# Mercedes Benz Flat Tire Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** clk-class, mercedes-benz\ **Created:** [February 16, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571 "2010-02-16T02:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/21 "2016-09-25T16:47:22Z")
Maurice the person who started this thread has been gone for 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/22 "2016-09-25T17:59:20Z")
Yep, just about got me again with a post from 2010. I was just going to say to listen to Capri anyway but geez, I’ve gone through two more sets of Michelins since this post started. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/23 "2016-09-25T20:46:39Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > the person who started this thread has been gone for 6 years. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why somebody would do a _ **VERY** _ time-consuming search of this site in order to respond to a question that was posted **over 6 1/2 years ago.** Why, Maurice? Why? 😲 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/24 "2016-09-25T22:05:55Z")
Not only that, but I just clicked on Maurice’s icon, and he only joined 6 hours ago, apparently right before trying to help OP from 6-1/2 years ago Hopefully he’ll continue to post replies to CURRENT discussions, because the advice he gave was sound ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/25 "2016-09-25T22:11:14Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > Hopefully he’ll continue to post replies to CURRENT discussions, because the advice he gave was sound Yes, it was definitely sound advice, but for the person who posed the original question 6 1/2 years ago, that advice was not of a **timely** nature. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/26 "2016-09-25T23:45:21Z")
Some years ago, here in Silicon Valley, after a co-worker bought a new high performance model VW he was constantly coming in late to work. Never had that problem before. His boss asked him why he’s not on time at important meetings all of a sudden? He explained his new car was constantly having flat tires on the way to work. He’d have to stop and change the tire on the side of the road, which would make him late. Turns out he discovered the problem was the tires that came w/the high performance car were low profile, and those tend to go flat easily when running over bumps. To keep his job, he decided to sell his car and buy an econo-box Honda Civic instead. His attendance at important meetings was prompt once more. ---
**Author:** ![Maurice\_Harting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Maurice\_Harting](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Maurice_Harting)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/27 "2016-09-26T00:52:21Z")
Oops … me bad ---
**Author:** ![idiot666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@idiot666](https://community.cartalk.com/u/idiot666)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/28 "2016-09-26T01:50:36Z")
Not your fault. It is the moderators fault for not locking old threads when they moved to the new software! ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/29 "2016-09-26T01:54:55Z")
> [@GeorgeSanJose](#): > > Turns out he discovered the problem was the tires that came w/the high performance car were low profile, and those tend to go flat easily when running over bumps. Must have been awfully bumpy, did he live on a ranch? ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/30 "2016-09-26T02:30:17Z")
It’s not your fault, @Maurice_Harting. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Maurice\_Harting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Maurice\_Harting](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Maurice_Harting)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/31 "2016-09-26T06:53:38Z")
I just put new tires on my Mercedes CLK320 … It must be the new tire fumes that affected my mind, and no I did not inhale hehehehe ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/32 "2016-09-26T18:37:30Z")
> [@GeorgeSanJose](#): > > To keep his job, he decided to sell his car and buy an econo-box Honda Civic instead. Would have been simpler to buy some smaller rims and taller tires. That’s what I recently did. This reminds me I need to drive around to the nearby used tire shops and try and sell my old wheels. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/33 "2016-09-28T02:00:38Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > Must have been awfully bumpy, did he live on a ranch? Not a ranch. He said it happened when driving over railroad tracks. Street car routes crossed his path on the way to work I guess. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/34 "2016-09-28T02:04:22Z")
> [@circuitsmith](#): > > Would have been simpler to buy some smaller rims and taller tires. Even if the flat-tire problem was somehow fixed, he said he still didn’t like how close the gears were spaced. Found too much stick-shifting annoying while driving in stop and go traffic, so he decided to buy a non-performance car instead. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571/35 "2016-09-28T04:06:02Z")
I expect that village has corrected the problem with the tracks long ago. Half the vehicles that I work on have 35, 40 or 45 series tires, it is very common today and the flat tires that I see are from punctures or median strikes. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-flat-tire-problem/44571.md?page=1)