85,000 Mercedes Recalled Over Steering Problem

[bin1127]

[citation][nom]fyasko[/nom]a car can easily be driven without power steering. it isn't a danger except that most people can't drive without automatic everything.[/citation]

but how can you text when you need both hands on the wheel?

 

[Guest]

Cars that were designed not to have power steering required multiple full turns of the wheel to make a sharp turn. So, even though you had to turn it manually, the force required to turn it wasn't that bad because you had to turn it so far. Cars with power steering steer much more sharply with less turns of the wheel, because they are designed to rely on the power steering.

So if you wind up steering a vehicle with failed power steering, it's not the same thing as steering a vehicle that never had power steering at all.

 

[mikem_90]

[citation][nom]twelch82[/nom]Cars that were designed not to have power steering required multiple full turns of the wheel to make a sharp turn. So, even though you had to turn it manually, the force required to turn it wasn't that bad because you had to turn it so far. Cars with power steering steer much more sharply with less turns of the wheel, because they are designed to rely on the power steering. So if you wind up steering a vehicle with failed power steering, it's not the same thing as steering a vehicle that never had power steering at all.[/citation]

Plus European cars typically have a different steering than American ones. Its more tight. American steering is rather loose, there might be a bit more effort in steering.

 

[kikireeki]

[citation][nom]fyasko[/nom]a car can easily be driven without power steering. it isn't a danger except that most people can't drive without automatic everything.[/citation]
Yes that is true but I didn't buy a premium car to hear that!

 

[shoshu]

The power steering system in the subject vehicles may fail due to the loss of power steering fluid,"
==>mercedes is Not what it used to be thats why this happens!