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Service bulletin SSM61017

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 id10102002
Published by NHTSA2017-06-01
Manufacturer's numberSSM61017
Manufacturer's date2014-08-22
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

NHTSA's summary

"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."

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
LAND ROVER LR22009, 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
SSM708782017-05-31. Service bulletin. "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."