liftmys10

At low speeds, less than 15mph, I hear clunking noise, sounds like a bad ball joint? Can anyone confirm that these cars have an issue with ball joints? Any wild guess what It might be? My car has only 32k miles. 2010 e-350 coupe. I hear it a lot more when going up on an incline on my long driveway at 5mph, I can confirm that its coming from the front drivers side suspension area.

champaign777

2010 E350 coupe ?

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https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-c...new-owner.html

liftmys10

Thanks for the reply. Mine doesn't make noise when I turn the wheel left right at low speeds. Mine makes noise when I'm going 5mph over a imperfect roads like my driveway. I can confirm that its coming from the front drivers side suspension area. I checked the bushings and I didn't see any leaks or damage.

flizzardo

i am driving e250 2010 ..i think i am having the same problem as u

champaign777

broken bushing are not necessary leaking bushing

malahhaor

Had similar issue on my S, turned out to be bad steering rack.

TopGun32

having the same "crick crick" noise from front suspension area.

specially driving up and down on driveway, low speed bumps... and even when braking with some force and car moves forward.. some "crick" from the suspension is heard.

Taking the car in for inspection hopefully in the next few days.

Time to use my warranty.

liftmys10

Yup i have the exact same symptoms. Plz let me know what the dealer says as I'm out of warranty of course.

TopGun32

took my car in to Fletcher Jones Ontario CA

My service advisor is Mike Doehla

they replaced the lower strut rod bushings for the suspension noise under warranty.

I was able to duplicate the noise with a master tech riding with me.

He was surprised to hear about the noise but they took care of it. I will pick up the car later today.

champaign777

what is the "lower strut rod bushings" dude

liftmys10

Thanks. Did they give you a part number?

champaign777

I think he talk about
Hydromount 2 204-333-11-14
they also called as "lower strut rod bushings"

theraven333

Many of these bushes are fluid filled even though when you look at them you would not think it.......

liftmys10

I replaced those last week but that didn't fix my noise problem. I'm starting to think my strut might be bad. I already took my strut out but didn't notice anything. I then took the spring off and bought a new bearing that sits on top of the spring. Still no signs of that dumb noise described exactly how topgun32 has.

champaign777

have y tried the simple one ?

Lube Hood mounts

have y tried the old school suspension check?

https://mbworld.org/forums/5819815-post37.html

Struts are known issue on 2010/2011 E350 Coupe

https://mbworld.org/forums/5819394-post163.html

liftmys10

WOOW Thank you sir!! That's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm pretty sure now that it HAS TO BE the struts! I had no idea there was a bulletin for the struts. I just couldn't believe that the struts would go bad at 32k miles. I even took the spring off the strut and compressed it by hand and didn't feel anything.

champaign777

ya i agree , its a POS to have failed struts with 30k miles on them
now go tell them replace under warranty , if you have 2010 E350 Coupe you still have some no ?
Or just install some coilovers if you already there

Now look again into list i provided you before
Trust me if you fix all these below your front suspension will be just fine
This what fixed my all front suspension issues with less then 30k miles

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Shock absorbers 2 204-323-30-00 waranty
Dust cap 2 204-323-04-38 waranty
Hydromount 2 204-333-11-14 waranty
Elastomeric cap 4 211-333-06-97 waranty
Bront bearing adjustment both sides DIY
Hood mounts lubed DIY
---------------------------------------

GL !

liftmys10

Thanks for your help. Last week when I was replacing the Hydromount 204-333-11-14, I ended up buying the Elastomeric cap 211-333-06-97 since my car NEVER came with it!! They must have added that cap later on??
So I'm about to purchase struts for stock suspension E350 coupe part # 207-323-23-00. You must have the sport suspension.

champaign777

yes i have AMG pkg with Sport Suspension

321 321 Appearance Package: 18" AMG twin 6-s $1,950
409 : Multi-Contour Seats Front
486 : Sport Suspension
75V : Tire Rating
786 : 18" AMG 6-twin-spoke Wheel
950 : Sportline Package

as we found out
Sport pkg starts from 204 ( 204-323-30-00 )
Non Sport pkg starts from 207 ( 207-323-30-00 )

About missing Elastomeric caps ... what is your delivery date ? My is 11.24.2009 , you can run Datacard to check it
BMW never used any of these Elastomeric caps ( well i can only comment up to 2010 year , the models which i had )
Maybe MB added them somewhere in 2009/2010 ? dunno

liftmys10

My delivery date is 28 05 2010

champaign777

interesting
maybe Elastomeric cap 211-333-06-97 belong to the sport suspension only ?
aka more load on Hydromounts ?
give me your VIN # and i will check in WIS if your car has this part #

liftmys10

PM sent. Thanks.

champaign777

in WIS your VIN
has the strut # A207-323-23-00 ( Vehicle Dynamic Package code 483 )
but it has Elastomeric cap A211-333-06-97 as my -->> ( ALSO*USE:*2*X*A*211*333*06*97*BOOT,*OBSERVE*WIS ) together with Hydromounts

liftmys10

Thanks! Do you mean A207-323-23-00 ?

champaign777

yes fixed