{"nhtsa_id":10033608,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2010-08-28","date":"2010-01-05","document_id":"LI4620-P-048650","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"MERCEDES BENZ: STEERING GEAR LEAKING. GREASE MARKS (LEAKING) OR SWEATING IN THE AREA OF THE DUST CAP ON THE STEERING GEAR. DUE TO EXCESSIVE GREASE ADDED DURING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS, GREASE EMERGES FROM THE DUST CAP WHEN WARM. THERE IS NO LEAKAGE IN THE STEERING GEAR. CLEAN FOULED AREA. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10033608","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-gear","name":"Steering gear","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SLR","year_from":2004,"year_to":2009,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"SLR MCLAREN","year_from":2005,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_mercedes-benz_slr-mclaren","2006_mercedes-benz_slr-mclaren","2007_mercedes-benz_slr-mclaren"]}],"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":[]}