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Originally Posted by Mr. Mercedes  If my memory serves me correctly, I'm pretty sure the door thunk in the old Benzes was also one of the engineered aspects of the vehicle. An aspect that got overlooked in the cost cutting era of the 90's. Even if it wasn't, and was actually just an inherent characteristic, the need to engineer it into new Benzes probably doesn't arise from the lack of structural integrity or quality, but from the use of lightweight materials?  |
That's good news since both front doors in my '01 C320 rattle when closed which is the glass slapping back and forth. They are all that way and the odd thing is the rear doors sound normal and solid.
Another cost cutter was eliminating the polyfilm sheet in the door. As a result, a small breeze flows out around the seat adjustment controls right onto my left hand on the wheel plus out through the horizontal parting line of the door panel onto my left hip. In cold weather, this is annoying.