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Pre-Facelift 2015-2018 Steering Wheel - Lane Keep Assist motor
I have a pre-facelift W205 C63 steering wheel that I'm modifying to work in my 2013 C63 - one of the things that I'm adding is the lane keep assist vibration motor.
The W205 steering wheel I got does not have the lane keep assist vibration motor, and all the ones I've found online don't look like they fit my steering wheel.
Where is the lane keep assist vibration motor located, and does anyone have a part number handy? From some scattered photos on the internet it looks like it might go behind the right button panel but I haven't been able to find out for sure.
Looks like left side of the steering wheel judging from the diagram.
Thanks for looking it up, I did spend a few hours looking it up in EPC last night as well! That part number shows a vibration motor with two screw mounts. Nowhere on the left side under the button plate is there any mount points for two screw holes in that spacing, nor is there physically any room to install the motor. Later this evening I'll post a picture with that button plate removed.
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Originally Posted by poots
I have a pre-facelift W205 C63 steering wheel that I'm modifying to work in my 2013 C63 - one of the things that I'm adding is the lane keep assist vibration motor.
The W205 steering wheel I got does not have the lane keep assist vibration motor, and all the ones I've found online don't look like they fit my steering wheel.
Where is the lane keep assist vibration motor located, and does anyone have a part number handy? From some scattered photos on the internet it looks like it might go behind the right button panel but I haven't been able to find out for sure.
I like the new safety systems on modern cars but the lane keeping assist is one thing I never want activating whenever I'm driving. Totally intrusive and whack especially when it suddenly hits the brakes for you while you're doing over 120kmh on a slight curve and haven't touched any lines.
Don't mean to spoil the party but you'll be wondering why you retrofitted this feature.
This is where it resides on my S212 AMG. I just swapped steering wheels and the control board in my steering wheel did have spaces for extra plugs such as heating, but I have all of the other features so there was only one spare socket. The little vibratory motor sits in the pocket in this picture and then the wire wraps around to the top where the control board would sit.
my steering wheel originally was a 2013 and I swapped on a 2012 steering wheel and it still had the same pocket and all screw holes for everything from my original steering wheel. I’m basically swapping back-and-forth between full leather and the alcantara leather mix.
I like the new safety systems on modern cars but the lane keeping assist is one thing I never want activating whenever I'm driving. Totally intrusive and whack especially when it suddenly hits the brakes for you while you're doing over 120kmh on a slight curve and haven't touched any lines.
Don't mean to spoil the party but you'll be wondering why you retrofitted this feature.
Depends on which system he has or is trying to retrofit. There's Lane Keeping Assist and there's Active Lane Keeping Assist. The former only warns by vibrating the steering wheel and the latter actively steers the car back into its lane using the brakes.
This is where it resides on my S212 AMG. I just swapped steering wheels and the control board in my steering wheel did have spaces for extra plugs such as heating, but I have all of the other features so there was only one spare socket. The little vibratory motor sits in the pocket in this picture and then the wire wraps around to the top where the control board would sit.
my steering wheel originally was a 2013 and I swapped on a 2012 steering wheel and it still had the same pocket and all screw holes for everything from my original steering wheel. I’m basically swapping back-and-forth between full leather and the alcantara leather mix.
Thanks for posting this - this looks the same as it is on my w204 steering wheel, but when I took apart the w205 wheel there's no space for me to put the motor. Can you please post a picture of the whole steering wheel?
are you sure it won’t fit in that little pocket underneath the AMG symbol? From the picture in the diagram posted you’re looking for a mounting point with one screw hole. Have you taken apart the whole steering wheel to look for one spare screw hole?
are you sure it won’t fit in that little pocket underneath the AMG symbol? From the picture in the diagram posted you’re looking for a mounting point with one screw hole. Have you taken apart the whole steering wheel to look for one spare screw hole?
Gotcha, so my old 204 wheel and your 212 wheel should be the same.
There's definitely no room on the 205 wheel under the AMG symbol to put the motor, and even if there were none of the bolt holes line up, and there's also no openings from the plastic portion on the bottom near the AMG logo to the centre of the wheel where the interface board is.
I'm wondering if there are different steering wheel part numbers depending on what needs to go inside. Pretty sure there are as for heated steering for example there need to be heating elements in the rim.
Last edited by superswiss; Jul 4, 2025 at 06:18 PM.
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