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Service bulletin LTB00594NAS1

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 id10100935
Published by NHTSA2017-05-26
Manufacturer's numberLTB00594NAS1
Manufacturer's date2013-09-27
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

NHTSA's summary

"SITUATION: THE ENGINE MAY NOT START AND BATTERY POWER MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. A MIDTRONICS TEST YIELDS A FAILED BATTERY. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL BATTERY ISSUE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RETENTION OF THE BATTERY COMBINED WITH BATTERY POSITIVE CABLE TRAP UNDER VEHICLE SPARE WHEEL WHICH TRANSFERS FORCES GENERATED BY VEHICLE DYNAMICS (VIBRATION) INTO THE BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL POST, LEADING TO FRACTURES WITHIN THE BATTERY TERMINAL POST AND RESULTING IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION."

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

Electrical system, 12-volt battery

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER2013, 2014
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT2014

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

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