I had complained to my dealer for a year, and about 25k, since I bought my car, that there was excess slop in the steering. I figured something needed to be adjusted. In that time, I have been living with wandering and vagur feel, particularly onthe highway. This led me to upgrade to 17" wheels last fall, thinking I just had a typical, old-style Mercedes suspension and ride. Well, I wish I had pressed them harder on this a year ago, because they FINALLY replaced the steering rack.

HOLY TOLEDO!

My car has been transformed. It feels like a BMW 3-series. I could notice a huge difference iin steering feel as well as assist, right out of the drive bay. On the highway now, ittracks perfectly and doesn't require 20* of input just to stay in the lane. It's hard to tell you to change yours out if you are getting up in mileage, as mine was done under Starmark (else I wouldn't have pressed them). This, in combo with new sway bar bushings, makes it feel like what I would consider new. All this, after the service people kept telling me the *rack doesn't wear out in these cars."