Loud click when steering wheel unlocks (sometimes)
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2010 C63, 2017 S63, 2018 G63
Loud click when steering wheel unlocks (sometimes)
Hey all:
Occasionally (lately more often) my steering wheel lock "clicks" pretty loudly when the car ignition is initiated and the whole wheel "rattles". It is almost exclusively when the wheel is off-center when I shut it off. It doesn't seem to happen if the wheel is perfectly straight.
I had a W203 that had the wheel lock fail and it is a nightmare. Am I seeing signs of an issue?
Occasionally (lately more often) my steering wheel lock "clicks" pretty loudly when the car ignition is initiated and the whole wheel "rattles". It is almost exclusively when the wheel is off-center when I shut it off. It doesn't seem to happen if the wheel is perfectly straight.
I had a W203 that had the wheel lock fail and it is a nightmare. Am I seeing signs of an issue?
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2012 C63;1971 280SE 3.5(Sold);2023 EQS 450 SUV 4 Matic (Wife's)
Sounds like you are on the right track, the ESL is going out. Best to fix it before it fails all together as it is then a nightmare to repair. Search ESL and you should get lots of posts about this problem.
Here is one example: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...completed.html
Here is one example: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...completed.html
