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Hi guys,

I just bought a 03 CLK55 (pics to follow soon). The engine feels fastastic, my first experince with a V8. However, i'm a bit worried about the handling. For whatever reason, the car does not feel very stable. The rear seems to move a lot from side to side. I'm not sure how to describe it, but the rear end feels like its wiggling. It feels worse when its wet, whenever i change lane and drive over the painted surface on the road. There a lot of lateral shift, as though the chasis is sliding on the rear axles.

I know that owners of the e46 M3 have complained about the same problem, and it was diagnosed to suffer from some bushing problems on some of the suspension components. Could my CLK55 suffer from the same problem? I'm not very familiar with CLK's suspension set-up.

Any feedback would be great.

Thanks in advance.

P

cindyclk

The first thing that I would ask is what is your tire inflation on the rears and two, what tires are you running? I have my PS2s at 34 front 37 rear with no problems like you describe. Now I'm not coming onto an off ramp at 70mph but like tend to drive the car hard.

Stiggs

Could there be some sort of suspension problem with the car. After all it is used. I've never felt these problems you describe. If I do I've never noticed it and from how it sounds I think I would notice. Maybe get some sort of safety inspection done at the dealership.

Jons95c36amg

Maybe a alignment is in order. My Clk55 feels dead solid at autobahn speeds.

s4avt

check your tire, I had similar issue with Pilot Sport All season..

Now with Goodyear F1 All season on the rear and PS2 on the front..

no issue

rsr911

My CLK55 was just like this with new Michelins on it.
Alignment was way off. Had it realigned fixed the problem.

MikeL

only bushing i can think of is the the top hat that holds the spring down, its rubber and is known to go bad and crack after time. stock suspension one this car is not very good tho, pss9's and sways and it'll handle like its on rails.