Out of the blue, the 560 developed a fairly severe front end wobble, as if the wheel is about to fall off. Very bad at low speed, moderates somewhat as speed increases. It also has a moderately strong pull to the left (sudden onset) as well. The wife does not recall even a minor pothole encounter...

I've done a preliminary check for something obvious (dangling idler arm, lost ball joint) but haven't put it up on the lift yet.

Searching herein, the first supect is a tire gone bad so I'm going out to switch/rotate the tires. I'll check back in with results in a little bit.

In the meantime -is there any other item that could fail that suddenly without some prior indication of impending failure?

Best regards to all,
Kevin

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"Dangerous with a wrench...and not smart enough to know it"

Stable (in order of acqusition):
'84 500SL, 280SEL (Euros)
'77 280SE. '90 560SEL
'79 450SEL 6.9,
'95 C280 (totalled by daughter 8/07)
'81 280SL (rescued) '88 300CE
'86 560SEC '95 C36
'01 CL55

DD's: '04 S500 4Matic (SWMBO)
'04 F150 Crew