Service bulletin LTB00478NAS2

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10100824
Published by NHTSA	2017-05-26
Manufacturer's number	LTB00478NAS2
Manufacturer's date	2013-08-20
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

"SITUATION: A ‘TRANSMISSION FAULT-TRACTION REDUCED’ MESSAGE MAY BE DISPLAYED IN THE MESSAGE CENTER AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1889-14 OR P0961-62 MAY BE STORED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM). NOTE: ANY REPAIRS OTHER THAN CONFIGURING THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM) MUST BE CARRIED OUT AS A SEPARATE CLAIM. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM) DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION BEING TOO SENSITIVE, LEADING TO THE FALSE DETECTION OF OPEN CIRCUITS OR STICKING VALVES IN THE ACTIVE ON-DEMAND COUPLING ASSEMBLY."

The document

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Components

Driver assistance, Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Differential, Software

Trouble codes named

P0961, P1889

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER LR2	2009, 2010, 2011

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

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SSM72531	2017-06-12. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: SYMPTOM: - ENGINE MIL ILLUMINATED ON IPC. ROUGH IDLE, HESITATION AND/OR LOSS OF POWER. ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DTCS MAY BE SET IN THE PCM: • P008A, • P008B, • P2542. CAUSE: SUB-OPTIMAL PCM SOFTWARE CALIBRATION"
SSM72237	2017-06-12. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: APPLICABLE TO VEHICLES FITTED WITH EFFICIENT DRIVELINE ONLY. NOT APPLICABLE TO VEHICLES FITTED WITH ACTIVE DRIVELINE. LOSS OF ALL WHEEL DRIVE FUNCTIONALITY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE ONLY.CAUSE: DURING REPLACEMENT AND CONFIGURATION OF A NEW RDCM, DAMAGE MAY BE CAUSED TO THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) WITHIN THE RDCM DUE TO THE CONNECTION OF THE BATTERY EARTH CABLE."
SSM72011	2017-06-09. Service bulletin. "ISSUE THE WRONG COMPONENT MAYBE REPLACED WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN CAR. CAUSE THE FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE(TOUCHSCREEN) HAS NO EFFECT ON BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN THE CAR AND AS SUCH MAY BE INCORRECTLY DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED AS THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE."
LTB00829NAS1	2017-06-09. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: THE VEHICLE BATTERY IMAY BE FLAT OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES/WARNING LIGHTS MAY BE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER: • FAULTY GENERATOR • FAULTY BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM (BMS) • THE CHARGE WARNING INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. CAUSE: THE POWER SUPPLY IS A FULLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES SDD TO DIAGNOSE OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY ROBUSTLY TO MAKE SURE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS MET VIA RIGHT FIRST TIME DIAGNOSIS."
LTB00782NAS1	2017-06-08. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: A NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION SHIFT QUALITY CONCERNS MAY BE EVIDENT. EXAMPLES ARE: • A ROUGH GEAR CHANGE OR 'JERK' FROM STATIONARY WHEN SELECTING DRIVE(D) FROM NEUTRAL(N). • A ROUGH GEAR CHANGE OR 'JERK' WHEN RELEASING THE FOOT BRAKE FROM A STATIONARY POSITION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE(D) (HANDBRAKE NOT APPLIED). FOR EXAMPLE, IN A TRAFFIC JAM OR PULLING AWAY FROM TRAFFIC LIGHTS. • A ROUGH GEAR CHANGE OR 'JERK' WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON COASTDOWN FROM SIXTH GEAR (OFF ACCELERATOR) BUT ONLY WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM FIFTH TO FOURTH GEAR. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING."
SSM72205	2017-06-07. Service bulletin. "ISSUE ONLY APPLICABLE TO SOFTWARE VERSIONS 30.3 (GEN 3) FK72-14C104-AF AND 29.3 (GEN 2) DPLA-14C104-AG WHEN CHECKING FOR FAULT CODES LOGGED IN THE KVM (KEYLESS VEHICLE MODULE) ALSO KNOWN AS THE RFA (REMOTE FUNCTION ACTUATOR) F000-63/U3000-63, CONTROL MODULE - CIRCUIT/ COMPONENT PROTECTION TIME-OUT IS LOGGED. CAUSE THIS DTC IS SET WHEN THE KVM HAS GONE THROUGH A “SELF RESET”"
SSM54417	2017-06-06. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT A CONCERN OF EXCESSIVE HUMMING NOISE AND OR RUMBLE OR HIGH PITCHED WHINE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER DIAGNOSIS IDENTIFIES THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY. CAUSE: THE PINION TAIL BEARING IS WORN DUE TO STATIC OVER LOADING."
SSM72011	2017-06-02. Service bulletin. "ISSUE THE WRONG COMPONENT MAYBE REPLACED WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN CAR. CAUSE THE FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE (TOUCHSCREEN) HAS NO EFFECT ON BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN THE CAR AND AS SUCH MAY BE INCORRECTLY DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED AS THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE"