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Service bulletin LTB-00272-NAS-3

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10043532
Published by NHTSA2012-04-09
Manufacturer's numberLTB-00272-NAS-3
Manufacturer's date2012-02-14
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

LAND ROVER: VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE OR EXHIBIT A HEAVY, INTERNAL KNOCKING NOISE OF STEERING GEAR, WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY WELD SPLATTER CONTAMINATION IN STEERING GEAR PISTON TUBE. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Steering, Power steering

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER LR22008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SSM383032017-06-12. Service bulletin. "RE-ISSUED DEC 2015 ISSUE: WHEN COMPLETING A REPAIR ON COMPONENTS IN THE POWER ASSISTED STEERING SYSTEM, DEBRIS MAY BE FOUND WITHIN THE POWER STEERING FLUID SYSTEM WHICH COULD LEAD TO SYSTEM CONTAMINATION AND A DETERIORATION IN SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. CAUSE: INTERNAL DEBRIS FROM A SUSPECTED COMPONENT MALFUNCTION MAY RESULT IN THE POWER STEERING FLUID BECOMING CONTAMINATED."
LTB00704NAS12017-06-05. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY BULLETIN TO AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING ISSUES. ACTION: WHEN DIAGNOSING CUSTOMER CONCERNS RELATING TO THE HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM, REFER TO THE SERVICE INFORMATION BELOW."
SSM605172017-04-13. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: FOLLOWING WARRANTY ANALYSIS OF STEERING RACKS REPORTED TO BE LEAKING, 75% HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NO FAULT FOUND, FOLLOWING TESTING. CAUSE: LAND ROVER ENGINEERING HAVE RECENTLY VISITED DEALERSHIPS WHERE A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR FOR AN OIL LEAK IN THE AREA OF THE PINION HOUSING, CASTING, YOKE PLUG OR THE GAITER ADJACENT TO THE PINION HOUSING. FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK PATH WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING FROM THE SUPPLY AND RETURN HOSE O-RING SEALS."