Maverick1975

I have busted power steering pump in my C63 after 18,000km. Can I ask other for members who have had similar incident to put their hands up here ? Have heard that this is a reasonably common problem. Please indicate, thanks

mthis

3 time here.

dkhm3

what are the symptoms?

MBH motorsports

Not for the C63, but I just toasted mine the other day on my SL55 and my bother 2 weeks ago on his CLS55. Haven't done any cross checking of the part numbers, but I would at least guess Mercedes is using the same manufacture for there power steering pumps for many models of Mercedes.

YYZ-E55

That's a lot of opposite lock!

JM

3 times here...

Fking burnouts LOL

BK63amg

How does one "bust" their power steering pump? Is this a wear and tear issue?

Merc63

How does this happen???

eagle_lex

i think this issue arises from negative lock burn outs. if thats the case my pump should out last me! ha ha

mthis

2 times it busted out of the blue and once while i was doing 360's
the key to doing 360's and not busting the pump is dont lockkkk!!!

Faris63

same here lol

Merc63

Good to know, thanks fellas.

emericr

Wholly cow, it seems like a lot of failures.
Nothing on my end but I guess I do not do 360s every day.

Maverick1975

Mine busted with no burn outs or opposite lock action. It seems to be an inferior part on AMGs

bushburninc63

no problemo here

w204tr

I had a small accident last week and during repair my workshop informed me that my pump went dead after leaking the whole oil. i dont know how it happened but will catch up with them tomorrow.

peh-amg

FYI - I went to Mercedes Benz World in England and went out on the track with an instructor (he was driving). I asked him what failures they had on their cars because they drive them so hard all the time. He said the only issue was power steering pumps failing.

Maverick1975

Yes the power steering pump seems to be an absolute heap of **** on these cars.

opala

David Kasey (http://www.youtube.com/user/D4VKC) posted a video taken at Mercedes-Benz World. The driver mentions the problems with the power steering pump at 9:18 - 9:25 in the video.

Refer to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNNqaGme9E

mrmkeller

I know this is a super old thread, but 3 months ago the pump failed and last week the electronics failed. Yay.

alpha26

also happened to me in 18k ! and it was related to very bad design of weistec steering pump tank install tank from e55 and relocate it ! and feel difference immediately !

didn't make extreme drift or full turns !!! just stopped work....

AMG893

happened twice to me in my ML63

Southways

If any of these are in Melbourne (Australia), I need a dead one for an engine dyno configuration.

w204nyc

Never busted my power steering pump but my steering gets really loose after like 20 mins of driving. Should I flush the steering fluid or can the problem be something else?

jason7

I've noticed my steering wheel stiffens up sometimes. I did some burnouts yesterday (once spun out of control) and felt like it was a bit stiffer than usual. What are some symptoms of a potential failure? And what's the best way to go on addressing the issue?