{"nhtsa_id":618807,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-05-01","date":"2001-02-01","document_id":"2001010001","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENGINE COVER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE. THIS CONTACT MAY ALSO OCCUR IF THE ENGINE COVER HAS BEEN IMPROPERLY REINSTALLED AFTER MAINTENANCE. SUBSEQUENT CHAFING COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A LOSS OF COOLANT DUE TO A DAMAGED UPPER RADIATOR HOSE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618807","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","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":[]}