mark_hk

Steering troubles... steering has become very squeeky overnight and my mechanic told me i need to replace my steering pump!

Not a small job and cost of parts is pretty punchy - however, my mechanic didnt even take a look under the hood before diagnosing the problem... It had squeeky problems about 3 or 4 months ago and he replaced steering pump oil and seemed to fix the problem, albeit temporarily.

Anyone had the same issues? Is it a common problem?

COUPCONNOISSEUR

what year and model is your CL mark? did you mean to post in the SL forum? 2010 cl550 here, and its been very cold here in new york city. up at 5am and backing out of the driveway for work i noticed mine was squeaky too..possibly from being so cold? not sure but no leaks to report as of yet.

mark_hk

Mine is a 2009 CL550... I am based in Hong Kong, so we def dont have the same cold weather probs as what you may have! I was told the steering pump has gone, but i want to make sure thats the real reason before forking out US2000 for parts and labour!

Orion81

Its the lsuspension arms and bushings. Appears to be a common issue with CL facelift. About to replace mine as well.

COUPCONNOISSEUR

mines not a facelift, and this just started about a month ago. however i concur about being the arms and bushings. im having much difficulty singling out which arm and bushing though, i can only condense it to the passenger side.

mark_hk

Oh really? Then I better have my mechanic check out the arms and bushings. I really hope its not steering pump

Orion81

in all fairness i had two issues that cause squeeking when turning left or right and one is the suspension arm bushings which sounds very soft. The other is the brake pads been worn out 100% which sounded "heavy".
I am aware that all CL facelifts have the issue because i observed a lot having an MOT failure within a year on the road with the bushings.