{"nhtsa_id":10181195,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-10-19","date":"2020-09-14","document_id":"Initial NCU MY13","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (?MBUSA?) has entered into an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and the California Attorney General?s Office (CA AG) regarding the emission control system in certain MercedesBenz diesel vehicles. As part of this agreement, MBUSA will offer field measures referred to as the Approved Emission Modification (?AEM?) for the affected vehicles. As a result, certain vehicles covered under this notification cannot be sold or caused to be sold, or leased or cause to be leased, or introduced into commerce, or exported from the United States to another country, until after the AEM described in this notification is performed. An authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer will install the AEM at a later date at no cost to the Owner/Lessee.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181195-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181195-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10181195","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"AMG GLE63","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"AMG ML63","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLE350","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLE400","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLE450","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLE550E","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLE63S","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLK250","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLK350","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLS450","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"ML250","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"ML350","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"ML400","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"ML500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"ML550","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}