Seat repair

[Raj_UK]

Morning all,

I have a tear in the seat of my Mercedes GLC. It’s that fake leather stuff… Artico I think it’s called. It’s split at the seam and as a result of me still sitting on it, has two rips coming of about an inch long. I urgently need to see if this can be repaired before returning the car in a couple of weeks. Any idea who to contact? I’m in Milton Keynes.

On a separate note is windscreen / repair replacement through insurance considered a claim?

TYIA

Raj

[IRD]

Can’t help with the seats. But windscreen repairs do not usually impact on no claims bonus.

[Raj_UK]

Thanks. I think I’m going to have to go through insurance anyway for a windscreen replacement as chip looks too big to repair.

[M1k3yC]

On a separate note is windscreen / repair replacement through insurance considered a claim?

Yes. I have separate policies for my cars. I had a windscreen replacement on one and it appeared on that policy automatically at renewal time as a claim. On my other policies, I had to declare the windscreen claim myself but you are required to do it. As IRD stated, it is unlikely to increase your premiums or impact no claims discounts, though.

[Raj_UK]

I’ll declare it to be on the safe side. The way NCB works winds me up… We’ll reward you for not making a claim, but you still need to declare if you make a claim (your fault or not) and we’ll probably still put your premium up…

Annoyingly I got the windscreen replaced before I give it back to the lease company but when fitting it they ‘lost’ a piece of trim from the windscreen surround. I’ve now had to delay returning it for them to fix this.

As for the seat it’s turned into a big f**k off rip in just a couple of weeks.