{"nhtsa_id":10217155,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-08-04","date":"2022-07-11","document_id":"LI32.35-P-075054","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Complaint Knocking noises from the front axle when redirecting (right/left) and driving slowly. Cause Front axle sway bar end links have too much play in the ball joint, hence the noises. Remedy Carry out a test drive following a slow slalom course. If knocking noises occur when doing so, the sway bar end link must first be disconnected at the respective side. Check for play and replace sway bar end link if necessary.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10217155-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10217155-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10217155","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 500 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2022,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 580 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2022,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-MAYBACH","model":"S 580 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2022,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-MAYBACH","model":"S 680 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2022,"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":[]}