# Service bulletin SSM72978

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10097241
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-04\-12
- Manufacturer's number: SSM72978
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-09\-27
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\)

## NHTSA's summary

ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT AN INTERMITTENT MESSAGE ‘HILL DESCENT CONTROL \(HDC\) AND STABILITY ASSIST ARE UNAVAILABLE’ DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. AFFECTS RANGE ROVER AND RANGE ROVER SPORT 16MYONWARDS. THE MESSAGE CAN APPEAR WHERE THE CUSTOMER SWITCHES THE IGNITION ON ONLY BUT DOESN’T START THE ENGINE UNTIL AFTER A PERIOD OF 32 SECONDS. THE FOLLOWING DTC WILL HAVE BEEN LOGGED: \- U0140\-87: ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE \(ABS\) LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE – MISSING MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE WILL CLEAR AT THE NEXT IGNITION CYCLE.

## 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

Brakes, Driver assistance, Equipment and accessories, Anti\-lock brakes

## Trouble codes named

U0140

## Vehicles listed

- 2016 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
- 2016 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM73424](/bulletins/10146355.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. Issue: When using the approved diagnostic equipment to read Diagnostic Trouble Codes \(DTC?s\), there may be a presence of the following DTC stored within the Anti\-Lock Braking System \(ABS\) module. U0001\-82 High Speed CAN Communication Bus \- Alive/sequence counter incorrect / not updated
- [SSM73424](/bulletins/10116980.md), 2017-09-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. Issue: When using the approved diagnostic equipment to read Diagnostic Trouble Codes \(DTC?s\), there may be a presence of the following DTC stored within the Anti\-Lock Braking System \(ABS\) module. U0001\-82 High Speed CAN Communication Bus \- Alive/sequence counter incorrect / not updated.
- [SSM71883](/bulletins/10106167.md), 2017-06-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR; SUSPENSION. CONTAMINATION BETWEEN ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND WHEEL BEARING TONE WHEEL COULD LEAD TO DTC'S
- [LTB00850NAS1](/bulletins/10105917.md), 2017-06-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. "SITUATION: WHEN SELECTING REVERSE \(R\) DURING CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHEN AN ECO STOP/START ACTION IS OCCURRING, THE ENGINE MAY NOT RE\-START AND THE IGNITION WILL TURN OFF. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY AN ANTI\-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM \(ABS\) SOFTWARE, WHICH UNDER VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES CAN CAUSE THIS ISSUE TO OCCUR."

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