Technical Service Bulletins of the 2001 Mercedes Benz 208

There have been 11 technical service bulletins issued for the 2001 Mercedes Benz 208.

1 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 steering power assist pump TSB (Bulletin 463040)

Bulletin Date: Apr. 26, 2006
Component: Steering power assist pump.
Bulletin Summary: Flow noises from area of power steering pump and/or foaming of power steering oil in reservoir.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
1990 Mercedes Benz 129, 1991 Mercedes Benz 129, 1992 Mercedes Benz 129, 1993 Mercedes Benz 129, 1994 Mercedes Benz 129, 1995 Mercedes Benz 129, 1997 Mercedes Benz 129, 2001 Mercedes Benz 129, 2002 Mercedes Benz 129, 1992 Mercedes Benz 140, 1993 Mercedes Benz 140, 1995 Mercedes Benz 140, 1997 Mercedes Benz 140, 1998 Mercedes Benz 140, 1997 Mercedes Benz 170, 1998 Mercedes Benz 170, 1999 Mercedes Benz 170, 2000 Mercedes Benz 170, 2001 Mercedes Benz 170, 2002 Mercedes Benz 170, 2003 Mercedes Benz 170, 2004 Mercedes Benz 170, 1996 Mercedes Benz 202, 1997 Mercedes Benz 202, 1998 Mercedes Benz 202, 1999 Mercedes Benz 202, 2000 Mercedes Benz 202, 2001 Mercedes Benz 202, 2000 Mercedes Benz 203, 2001 Mercedes Benz 203, 2002 Mercedes Benz 203, 2003 Mercedes Benz 203, 2000 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2002 Mercedes Benz 208, 2003 Mercedes Benz 209, 1996 Mercedes Benz 210, 1997 Mercedes Benz 210, 1998 Mercedes Benz 210, 1999 Mercedes Benz 210, 2000 Mercedes Benz 210, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210, 2002 Mercedes Benz 210, 2003 Mercedes Benz 211, 2004 Mercedes Benz 211, 2000 Mercedes Benz 215, 2001 Mercedes Benz 215, 2002 Mercedes Benz 215, 2003 Mercedes Benz 215, 1968 Mercedes Benz 220, 1971 Mercedes Benz 220, 1972 Mercedes Benz 220, 1973 Mercedes Benz 220, 1984 Mercedes Benz 220, 1985 Mercedes Benz 220, 1986 Mercedes Benz 220, 1987 Mercedes Benz 220, 1988 Mercedes Benz 220, 1993 Mercedes Benz 220, 1994 Mercedes Benz 220, 1995 Mercedes Benz 220, 1996 Mercedes Benz 220, 1997 Mercedes Benz 220, 2000 Mercedes Benz 220, 2001 Mercedes Benz 220, 2002 Mercedes Benz 220, 2003 Mercedes Benz 220, 1968 Mercedes Benz 230, 1974 Mercedes Benz 230, 1977 Mercedes Benz 230, 1978 Mercedes Benz 230, 1984 Mercedes Benz 230, 1985 Mercedes Benz 230, 1986 Mercedes Benz 230, 1987 Mercedes Benz 230, 1988 Mercedes Benz 230, 1999 Mercedes Benz 230, 2001 Mercedes Benz 230, 2002 Mercedes Benz 230, 2003 Mercedes Benz 230, 2004 Mercedes Benz 230.

2 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 air bags frontal sensor/control module TSB (Bulletin 076139)

Bulletin Date: Mar. 29, 2004
Component: Air bags frontal sensor/control module.
Bulletin Summary: Air mass sensors.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210, 2001 Mercedes Benz C Class, 2001 Mercedes Benz Cl Class, 2001 Mercedes Benz Clk Class, 2001 Mercedes Benz E Class, 2001 Mercedes Benz S Class, 2001 Mercedes Benz Sl Class.

3 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 equipment TSB (Bulletin PB8285182)

Bulletin Date: Dec. 27, 2001
Component: Equipment.
Bulletin Summary: Some vehicles may exhibit an inoperative comand unit.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2000 Mercedes Benz 203, 2001 Mercedes Benz 203, 2000 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2000 Mercedes Benz 210, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210.

4 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 equipment TSB (Bulletin PI8264139A)

Bulletin Date: Aug. 1, 2001
Component: Equipment.
Bulletin Summary: Subject regarding voice activated cellular telephone / cd changer installation instructions.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2002 Mercedes Benz 208.

5 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 equipment TSB (Bulletin PI8264140A)

Bulletin Date: Aug. 1, 2001
Component: Equipment.
Bulletin Summary: Service information regarding voice activated cellular telephone / cd changer installation.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2002 Mercedes Benz 208.

6 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 equipment TSB (Bulletin PB8285152)

Bulletin Date: Aug. 1, 2001
Component: Equipment.
Bulletin Summary: Subject regarding concerns with comand not responding to voice inputs from the voice control system.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210.

7 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 power window devices and controls TSB (Bulletin 48012)

Bulletin Date: May. 15, 2001
Component: Power window devices and controls.
Bulletin Summary: Subject regarding improved touch-shifters (electronic selector modules) which are more resistant to fluid contamination are available for certain models.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2000 Mercedes Benz 170, 2001 Mercedes Benz 170, 2000 Mercedes Benz 202, 2001 Mercedes Benz 202, 2000 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2000 Mercedes Benz 210, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210.

8 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 interior/under dash wiring TSB (Bulletin 42012)

Bulletin Date: Apr. 27, 2001
Component: Interior/under dash wiring.
Bulletin Summary: Brief information regarding touch shifters (esm - electronic selector modules) on model year 2000 - 2001 models.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2000 Mercedes Benz 170, 2001 Mercedes Benz 170, 2000 Mercedes Benz 202, 2001 Mercedes Benz 202, 2000 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2000 Mercedes Benz 210, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210.

9 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 front seats assembly seat heater/cooler TSB (Bulletin 41012)

Bulletin Date: Apr. 26, 2001
Component: Front seats assembly seat heater/cooler.
Bulletin Summary: Customer complaints of localized temperature differences in the seat during operation, particularly in the vicinity of the backrest side cusion adjacent to the door on 2000 and 2001 models.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2000 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 208.

10 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 equipment TSB (Bulletin 31012)

Bulletin Date: Apr. 12, 2001
Component: Equipment.
Bulletin Summary: Customer complaints that spoken commands for the audio feature are not being carried out by the command unit intermittently.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2001 Mercedes Benz 203, 2001 Mercedes Benz 208, 2001 Mercedes Benz 210, 2001 Mercedes Benz 215, 2001 Mercedes Benz 220.

11 2001 Mercedes Benz 208 interior/under dash wiring TSB (Bulletin 82002)

Bulletin Date: Dec. 5, 2000
Component: Interior/under dash wiring.
Bulletin Summary: Some vehicles within VIN range 167254 up to 177744 may have been shipped without the instrument cluster version coding set for e-call exists.
Vehicles covered in this TSB:
2001 Mercedes Benz 208.


Also see Common problems of Mercedes Benz 208.