W211 E270: Squeaking steering noise first 5 mins when cold?
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W211 E270 CDI
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Hi all,
Sorry if this has been answered before, I didn't find any other thread to help ne.
So I bought a 03 E270 CDI today, drove 200 KMs fine, very happy with the car but noticed when it's been cold for longer than an hour, after starting up, it seems to squeak quite bad when turning for the first 3 - 5 minutes. Then it stops and drives ok. No errors on dashboard, doesn't seem like there's anything wrong while driving (I've owned one before). Steering seems a little bit heavy, but only a little. It's covered 120k miles. Owner told me he recently replaced front ball joints and something else in the suspension, how true that is I'm not sure. Recently passed the safety test. Could it be the ball joints? I'm kinda afraid to drive it, in case it was a ball joint and would break altogether? I find it interesting how the noise goes away after a couple of minutes...
Anyone have similar experience ?
Thanks
Sorry if this has been answered before, I didn't find any other thread to help ne.
So I bought a 03 E270 CDI today, drove 200 KMs fine, very happy with the car but noticed when it's been cold for longer than an hour, after starting up, it seems to squeak quite bad when turning for the first 3 - 5 minutes. Then it stops and drives ok. No errors on dashboard, doesn't seem like there's anything wrong while driving (I've owned one before). Steering seems a little bit heavy, but only a little. It's covered 120k miles. Owner told me he recently replaced front ball joints and something else in the suspension, how true that is I'm not sure. Recently passed the safety test. Could it be the ball joints? I'm kinda afraid to drive it, in case it was a ball joint and would break altogether? I find it interesting how the noise goes away after a couple of minutes...
Anyone have similar experience ?
Thanks
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Hi all,
Sorry if this has been answered before, I didn't find any other thread to help ne.
So I bought a 03 E270 CDI today, drove 200 KMs fine, very happy with the car but noticed when it's been cold for longer than an hour, after starting up, it seems to squeak quite bad when turning for the first 3 - 5 minutes. Then it stops and drives ok. No errors on dashboard, doesn't seem like there's anything wrong while driving (I've owned one before). Steering seems a little bit heavy, but only a little. It's covered 120k miles. Owner told me he recently replaced front ball joints and something else in the suspension, how true that is I'm not sure. Recently passed the safety test. Could it be the ball joints? I'm kinda afraid to drive it, in case it was a ball joint and would break altogether? I find it interesting how the noise goes away after a couple of minutes...
Anyone have similar experience ?
Thanks
Sorry if this has been answered before, I didn't find any other thread to help ne.
So I bought a 03 E270 CDI today, drove 200 KMs fine, very happy with the car but noticed when it's been cold for longer than an hour, after starting up, it seems to squeak quite bad when turning for the first 3 - 5 minutes. Then it stops and drives ok. No errors on dashboard, doesn't seem like there's anything wrong while driving (I've owned one before). Steering seems a little bit heavy, but only a little. It's covered 120k miles. Owner told me he recently replaced front ball joints and something else in the suspension, how true that is I'm not sure. Recently passed the safety test. Could it be the ball joints? I'm kinda afraid to drive it, in case it was a ball joint and would break altogether? I find it interesting how the noise goes away after a couple of minutes...
Anyone have similar experience ?
Thanks
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Check your lower ball joints. ball joint squeak is a known problem.