loud squeel/squeek steering wheel
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2006 e350 4matic
loud squeel/squeek steering wheel
After a couple months of owning a Certified Pre-Owned MB I started hearing a rather loud squeel sound coming from the steering column as I steer the car around my parking lot just after starting the car in mthe morning. Seems worse the colder it is the night before.
Sounds like rubber or plastic squeeking against something turning (column I assume).
MB dealer told me that sound is from "TRIM" inside car and isnt covered under warrranty. Has anyone heard that kind of sound coming from the steering mechanism and if so is it rubber or something expanding and contracting in the cold?
Help!
Sounds like rubber or plastic squeeking against something turning (column I assume).
MB dealer told me that sound is from "TRIM" inside car and isnt covered under warrranty. Has anyone heard that kind of sound coming from the steering mechanism and if so is it rubber or something expanding and contracting in the cold?
Help!
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2003 E320
It is a long shot but if the wheel has been changed out or the air bag removed and replaced, there are several wires beneath the air bag that power it and maybe the horn. They have to be re-inserted and I think there is a loom of some kind that they tuck into. I say this is not likely as most (all??) of the electrical controls in the sterring wheel use a clock spring to prevent kinking of electic conductors but if you think it is coming from the wheel as opposed to the column, you might check it out.
