Service bulletin SSM56457
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 | 10102683 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2017-06-02 |
| Manufacturer's number | SSM56457 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2014-10-28 |
| NHTSA component | ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM |
NHTSA's summary
"ISSUE: REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF ENGINE DAMAGE OCCURRING, WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE USE OF NON-APPROVED ENGINE INDUCTION / FUEL INJECTION CLEANING EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ""VACU-FLUSH"" TYPE EQUIPMENT. CAUSE: THE USE OF NON-APPROVED EQUIPMENT CAN CAUSE THE ENGINES TO HYDRO-LOCK, OR CAUSE OTHER ENGINE DAMAGE, AND SOMETIMES THE ONLY POSSIBLE REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE."
The document
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Components
Engine, Fuel system, Fuel injection
| LAND ROVER DISCOVERY | 1989 to 1993 |
|---|---|
| LAND ROVER DISCOVERY | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
| LAND ROVER FREELANDER | 1997 to 2001 |
| LAND ROVER FREELANDER | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| LAND ROVER FREELANDER | 2006 |
| LAND ROVER LR2 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| LAND ROVER LR3 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| LAND ROVER LR4 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| SSM71894 | 2017-06-01. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: ONLY APPLICABLE TO L538 (EVOQUE) AND L359 (LR2, FREELANDER 2) VEHICLES FITTED WITH 2.0GTDI ENGINES. WARRANTY DATA INDICATES A VOLUME OF FUEL INJECTORS BEING REPLACED IN RELATION TO THE SYMPTOM OUTLINED BELOW: VEHICLES SUFFERING FROM A MISFIRE AT COLD START AND ON SOME OCCASIONS INTERMITTENT ROUGH RUNNING AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE, WITH VARIOUS DTC'S STORED SUCH AS P0300-00 P0301-00 P0302-00 P0304-00 P1315-00 P0316-00 CAUSE: ENGINEERING WOULD LIKE TO GAIN FURTHER UNDERSTANDING INTO THE CAUSE OF THESE FUEL INJECTOR FAILURES." |
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| LTB00409NAS3 | 2017-05-26. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: THE ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A MISFIRE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY, HARD STARTING, AND / OR A ROUGH IDLE CONDITION. THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) MAY ALSO BE ILLUMINATED WITH MISFIRE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P0301 THROUGH P0308 AND P0316, DEPENDING ON THE AFFECTED CYLINDER(S), STORED IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM). CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY POOR FUEL QUALITY OR FUEL CONTAMINATION, LEADING TO CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS AND RESTRICTING THE FUEL INJECTOR FLOW RATE." |
| SSM-63677 | 2013-04-15. Service bulletin. LAND ROVER: THE FUEL INJECTOR FLOW RATE IS BEING RESTRICTED BY POOR FUEL QUALITY OR FUEL CONTAMINANTS CAUSING HARD STARTING, POOR RUNNING, ROUGH IDLE, MISFIRES AND ENGINE DETONATION. MODELS LR4/L319, RANGE ROVER/L322, RANGE ROVER/L405, RANGE ROVER SPORT/L320. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE |