Vehicle report

2008 MERCEDES BENZ SL

Service bulletins

8 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.

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

SB-32-25-82

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES-BENZ: SHOCK ABSORBER PROCEDURE. *RM

C1A-091101

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES BENZ: REPROGRAM MBRACE (N123/4) DIALED NUMBERS TO HUGHES. THIS ACTION APPLIES TO NEW VEHICLE INVENTORY ONLY. *PE

SB-P047464

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES BENZ (DAIMLER): IMPLAUSIBLE GEAR INDICATOR IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER; SHIFT PADDLES NONFUNCTIONAL. NO REACTION TO CHANGES AT TRANSMISSION MODE ROTARY SWITCH (M/S/C); NO REACTION TO SHIFT PADDLES (UPSHIFT/DOWNSHIFT) ON STEERING WHEEL; TRANSMISSION MODE DISPLAY IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CHANGES WITHOUT PLAUSIBLE REASON. MALFUNCTION AT STEERING COLUMN TUBE MODULE (SCM). (230.470) NO MODEL YEAR OR MODEL LISTED. *PE

SB-P-047124

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES: CRACKING NOISE FROM THE AREA OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL/FIREWALL WHEN CORNERING, DURING THROTTLE LIFT OFF AND ON UNEVEN ROADS. STRESS AT THE SPOT WELDS ON THE FIREWALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE BRAKE BOOSTER CAN RESULT IN CRACKING NOISES. NO RIGHT HAND DRIVE. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

TSB-42-10-109

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES: CORROSION PROTECTION COATINGS FOR BRAKE COMPONENTS AND HARDWARE MAY BE DAMAGED AND OR STRIPPED AWAY IF HIGHLY CONCENTRATED ACID BASED CLEANERS ARE USED. ONCE THE CORROSION PROTECTION IS DAMAGED OR REMOVED THE BRAKE COMPONENTS AND OR HARDWARE CAN BEGIN TO CORRODE. INCLUDE ALL MODELS AND MODEL YEARS. *PE

SB-090930

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MERCEDES: THE LIMITED WARRANTY ON THE SBC HYDRAULIC UNIT FOR MODELS 211, MODEL 219 AND MODELS 230 WAS EXTENDED FROM THE ORIGINAL 4 YEARS/50,000 MILES TO 10 YEARS WITH NO MILEAGE LIMITATION. THE SBC HYDRAULIC UNIT EXTENDED LIMITED WARRANTY APPLIES TO ALL CONDITIONS THAT JUSTIFY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SBC HYDRAULIC UNIT UNDER THE STANDARD WARRANTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS. *PE

2008020004

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

MODELS SL500, SL600, SL550, SL55, SL65, MODEL YEAR 2008 - REPLACE LEFT DOOR LOCK. *NJ

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