2008 Mercedes-Benz R350 Steering Problems

“Car occasionally difficult to steer after driving for distance in mountains. Fluid levels appear to be ok but passerby's tell me they can hear steering noise that I do not hear inside when driving. I saw that there is recall for this vehicle and steering rack pin- wondering if my vehicle is part of recall to be repaired by mercedes.”

“My mercedes R350 sporadically becomes very difficult to steer. I noticed that this happens after a few minutes of city street driving. The steering gets so tight that it requires both hands and a lot of effort to just steer the wheel particularly when parking. Because of this constant battle with the steering wheel I started feeling pain on my shoulder. The steering wheel fluid level is fine and the car has never been in any accident. …”

“I have an mercedes R350 model year 2008. It has 60,050 miles now but I have just been told that I need to replace the entire steering rack - $4000 quoted from Mercedes-Benz valencia in california. It has a fluid leak from the steering rack. I know that there is a NHTSA recall campaign (id number 08v682000) for certain 2008 mercedes gl, ml and r-class vehicles. I wonder Mercedes-Benz will replace the steering gears for my car with free of charge.”

“Drove car to a store in city and it worked fine, came back outside to start the car and it became hard to move the steering wheel to the left or right. Took car to a dealership and they said it was the power steering, hydraulics, rack and pinion and reservoir (had the same symptoms of a recall from 2008 for the same make and vehicle). Nhtsa campaign no. 08v682000”

“Bought the vehicle and was great on the highway. But when driving in the city, it became difficult to turn corners. And takes awhile to park. Vehicle was low on power steering fluid, but after filling to the max line in the power steering reservoir, the vehicle has had the same problem turning.”