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Service bulletin LI-72-00-P

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10033074
Published by NHTSA2010-06-30
Manufacturer's numberLI-72-00-P
Manufacturer's date2013-05-01
ReplacesLI-72-00-P055920
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

XENTRY: OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE NO LONGER RETURNS TO END POSITION. DUE TO A BENT PIN IN THE DYNAMIC BALANCER, THE SUPPORT SPRING OF THE BEARING BRACKET CAN SLIDE OUT OF PLACE OR BECOME UNHOOKED. MODELS 164, 251, 166, 204, 212. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE UPDATED 2/1/12. *PE UPDATED 10/3/12. *PE UPDATED 10/21/13. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
MERCEDES BENZ ML320
MERCEDES BENZ ML3201998 to 2003
MERCEDES BENZ ML3202005 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ ML3502003 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ ML430
MERCEDES BENZ ML4301990
MERCEDES BENZ ML4301999 to 2001
MERCEDES BENZ ML5002002 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ ML55
MERCEDES BENZ ML552001 to 2002
MERCEDES BENZ ML5502005 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ ML632005 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ R3202005 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ R5002005 to 2009
MERCEDES BENZ R632005 to 2009
MERCEDES-BENZ R3502005 to 2009

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.