# Service bulletin SSM 71990

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10102426
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-06\-02
- Manufacturer's number: SSM 71990
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-09\-22
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER

## NHTSA's summary

"ISSUE: INSTANCES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WHERE L538 CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED SYMPTOMS RELATED TO SEIZED FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE DISCOLOURATION OF THE DISCS , SMOKE FROM THE FRONT WHEELS AND/OR CONTINUOUS BRAKE NOISE WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. CAUSE: INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ROOT CAUSE OF BRAKE CALIPER SEIZURE ARE ONGOING WITHIN JLR"

## 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

Brakes, Brake caliper

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2014 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V563000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V563000.md), 2012-12-06: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM43818](/bulletins/10106022.md), 2017-06-12, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. "RE\-ISSUED DEC 2015 ISSUE: BRAKE CALIPER DISCOLOURATION. CAUSE: DAMAGE TO THE CALIPER FINISH WHILE CLEANING THE VEHICLE AND, OR THE ROAD WHEELS"
- [P029NAS1](/bulletins/10065869.md), 2016-05-19, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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