Saturday, August 8, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Mercedes-Benz AMG C43 2015–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC-202203005 · NHTSA communication 10209874 · issued Mar 11, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2015–2018
model years
33
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mercedes-Benz AG (â MBAGâ ), the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz, has determined that on certain MY 2015-2018 C-Class and GLC-Class (205 and 253 platform) vehicles, the software for the powertrain control unit may not correspond to the current production specifications. It is possible that the next maintenance interval is displayed to the user as a negative distance reading in the instrument cluster. What Weâ re Doing MBUSA will conduct a service campaign. An authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer will update the powertrain control unit software.

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.