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Service bulletin Q160NAS1

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10043917
Published by NHTSA2012-05-02
Manufacturer's numberQ160NAS1
Manufacturer's date2012-03-05
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT

NHTSA's summary

LAND ROVER: SERVICE ACTION: FRONT DRIVE HALFSHAFT OUTBOARD BOOT DEGRADATION. CONSTANT VELOCITY (CV) BOOT COULD SPLIT AT THE SMALL DIAMETER CONVOLUTE OR COULD FAIL IF IGNORED. *JS

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER2010

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

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