# Service bulletin SSM56457

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- 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

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine, Fuel system, Fuel injection

## Vehicles listed

- 1989 to 1993 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
- 1994 to 1997 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
- 1998 to 2004 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II
- 1997 to 2001 LAND ROVER FREELANDER
- 2002 to 2005 LAND ROVER FREELANDER
- 2006 LAND ROVER FREELANDER
- 2008 to 2015 LAND ROVER LR2
- 2005 to 2009 LAND ROVER LR3
- 2010 to 2015 LAND ROVER LR4
- 1988 to 2015 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
- 2006 to 2015 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM71894](/bulletins/10101781.md), 2017-06-01, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. "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."
- [LTB00409NAS3](/bulletins/10100823.md), 2017-05-26, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM; ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL. "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](/bulletins/10051839.md), 2013-04-15, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. 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

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