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Mercedes-Benz E250 2013–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC-2022100016 · NHTSA communication 10227152 · issued Nov 15, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2013–2016
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mercedes-Benz AG ("MBAG"), the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, has determined that on certain Model Year (â MYâ ) 2013-2016 E/GLK/GLE/M-Class vehicles, the software for the water pump diagnostics may not correspond to current specifications. This issue has an extremely low rate of occurrence in the field and has no known emissions or fuel economy impact. However, in the rare instance this issue does occur in a vehicle, it may prevent the vehicle from passing certain state inspection requirements (e.g., California SMOG check). What Weâ re Doing MBUSA will conduct an Emission Service Cam

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.