{"nhtsa_id":616321,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-02-22","date":"1998-08-01","document_id":"SSIMBNA4026A","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"SSIMBNA40265","component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FOR OFF-VEHICLE WHEEL BALANCING, MBNA STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT ALL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LIGHT ALLOY WHEELS AND STEEL WHEELS FOR WINTER TIRES MOUNTED ON MERCEDES-BENZ VEHICLES, BE BALANCED USING BALANCING EQUIPMENT AS RECOMMENDED IN THE MB STANDARD SERVICE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM CATALOG. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS REQUIRED THAT MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERS EQUIP BALANCING EQUIPMENT WITH MB SPECIAL CENTERING TOOLS, THE DUO-EXPERT CENTERING ADAPTER AND CORRESPONDING FLANGE PLATE ADAPTER. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616321","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"MERCEDES BENZ","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":[]}