clb0099

I want to change my steering in my 2007 to the 2010-2013 one. Will it fit and function correctly? Plug and play?

BOTUS

search this forum - it can be done - its hell - took one guy a few years to work it out... the later steering wheel buttons do life quite differently - oh and I think u get issues with airbags but that's easy (in comparison)

lthlc63

Can it fit? Yes
will the buttons work? You’ll have to do a lot of soldering it’s not an easy task. The new wheels 2020 is all computer base all it needs is an encoder and programming for the buttons to function. Everyone freaks out about the airbag but that’s all easy stuff.

hard part is the spline. 2010+ spline is different and needs to be shaved down to the w211 spline width.

clb0099

Thank you for the info. It’s not worth the trouble for the newer steering wheel.

lthlc63

i do tons of them every month for people, you will be in 1650 for a fully built wheel for plug and play. id recommend getting the stock wheel remade with flat bottom, thicker grips and amg paddles.

clb0099

Thank you for the information. I already have the S65 amg steering wheel in my car from 09. I will think about your offer but leaning towards not really doing it cause of the fact it’s more a want than a need.


QUOTE=lthlc63;8695326]i do tons of them every month for people, you will be in 1650 for a fully built wheel for plug and play. id recommend getting the stock wheel remade with flat bottom, thicker grips and amg paddles.[/QUOTE]

BOTUS

the one thing that would stop me buying any car would be a flat bottomed wheel - note no BMW M car ever got that stupid mistake...

BOTUS

why round wheels are the right thing

lthlc63

you will be surprised with this then. most enthusiasts prefer the flat bottom and hate the round. not all but most

07CL550Benz

I attempted this too, not AMG but a 2010 facelift wheel and airbag onto a 2007. I had no issues with the splines or any of that, main issue was the buttons not working at all and I believe I had an airbag light come on which is obviously an issue. I know a few people said with some soldering the buttons can be made to work but nobody has really gone into detail or made a video showing how it's done. Essentially I gave up, it's really the only part of the interior I couldn't get to work from the 2010.

lthlc63

how did you hook up the airbag? did you reset the airb code after the install? was the airbag a single stage vs dual? missing tons of details

joeshannon095

You can retrofit a newer style steering wheel into a W221. I did it some time back on mine (you can check out the thread on my car). Really modernized the interior IMO. All steering wheel buttons work aside from cruise control which still functions with the stalk. New style airbag works as well.

argon3030

What's unique about the facelift AMG steering wheel? I'm just curious. Looking at some facelift S63 cars for sale, the steering wheel looks identical to what's in my non-AMG 2012. Or it just the premium leather covering?

07CL550Benz

The airbag just plugged right in, no issue. I honestly can't remember if I reset it and the code went away, this was a couple years ago. I'm not sure what "single stage vs dual" means.

07CL550Benz

You are referring to a W222 wheel on a W221, this thread is about trying to get a facelift W221 wheel onto a prefacelift W221.

lthlc63

there are 2 style airbags for each MB model 2003+ single stage means there is only one plug on the bag, dual stage means there are 2 plugs. if you connect a dual to a single stage car the airbag light will come on and vise versa. you can program the car and tell it this is okay and it will accept the bag. its not uncommon for the airbag light to come on after you remove the airbag itself. a reset will remove the issue. however if it comes back and gives you a low voltage fault which is the most common there are 2 possible issues. 1. most common you damaged your clockspring, or 2. its an airbag issue and you need a replacement.
all these cars 2003 and up can all accept all the airbags without any faults. mercedes made it very easy in that sense.

joeshannon095

Correct, I'm aware of that. However OP doesn't seem like they want to go through the steps to do that so I was offering an alternative.

Wodz30

They should add a downvote button

Phatboiondiet

i couldn’t find your post. I’m trying install a 2010 s550 steering wheel/airbag into a 2008 s550. Trying to see what I need to get it to work. I read some mods need to be done for the buttons to work but can’t find instructions