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
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2009 MERCEDES BENZ SLR
Service bulletins
8 bulletinsTechnical 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-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
LI4620-P-048650
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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
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-2008120005
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
MERCEDES: SOME VEHICLES WERE DELIVERED WITHOUT CONVERTIBLE SOFT TOP LINKAGE COVERS. THE DEALER WILL INSTALL THE CONVERTIBLE SOFT TOP LINKAGE COVERS AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP VISIT. MODEL 199 (SLR (MCLAREN), SLR ROADSTER (MCLAREN)). *PE
2008070005
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
MERCEDES BENZ: REPLACE REAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL IN MODELS 219 AND 230; MODEL YEARS 2009. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL MAY HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH THE INCORRECT GEAR OIL. *PE
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