Vehicle report

1997 MERCEDES BENZ E420

Service bulletins

14 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.

LI42.47-P-067502

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

If the customer brakes sharply from a speed of > 30mph, without ABS intervention, there is a single cracking noise from the area of the ESP hydraulic unit

LI54.65-P-072065

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Unmotivated Reaction from Park Assist - model series 213 facelift / 238 facelift with option code 235 (active par- king assist) and option code 501 (surround view system)

LI27.50-P-071658

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Harsh engagement when changing gear range from P to D or R

LI27.50-P-049281

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Harsh engagement when changing gear range from P to D

LI32.22-P-071495

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

AIRMATIC Fault Message "Max 80 km/ h (50 mph) " In Instrument Cluster

LI91 45-P-066075

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Seat belt extender toothed rack sluggish or makes noises

LI54 30-P-068430

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Display of suspension setting in head unit implausible

LI72 20-P-068322

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Liftgate intermittently does not open fully

LI07.08-P-060993

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Engine diagnosis warning lamp lights up in instrument cluster, fault code U145400: "Implausible data were received from the ethanol sensor"

LI82.70-P-060004

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

iPhone mobile phone: Various complaints after software update to iOS8

LI91.10-P-059373

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Possible complaints: 1. Memory function of electric seat fore/aft adjustment not functioning. 2. Seat fore/aft adjustment with easy entry/exit feature not functioning. 3. Head restraint presetting not functioning. 4. Seat fore/aft adjustment can only be adjusted for 2 sec with the seat adjustment switch (seat can only be adjusted in longitudinal direction in fits and starts). 5. Function "Collision avoidance when folding down the rear seat backrest" not functioning (seat fails to move forward when the rear seat backrest is folded down).

LI82.85-P-058582

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Apple products (iPhone or iPod) are not charged via the serial USB interface of the COMAND Online control unit (A40/3) in the stowage compartment of the center console.

LI46.10-P-057961

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Surface damage on steering wheel trim

GI88.40-P-057430

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Message in instrument cluster "DISTRONIC PLUSCurrently Unavailable - See Owner's Manual"

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.