{"nhtsa_id":10030940,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2009-12-24","date":"2009-07-07","document_id":"SB-P-047231","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT; STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"MERCEDES: UNEVEN STEERING FORCES WHEN STEERING FROM LOCK TO LOCK. INCREASED STEERING FORCES IN CERTAIN POSITIONS. APPROXIMATELY EVERY 90 DEGREES A PRESSURE POINT CAN BE FELT WHICH MUST BE OVERCOME BY INCREASED FORCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. UNIVERSAL JOINT IN STEERING COUPLING, (STEER COUPLING) HAS EXCESSIVE RESISTANCE. REPLACE STEERING COUPLING (STEER COUPLING). NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10030940","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"steering-column","name":"Steering column and wheel","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"GL","year_from":2006,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"ML","year_from":2006,"year_to":2008,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"R","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"R CLASS","year_from":2006,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_mercedes-benz_r-class"]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"R-CLASS","year_from":2007,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_mercedes-benz_r-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":[]}