{"nhtsa_id":10012825,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2005-03-31","date":"2005-02-01","document_id":"02012005","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IN-USE DAMAGE TO INTERNAL COMPONENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES DUE TO A PRODUCTION DEFICIENCY DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, RESULTING IN THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL ILLUMINATE, OR A READILY RECOGNIZABLE RATTLING NOISE WILL BE HEARD ORIGINATING FROM EITHER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF FROM UNDER THE CAR. (S430, S500 CL500) *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10012825","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"catalytic-converter","name":"Catalytic converter","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"CL CLASS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mercedes-benz_cl-class"]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"S CLASS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mercedes-benz_s-class"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}