# Service bulletin SSM70878

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10101261
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-05\-31
- Manufacturer's number: SSM70878
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-02\-03
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

"ISSUE: ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF FRONT DRIVE SHAFTS \(HALF SHAFTS\) RUBBER BOOTS SPLIT OR DAMAGED ON LAND ROVER / RANGE ROVER VEHICLES IN WARRANTY. CAUSE: UNKNOWN – ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION ON\-GOING."

## 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

Transmission and driveline, Driveshaft

## Vehicles listed

- 2007 LAND ROVER LR2
- 2008 to 2014 LAND ROVER LR2
- 2010 to 2014 LAND ROVER LR4
- 2003 to 2014 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
- 2012 to 2014 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE
- 2005 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT
- 2006 to 2014 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [08V635000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V635000.md), 2008-12-03: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [LTB00909NAS1](/bulletins/10105742.md), 2017-06-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. SITUATION: THE MESSAGE “2 WHEEL DRIVE ONLY, TRACTION REDUCED” MAY BE DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THERE MAY ALSO BE AN OIL SMELL IN THE VEHICLE CABIN.
- [SSM72375](/bulletins/10105664.md), 2017-06-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. "ISSUE: DISCOVERY SPORT \(LC\) 2015MY \& RANGE ROVER EVOQUE \(LV\) 2014MY ONWARDS FITTED WITH 9HP48 9\-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: 1. WHEN REMOVING THE TRANSMISSION DEALERS ARE REPLACING THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR LINKS DUE TO THEM BEING DAMAGED CAUSE: INVESTIGATION ON RETURNED PARTS SHOW EVIDENT SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE ARTICULATION OF THE BALL JOINT. THE EXCESS ON ARTICULATION ALLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN BALL PIN AND BEARING CASE WHICH COMBINED WITH LOAD PULLS THE BALL OUT OF THE BEARING CASE."
- [LTB00695NAS2](/bulletins/10104941.md), 2017-06-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. "SITUATION: A DRIVELINE VIBRATION, FELT THROUGH THE FLOOR AND/OR SEAT ONLY, MAY BE EVIDENT WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN 7TH/8TH GEAR AT VEHICLE SPEEDS ABOVE 100KPH/62MPH WHILE ON OVERRUN AND/OR LIGHT THROTTLE. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY 'FORCING' \(ECCENTRICITY BETWEEN THE DRIVESHAFT AND DIFFERENTIAL AT THE COUPLING\) FROM THE FRONT AND/OR REAR DRIVELINE."
- [SSM61017](/bulletins/10102002.md), 2017-06-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. "ISSUE: THE CUSTOMER REPORTS A CLICK NOISE WHILE MANOEUVRING AT LOW SPEEDS – LR2 / FREELANDER 2 ONLY. THE ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED AS A CLICK NOISE FROM A FRONT DRIVE SHAFT \(HALF SHAFT\). CAUSE: SMALL AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT OF THE SPLINES OF THE SHAFT WITHIN THE HUB."
- [TB\-3809\-3B](/bulletins/10034124.md), 2010-10-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. LAND ROVER: REAR DRIVESHAFT CENTER MOUNT BEARING BRACKET. ON CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES MAY HAVE A CONCERN WITH QUALITY OF THE PROJECTION WELDING OF THE DRIVESHAFT CENTER BEARING MOUNT BRACKET. THE BRACKET MAY NOT IN ALL CASES HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY WELDED. \*PE

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