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Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin NCU - 2024030005 · NHTSA communication 10253705 · issued Apr 18, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

This is to notify you of an Emission Service Campaign launch to update the Engine Control Unit software on 16 Model Year (MY) 2017 GLS vehicles (166 platform). The vehicles will be visible and flagged in VMI as OPEN on April 19, 2024. Mercedes-Benz AG (MBAG), the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, has determined that on certain Model Year (MY) 2017 GLS vehicles (166 platform), the engine control unit software does not correspond to the current series production configuration. MBUSA will conduct an Emission Service Campaign in which an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer will update the engine

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.