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Service bulletin SSM72094

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 id10103261
Published by NHTSA2017-06-05
Manufacturer's numberSSM72094
Manufacturer's date2014-12-12
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN

NHTSA's summary

"ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF A SQUEAK OR CREAK FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA ON ROTATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL. RANGE ROVER SPORT L320 ONLY. CAUSE: THE POWER STEERING PINION SEAL LACKS LUBRICATION AND DRIES OUT."

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

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT2007, 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.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SSM73943.1 Attac2018-10-15. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
SSM73943.1 Attac2018-10-15. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
SSM73943.12018-10-15. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
SSM73943 Attachm2018-10-15. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
SSM73943 Attachm2018-10-15. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
SSM739432018-10-15. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
SSM737062018-04-02. Service bulletin. Issue: A customer may express a concern of a 'clonk' noise from underneath the vehicle when driving at low speed. The 'clonk' will be most prominent while accelerating/decelerating and when turning the steering wheel. The noise may be more noticeable when performing a U-turn and applying the throttle.
SSM723872017-06-08. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: RESIDUE BEING LEFT ON STEERING WHEEL WHEN TRANSPORTATION STEERING WHEEL COVER IS REMOVED. CAUSE: UNDER INVESTIGATION"
SSM720302017-06-07. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT A NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH IS CONFIRMED BY THE DEALER AS ORIGINATING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. DISCOVERY 4/LR4 (L319) AND RANGE ROVER SPORT (L320) ONLY. 10 MODEL YEAR ONWARDS. CAUSE: JLR ENGINEERING ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING TO UNDERSTAND ANY SITUATIONS WHERE THE STEERING COLUMN IS THE CAUSE OF NOISE WHEN TURNING."
LTB00774NAS12017-06-07. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL (HSW) MAY OPERATE WHEN NOT REQUESTED. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY A SOFTWARE ERROR IN THE STEERING WHEEL HEATER CONTROL MODULE (SWH)."