Thread: w210 99 e300td power steering stiff going right
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Old 04-30-2006, 10:15 PM
suginami suginami is offline
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I had the same symptoms in my 2000 E430, and it slowly got worse and worse.

The stiffness only happened when turing to the right, and it eventually got so bad, that you could hardly turn the wheel to the right when manuevering in a parking lot.

My mechanic diagnosed the problem as a bad rack and pinion.

A factory rebuilt unit was about $1,800, and it fixed the problem.
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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
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