you would expect from a premium brand who demand high prices, shame on you Mercedes’ for using inferior materials, this is my first MB and certainly my last🤨🤨🤨🤨
Where would you order one of the seat covers if you needed it. Many parts like this don’t seem to come into NZ
I order pretty much every Mercedes original parts from this particular site www.carparts-pros.com site based in Germany, but they probably not ships to NZ.
@@MB212 I will check this at some stage. I have noticed that the dealers/service provider here doesn’t import or carry parts as they should.
That’s really sucks man! I could probably help you out if you really need some important part but it going to be expensive with shipping, taxes and everything. Because then I first need to place order from Germany to Sweden and then to NZ 💸
@@MB212 thanks for the offer however I will ring them and get hold of them. Do they sell things as small as a clip?
Yess they have a really good inventory have also order lot of clips from them!
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It is possible to repair the Heat-set ?
Yess! You have the part for the side think is attached with some glue and the part in the middle. Both sells as spare parts from Mercedes.
I don't have neither heater nor dynamic seat, should I disconnect ground line too?
No need to disconnect ground line for you!
@@MB212 Thanks for replying
Where you get cover from? link
carparts-pros.com you need to put in part-nr at the site. You could also get it from your local mb dealer!
Hello!
I have the same problem..the car has the steering wheel on the left. From where I can order all I need? Can you help me, please?
If you send me the VIN-nr for your car I could check the right part-nr for you. Where are you located! I order all parts online from Germany.
@@MB212 WDD2120051A740601. I am from Romania. I also buy everything from Germany..so that would be nice. But now...dunno how to find...soo thanks for the help!!
P.s left and right...just the part where you put the a**. (Sorry for my english) :))
I got you. Part-nr driver side for your car A21291075469D88 you could buy it from same side I use if you like for 281.60 euro carparts-pros.com 🤟
@@MB212 thank you so much!!!!
how can I disassemble that black and white connector because I can't do it with a chisel hammer !!?
Try pull from upside and downside because is small hooks holding them in place!
@@MB212 how many small hooks holding them? use a small pick to press down the tabs?
Where is the occupancy sensor located? I didn't see it during video..
Good question. But I believe they not put occupancy sensor in driver seat only in the other seats!
@@MB212 You're right. I didn't pay attention what's the position of the seat.. 👍🏻
how much is price?
300 euro from your dealer for imitation leather, real leather is around 600 euro.
@@MB212 replacing the plastic seat liner with leather on the driver side only sounds like a good compromise
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Have check the possibility to change complete seat setup for leather or fabric but is to much of a headache and money spending. Hopefully this new (designed) imitation leather keeps together better. But I have also some dents on the other seats but that’s minor and nothing I think about to much 😅
@@MB212 if driver seat cover can not be upgraded to leather than you're stuck with vinyl grade.
It's a shame to see how the driver seat cushion of an E-class falls apart 😆
Indeed my friend indeed, I did not properly research this issue before buying this car unfortunately. But I guess I have to roll with it and positive note I could show how to replace broken seat cover ☺️