Vehicle report

2009 MERCEDES BENZ E300

Service bulletins

15 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.

LI82.30-P-059239

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Complaints about poor wiping effect of winshield wiper

LI-91-40P051830

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: THE FRONT SEAT BELT CATCHES WHEN PULLED OUT, BECAUSE THE STRAP WAS NOT GUIDED BACK PROPERLY. HAPPENS ON BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE. *RM UPDATED 5/22/2012. *JS

20-P-053398

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

XENTRY: RATTLING/THUMPING NOISES FROM THE AREA OF THE STEERING ON ROUGH ROADS OR WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD UNDULATIONS. NO MODEL YEARS GIVEN. ALSO INCLUDED MODELS 168 AND 172. *JS

LI-05-20-P

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON WITH MULTIPLE POSSIBLE TROUBLE CODES STORED. THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE CAMSHAFT AND/OR SCORING OF A PISTON. *RM

LI-72-12-P

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: THE REAR DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE IN COLD TEMPERATURES. THE WINDOW GUIDE RAIL OF THE DOOR FREEZES. *RM

LI-27-60-P051773

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: THERE IS A TRANSMISSION TROUBLE CODE STORED. IT IS A DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEM WITH THE WET START-UP CLUTCH. *RM

LI-27-60-P049270

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: THE AUTO-TRANSMISSION SWITCHES TO LIMP HOME MODE OR HAS NO POWER. THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSSIBLE FAULT CODES. A PISTON MAY BE DAMAGED. *RM

LI32-22-P-047927

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: THERE ARE DEFECTIVE CONNECTING CABLES THAT ARE DRAINING THE AIRMATIC COMPRESSOR CAUSING THE AIRMATIC LIGHT TO COME ON. *RM

LI-82-10

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: CURVE ILLUMINATION IS INOPERATIVE. *RM

SB-20101100005

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR HEATER LINES. *RM

SB-32-25-82

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: SHOCK ABSORBER PROCEDURE. *RM

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

LI-42-46

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

XENTRY(MERCEDES): SBC CONTROL UNIT CANNOT BE PROGRAMMED. THE SBC CONTROL UNIT IS ABORTED AT 20% PROGRESS. DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT IN THE SBC MODULE, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SBC MODULE AND THE SBC CONTROL UNIT (A7/3N1) IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE SBC MODULE IS A SEPARATE PART OF THE SBC PROGRAMMING ADAPTER SPECIAL TOOL KIT. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

LI03-20-P-048278

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES (XENTRY): ENGINE MAKES NOISE, TICKING/CRACKLING AT IDLE SPEEDS UP TO APPROX. 1500 RPM. RUN IN EFFECT OF 1ST CRANKSHAFT MAIN BEARING. MODELS 211, 219, 164, 251, 203, 204, 209, 221, 461 AND 463. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

PB-42-45-105

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES BENZ: ALL MODEL 202, 208, 210 EQUIPPED WITH CODE 472A (ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM) ESP INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED/FAULT CODE C1401 OR C1405. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

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