{"nhtsa_id":618812,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-05-01","date":"2001-02-01","document_id":"SSI004071","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, MERCEDES-BENZ ONLY RECOMMENDS THE USE OF MB APPROVED SYNTHETIC MOTOR OIL FOR ALL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE FLEXIBLE SERVICE SYSTEM AS OF MODEL YEAR 1998. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618812","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCEDES BENZ","model":"MERCEDES BENZ","year_from":1998,"year_to":2001,"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":[]}