Rear seat removal

[Mogwaii]

Hello all. I recently had some custom work on my 2002 clk55 amg and the folks who did the work I feel must have grounded something out.

What was installed was a complete body kit, wrap, hood, rims, tires and air Suspension. They had my car for almost a year as I didn’t pressure them since their rep for custom work was very good.

After almost a year and bad communication i demanded my car back. When I got it back, it looked great but now when I drive I hear noise through my speakers. Radio doesn’t work. When I turn on my blinkers, I hear the loud “thump thump, thump thump” of blinker noise through the speakers.

When I complained they told me it was “coincidence”. I don’t think so. I feel they broke a ground or have something shorted. I did some research and I believe I seen that all the main wiring harnesses are behind the seat in the trunk side.

If this is correct, where can I go about finding info on removing my rear seat to gain access to see if something is obvious? Fyi, I did install disconnects on my air suspension wiring so I was able to disconnect all their work but the grounding noise is still there.

Thanks and hope someone can help


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[mattkh]

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I dont have a clk55.
It seems to me that the amplifier near the aerial is not grounded cleanly.

 

[Mogwaii]

Thanks so much for the input. Where would the “aerial” be? In the trunk? I did look for an amp in the trunk prior but couldn’t see it… but that may be because I need to remove things to see it ?


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[Mogwaii]

Oh ok, aerial… antenna
Thanks I’ll check that out!


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[Mogwaii]

Hello all. I recently had some custom work on my 2002 clk55 amg and the folks who did the work I feel must have grounded something out.

What was installed was a complete body kit, wrap, hood, rims, tires and air Suspension. They had my car for almost a year as I didn’t pressure them since their rep for custom work was very good.

After almost a year and bad communication i demanded my car back. When I got it back, it looked great but now when I drive I hear noise through my speakers. Radio doesn’t work. When I turn on my blinkers, I hear the loud “thump thump, thump thump” of blinker noise through the speakers.

When I complained they told me it was “coincidence”. I don’t think so. I feel they broke a ground or have something shorted. I did some research and I believe I seen that all the main wiring harnesses are behind the seat in the trunk side.

If this is correct, where can I go about finding info on removing my rear seat to gain access to see if something is obvious? Fyi, I did install disconnects on my air suspension wiring so I was able to disconnect all their work but the grounding noise is still there.

Someone mentioned maybe an Ariel antenna issue. I’m going to see if I can get info on that.

Thanks and hope someone can help


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[brandwooddixon]

As a general rule the rear seat base needs to be removed before the rear seat back. There tends to be a latch underneath the front edge of the seat base that allows you to unclip and lift the front and then pull the base away from the seat back.
Assuming that you don't have a folding seat back, it is likely bolted to the body work along the bottom edge, probably two bolts, once removed the back can then be slid up to release where the top edge hooks into the rear parcel shelf.

 

[Mogwaii]

Hello all. I recently had some custom work on my 2002 clk55 amg and the folks who did the work I feel must have grounded something out.

What was installed was a complete body kit, wrap, hood, rims, tires and air Suspension. They had my car for almost a year as I didn’t pressure them since their rep for custom work was very good.

After almost a year and bad communication i demanded my car back. When I got it back, it looked great but now when I drive I hear noise through my speakers. Radio doesn’t work. When I turn on my blinkers, I hear the loud “thump thump, thump thump” of blinker noise through the speakers.

When I complained they told me it was “coincidence”. I don’t think so. I feel they broke a ground or have something shorted. I did some research and I believe I seen that all the main wiring harnesses are behind the seat in the trunk side.

If this is correct, where can I go about finding info on removing my rear seat to gain access to see if something is obvious? Fyi, I did install disconnects on my air suspension wiring so I was able to disconnect all their work but the grounding noise is still there.

Someone mentioned maybe an Ariel antenna issue. I’m going to see if I can get info on that.

Thanks and hope someone can help


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Thanks so much for the info!


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[Mogwaii]

Hello all. I recently had some custom work on my 2002 clk55 amg and the folks who did the work I feel must have grounded something out.

What was installed was a complete body kit, wrap, hood, rims, tires and air Suspension. They had my car for almost a year as I didn’t pressure them since their rep for custom work was very good.

After almost a year and bad communication i demanded my car back. When I got it back, it looked great but now when I drive I hear noise through my speakers. Radio doesn’t work. When I turn on my blinkers, I hear the loud “thump thump, thump thump” of blinker noise through the speakers.

When I complained they told me it was “coincidence”. I don’t think so. I feel they broke a ground or have something shorted. I did some research and I believe I seen that all the main wiring harnesses are behind the seat in the trunk side.

If this is correct, where can I go about finding info on removing my rear seat to gain access to see if something is obvious? Fyi, I did install disconnects on my air suspension wiring so I was able to disconnect all their work but the grounding noise is still there.

Thanks and hope someone can help


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Update: so this issue ended up being, that the auto body shop plugged in my speakers and blinker plugs (notched the same) together on both mirrors when they took them off to paint them. Smh…


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