{"nhtsa_id":11018296,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-05-14","date":"2025-05-13","document_id":"LI32.50-P-079304","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Complaint Harsh shift feeling followed immediately by \"Suspension Malfunction\" on instrument cluster and accompanied by either: P0AFB00 in A79/8 OR U013287 B210A00 in M67/X Cause Software timing with 48V and suspension systems. Remedy Update the Integrated Starter Alternator control unit (A79/8) software. Note that A79/8 has two listed software numbers on the quick test, updating the control unit should update the pair to the following combinations (example attached for software number locations): • A7259026400 and A7259030801 • A7259026700 and A7259031401 • A7259026800 and A7259031601","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018296-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018296-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11018296","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":["P0AFB"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 500","year_from":2021,"year_to":2021,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 500","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 500 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 580","year_from":2021,"year_to":2021,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 580","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 580 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 580 E","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"S 580 E 4MATIC","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-MAYBACH","model":"S 580","year_from":2021,"year_to":2021,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-MAYBACH","model":"S 580 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-MAYBACH","model":"S 680","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCEDES-MAYBACH","model":"S 680 4MATIC","year_from":2022,"year_to":2023,"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":[]}