Sometimes when I put the car into reverse and turn the wheel to parallel park, as I'm turning into the space the wheel will just get stuck and I won't be able to turn in either direction in order to even out the car. In order to remedy this, I have to shift back to drive and it fixes the problem.

Also, sometimes when doing a three point turn, I will turn into a driveway, then back out of it and straighten myself out, at which point when I shift from reverse to drive, the wheel will lock up and I won't be able to turn the wheel for about 5 seconds. Sometimes the wheel locks up while in reverse also, before shifting to drive.

I hope my examples made sense in written form.

Basically it seems as if there is some correlation between being in reverse and the wheel locking up. I can get the wheel to unlock by switching back to drive but that sometimes takes 5 seconds or so.

Any ideas??? The mechanic I've been going to said it's probably something in the steering box but he told me we should wait and see if it goes away (since he says these cars are oftentimes just sitting around for years prior to someone buying them). I don't really think it'll go away since the the previous owner for sure drove this car.

Thanks,
David

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1985 300D. 179,000 miles.