Vehicle report
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.
LI4620-P-048650
MERCEDES BENZ: STEERING GEAR LEAKING. GREASE MARKS (LEAKING) OR SWEATING IN THE AREA OF THE DUST CAP ON THE STEERING GEAR. DUE TO EXCESSIVE GREASE ADDED DURING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS, GREASE EMERGES FROM THE DUST CAP WHEN WARM. THERE IS NO LEAKAGE IN THE STEERING GEAR. CLEAN FOULED AREA. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
LI-58-40
XENTRY (MERCEDES): ENGINE WARNING LAMP IS CURRENTLY ON OR WAS ON AND A DELAY FAULT OF THE CAMSHAFT ADJUST TO CURRENT OR STORED IN THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT. MODELS 171, 203, 209, 211, 219, 221, 216, 230, 164, 251, AND 403. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
TSB-42-10-109
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
202032
LOCATION OF COOLANT HOSE ON CROSS MEMBER. MERCEDES-BENZ MODEL 199. MODEL YEAR UNKNOWN. *TT ( MODEL SLR 2005-2008) UPDATED 9/9/08. *PE
PB-35-31-04
TIGHTENING TORQUE OF DIFFERENTIAL OIL TEMPERATURE SENSOR ON MODEL 199.376 (SLR, MCLAREN) VEHICLES WITH VIN RANGE M000018 TO M000297. *PE
635012
MERCEDES-BENZ - CHAFING ON REAR TRANSVERSE CONTROL ARM, UP TO VIN M001111 MODEL SLR (YEAR UNKNOWN) *NJ
2006100001
INSPECT REAR AXLE TOE; IF NECESSARY, INSTALL BUSHINGS FOR REAR AXLE TOE ADJUSTMENT AND INSTALL OFFSET TRANSVERSE CONTROL ARM AS REQUIRED. *KB
2006100002
CHECK THREADED CONNECTION OF BRAKE CALIPERS AT REAR AXLE; REPLACE WHEEL CARRIER IF NECESSARY. *KB
2006110004
REPLACE FRONT AXLE BRAKE PADS. *KB
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.