Motor vehicle drive assembly having a drive housing, an electric drive motor which has a motor housing and is arranged within the drive housing, a drive shaft passing through the motor housing with a first shaft portion, which portion has a first free longitudinal end and protrudes from the motor housing on a first side of the motor, and a second shaft portion which protrudes from the motor housing with a second free longitudinal end on a second side of the motor opposite to the first side of the motor, and a worm screw which is conformed on the first shaft portion of the drive shaft, and a mechanical compensation element which is mounted on the drive housing and arranged on the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft, wherein the mechanical compensation element allows a movement of the drive shaft in a direction from the second side of the motor towards the first side of the motor relative to the drive housing against a compensating force exerted by the mechanical compensation element and urges the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft in the direction of the second side of the motor, wherein the drive housing has an abutment wall with a recess, in which the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft is arranged, and a limiting element, wherein the mechanical compensation element is arranged between the abutment wall and the limiting element, characterized in that the mechanical compensation element includes a contact element made from a wear-resistant material that bears on the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft and is moved between a first position, in which the contact element bears on the abutment wall, and a second position, in which the contact element is arranged at a distance from the abutment wall, wherein an elastically deformable compensation means is arranged between the contact element and the limiting element, and wherein the contact element is constructed with a base side, which in the first position bears on the abutment wall, and with two motion limiting arms extending from the base side in the direction of the limiting element, which in the second position bear on the limiting element. a drive housing, an electric drive motor which has a motor housing and is arranged within the drive housing, a drive shaft passing through the motor housing with a first shaft portion, which portion has a first free longitudinal end and protrudes from the motor housing on a first side of the motor, and a second shaft portion which protrudes from the motor housing with a second free longitudinal end on a second side of the motor opposite to the first side of the motor, and a worm screw which is conformed on the first shaft portion of the drive shaft, and a mechanical compensation element which is mounted on the drive housing and arranged on the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft, wherein the mechanical compensation element allows a movement of the drive shaft in a direction from the second side of the motor towards the first side of the motor relative to the drive housing against a compensating force exerted by the mechanical compensation element and urges the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft in the direction of the second side of the motor, wherein the drive housing has an abutment wall with a recess, in which the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft is arranged, and a limiting element, wherein the mechanical compensation element is arranged between the abutment wall and the limiting element, characterized in that the mechanical compensation element includes a contact element made from a wear-resistant material that bears on the first free longitudinal end of the drive shaft and is moved between a first position, in which the contact element bears on the abutment wall, and a second position, in which the contact element is arranged at a distance from the abutment wall, wherein an elastically deformable compensation means is arranged between the contact element and the limiting element, and wherein the contact element is constructed with a base side, which in the first position bears on the abutment wall, and with two motion limiting arms extending from the base side in the direction of the limiting element, which in the second position bear on the limiting element.