{"nhtsa_id":616319,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-02-22","date":"1998-08-01","document_id":"TSIMBNA2901","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SLIGHTLY MORE EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE UPPER END OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL THAN THE REST OF THE BRAKING MOTION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616319","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"163","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"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":[]}