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Service bulletin SSM71788

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 id10101460
Published by NHTSA2017-05-31
Manufacturer's numberSSM71788
Manufacturer's date2014-03-18
NHTSA componentSTEERING:LINKAGES

NHTSA's summary

"ISSUE: IN INSTANCES WHERE DEALERS HAVE IDENTIFIED DAMAGE TO THE INNER BALL JOINT (IBJ) OF STEERING GEARS ON FREELANDER 2/LR2 PRODUCTS, DEALERS HAVE BEEN REPLACING COMPLETE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. CAUSE: PREVIOUSLY, THE INNER BALL JOINTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AS SEPARATE LOWER LEVEL REPAIR ITEMS THROUGH MICROCAT."

The document

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Components

Steering, Tie rods and steering linkage

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER LR22008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SSM605172017-04-13. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: FOLLOWING WARRANTY ANALYSIS OF STEERING RACKS REPORTED TO BE LEAKING, 75% HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NO FAULT FOUND, FOLLOWING TESTING. CAUSE: LAND ROVER ENGINEERING HAVE RECENTLY VISITED DEALERSHIPS WHERE A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR FOR AN OIL LEAK IN THE AREA OF THE PINION HOUSING, CASTING, YOKE PLUG OR THE GAITER ADJACENT TO THE PINION HOUSING. FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK PATH WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING FROM THE SUPPLY AND RETURN HOSE O-RING SEALS."