Vehicle report

2003 MERCEDES BENZ 215

Service bulletins

16 bulletins

Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.

SB-91-60-193

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES: AIRBAG DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY. AIR BAG SRS CONTROL MODULE (N2/2) DOES NOT HAVE A SET SHELF LIFE AND WILL NORMALLY BE RELIABLE FOR THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE. WITH 164, 216 221, 251 AND NEWER, THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT CAN BE RESET FIVE TIMES. WITH MODES 202, 210 AND NEWER, THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT CAN BE RESET THREE TIMES. EARLIER MODELS WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEIR AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT AND TRIGGERED RESTRAIN COMPONENTS CHANGED ONLY AFTER AN ACCIDENT. NO MODELS OR MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

463040

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

FLOW NOISES FROM AREA OF POWER STEERING PUMP AND/OR FOAMING OF POWER STEERING OIL IN RESERVOIR. *TT

422049

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

NOISES FROM PARKING BRAKE CABLE. *TT

8270327

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

V60S/X/I CRADLE AND KIT DESIGNATION. 2004 MODEL YEAR ALSO INCLUDED. *TT

70028E

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

ENGINE CONTROL UNIT SOFTWARE UPDATE. (MODEL 203 MODEL YEAR 2002 AND LATER, MODEL 170 (SLK320 ONLY) MODEL YEAR 2002 AND LATER, MODEL 230). *JB

8230316

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INTERMITTENT WIPE FUNCTION SOFTWARE CHANGE. (MERCEDES BENZ MODEL 209, 211, AND MODEL 203 YEAR 2004.) *JB

911663

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

PASSENGER SIDE HEAD RESTRAINT AUTOMATICALLY LOWERING WHEN THE SEAT IS NOT OCCUPIED. *TT

070028D

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

ENGINE CONTROL UNIT SOFTWARE UPDATE. *TT

541897

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN DRIVER OR FRONT PASSENGER DOOR NONFUNCTIONAL. *TT

8210266

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CHECK RIGHT OR LEFT LOW BEAM BULB WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER'S MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY, BUT THE LOW BEAM BULB IS FUNCTIONING, AND THE RIGHT AND OR LEFT FRONT SAM HAS FAULT CODE B1630. *TT

070028C

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

ENGINE CONTROL UNIT SOFTWARE UPDATE. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING THE MODEL 230. *TT

276037

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUT-OFF WHEN USING KEYLESS-GO. ON CERTAIN MODELS INCLUDING THE MODEL 230. *TT

070028B

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

ENGINE CONTROL UNIT SOFTWARE UPDATE. *TT

PB070028

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING ENGINE CONTROL UNIT SOFTWARE UPGRADE. (MERCEDES BENZ SLK320, 2002 & 2003, MERCEDES BENZ 230, 2003) *JB

543076

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ODOMETER VERSION CODING. *TT

543072

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INCORRECT ENGINE SPEED DISPLAYED IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TT

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