Steering Wheel will not move Up or Down
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Steering Wheel will not move Up or Down
Has anyone else had the misfortune of their steering wheel no longer moving up or down? The motor is working, I can hear it. But no movement (other than in and out, that works fine) from the stalk or the automatic entry/exit setting. This is on a MY05 with less than 40K on the clock.
Its more of an annoyance than anything, but should I be worried about steering linkage or failure? Easy fix? PITA? Thanks in advance.
Its more of an annoyance than anything, but should I be worried about steering linkage or failure? Easy fix? PITA? Thanks in advance.
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Thanks Konigstiger, wonder why the search didn't show any of these. All I got was steering wheel upgrade threads!
This just saved me a few hundo's and my Indy will learn something from me for a change.
This just saved me a few hundo's and my Indy will learn something from me for a change.
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Less complicated solution if you don't care to change height again
My son's '05 C320 has had the steering wheel at its lowest position for some time due to the broken "dog bone" part described above.
Looking at the photos, I could access the broken part by removing only the lower panel under the dash.
Despite an awkward position, I was able to get one finger onto the broken part and turn it manually. You can figure out which end of the broken part to turn as well as the direction needed by activating the height lever and feeling the other half spin.
I used a bungee cord from the steering wheel to the rear view mirror to relieve the weight of the steering wheel which made the adjustment very easy. It took about 15 minutes to manually raise the wheel halfway where it will now stay forever.
What a difference!
Needless to say, I have deactivated the convenience feature to automatically raise the steering wheel upon enter/exit on my '09 E350 and '13 C250.
Lou
Looking at the photos, I could access the broken part by removing only the lower panel under the dash.
Despite an awkward position, I was able to get one finger onto the broken part and turn it manually. You can figure out which end of the broken part to turn as well as the direction needed by activating the height lever and feeling the other half spin.
I used a bungee cord from the steering wheel to the rear view mirror to relieve the weight of the steering wheel which made the adjustment very easy. It took about 15 minutes to manually raise the wheel halfway where it will now stay forever.
What a difference!
Needless to say, I have deactivated the convenience feature to automatically raise the steering wheel upon enter/exit on my '09 E350 and '13 C250.
Lou
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Yeah I had that experience back then with my 2013 W204 c250
Has anyone else had the misfortune of their steering wheel no longer moving up or down? The motor is working, I can hear it. But no movement (other than in and out, that works fine) from the stalk or the automatic entry/exit setting. This is on a MY05 with less than 40K on the clock.
Its more of an annoyance than anything, but should I be worried about steering linkage or failure? Easy fix? PITA? Thanks in advance.
Its more of an annoyance than anything, but should I be worried about steering linkage or failure? Easy fix? PITA? Thanks in advance.
