Mercedes-Benz E350 2003–2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin LI32-22-P-048597 · NHTSA communication 10033627 · issued Mar 5, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2003–2010
model years
13
vehicle entries
Official summary
Mercedes benz (xentry): vehicle drops at rear axle, display message-airmatic-service required. The vehicle drops at the rear axle after standing for a long time. Damaged sealing rings in air suspension element on rear axle can lead to microscopic leak and thus gradual lose air; air suspension element on rear axle installed twisted, leading to extreme load on connection piece of air pressure line and leakage at thread. Models 212.0##/212.2##. *pe updated 4/18/11. *pe updated 10/14/11. *pe updated 4/26/12. *kb updated 5/16/2012. *js
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.