You get what you apid for as my grandmother would say. But its no big issue for me sinceI dont pay much attention at the door jams but it would haver been nice if the door panel plastic carried on over just a tad bit to cover it.
wow thats crazy, i guess they hoped that people wouldn't mind it and just live with it. I can see how someone leasing it wouldn't care much but either way what ever happened to quality control? did that just go out the window?
Same here, at least this thread works as a heads up to people taking delivery that they should take the time to go through the car, making sure it's up to their expectations and nothing less.
thats what I'm thinking too. And if it is the cause of the road noise it makes me think that this isn't limited to a few CLA's but the whole batch. We've been seeing the reviews from europe for about 2-3 months now and all of them have said the CLA leaks road noise, I would think Mercedes would provide the journos the best possible examples of the CLA... But then again, why wouldn't the auto journos pick that out and call attention to it?
BTW where are North American CLA's being built? I know MB has several factories globally producing regionally.
This is my personal opinion .... the gap doesn't bother me in the least. The thought that the gap makes the CLA look cheap, image how the proud owners of the $100,000 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe must feel. ;-)
Check also in many CLAs the gap that exists in the boot !!!
Far more disapponting than this one you mention !!!
In Europe, there is also a big amount of complaints for such details, and are also well known to the company, which until now, have not respond in any of them....
Usually gaps like that would be sealed off by a rubber strip to prevent noise and moisture from getting in and out. If they were designed intentionally of course. That gap looks so big its hard to believe it was an accident or mis-fitting panel.
thats why I'm wondering if theres anyone whos seen a CLA without the gap. Something that glaring doesn't seem intentional, at least i wouldn't expect it intentionally from Mercedes, but I also never thought they would sell a car as cheap as the CLA and they proved me wrong there...
Wow! That's insane. I never noticed the gaps when I was checking it out. I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. I'm not saying they're not there. I just never looked for it.
I bet a lot of people missed it, it's not a typical problem area. Usually something so simple wouldn't be on someones list of things to look out for.
It just goes to show MB could have messed up even the simplest of things on our cars, better check everything, and make sure you leave as a happy new CLA owner and remain like that
Its one of those things that if you dont really look for it you wont find. But to those who are more obsevant especially on a new car they would inspect every inch.
The door gaps do not look like flaws to me. As a previous poster pointed out, they can be found on $100K+ cars. On my car it looks like it was designed that way on purpose. Its not a quality issue. It may be aesthetically unpleasing to some. It doesn't bother me.
I can't find any "trunk gap" on my car. Not sure where its supposed to be?
Well, recent Mercs have been pretty quiet IMO as a whole. I wouldn't use a car that is 15 years old as comparison to a car nowadays. Heck, Mercs went through a rough quality patch just 10 years ago. So noisy for a Merc is different than a generally noisy car.
The gap is how it is. I have a black CLA and don't notice as much as it blends in with black interior door panel. I would imagine red or white would highlight the gap alot more.
I don't think people care M/B has sold 100,000 units thus far. They are running out of material and most dealer can't even hold a months supply it one week for me to get mine
I don't think people care M/B has already sold 100k units. It took one week for me to get mine. M/B is running out of the materials to make the car. My dealer in Fredericksburg va told me they can't even keep a 30 day supply of them on lot.
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