GetSuggestedCategories for Motors site

GetSuggestedCategories returns "Search Service Not Available Temporarily" when the call is made against siteID - 100 (Motors site)

GetSuggestedCategories returns response as below when the call is made against siteID - 100 (Motors site)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetSuggestedCategoriesResponse 
  xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <Timestamp>2022-09-07T12:19:49.520Z</Timestamp>
  <Ack>Failure</Ack>
  <Errors>
    <ShortMessage>Search Service Not Available Temporarily</ShortMessage>
    <LongMessage>Search Service Not Available Temporarily, Please Come Back Later</LongMessage>
    <ErrorCode>12214</ErrorCode>
    <SeverityCode>Error</SeverityCode>
    <ErrorClassification>SystemError</ErrorClassification>
  </Errors>
  <Version>1173</Version>
  <Build>E1173_CORE_API5_19110890_R1</Build>
</GetSuggestedCategoriesResponse>

Resolution: For motors category recommendations, please make the call against SiteID 0 to get category recommendations.

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