{"nhtsa_id":10030941,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2009-12-24","date":"2009-07-06","document_id":"SB-P-047124","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"MERCEDES: CRACKING NOISE FROM THE AREA OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL/FIREWALL WHEN CORNERING, DURING THROTTLE LIFT OFF AND ON UNEVEN ROADS. STRESS AT THE SPOT WELDS ON THE FIREWALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE BRAKE BOOSTER CAN RESULT IN CRACKING NOISES. NO RIGHT HAND DRIVE. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10030941","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"instrument-cluster","name":"Instrument cluster","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SL","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SL","year_from":2007,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SL CLASS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercedes-benz_sl-class","1997_mercedes-benz_sl-class","1998_mercedes-benz_sl-class","1999_mercedes-benz_sl-class"]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SL CLASS","year_from":2001,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_mercedes-benz_sl-class","2002_mercedes-benz_sl-class","2003_mercedes-benz_sl-class","2004_mercedes-benz_sl-class","2005_mercedes-benz_sl-class","2006_mercedes-benz_sl-class"]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SL CLASS","year_from":2009,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_mercedes-benz_sl-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":[]}