Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE43 2012–2018 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin LI46.10-P-054699 · NHTSA communication 10166999 · issued Feb 18, 2014

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Suspension

component

2012–2018

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Cracking, clunking noise when braking the vehicle to a stop or when moving off, when the suspension compresses and rebounds at the front axle. Sometimes a single jolt can also be felt at the steering wheel.

Vehicles covered

2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE43
2017 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE43
2018 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE43
2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63
2017 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63
2018 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63
2018 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63S
2012 Mercedes-Benz AMG ML63
2013 Mercedes-Benz AMG ML63
2014 Mercedes-Benz AMG ML63
2015 Mercedes-Benz AMG ML63
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE
2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE300D
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE300D
2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE350
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE350
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE350D
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE 400
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE400
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE400
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE450
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE450
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE550
2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE 550 E
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE550E
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE550E
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE63S
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE63S
2012 Mercedes-Benz ML350
2013 Mercedes-Benz ML350
2014 Mercedes-Benz ML350
2015 Mercedes-Benz ML350
2013 Mercedes-Benz ML400
2014 Mercedes-Benz ML400
2015 Mercedes-Benz ML400
2012 Mercedes-Benz ML500
2013 Mercedes-Benz ML500
2014 Mercedes-Benz ML500
2015 Mercedes-Benz ML500
2012 Mercedes-Benz ML550
2013 Mercedes-Benz ML550
2014 Mercedes-Benz ML550
2015 Mercedes-Benz ML550

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.