Service bulletin SSM54417
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 |
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| NHTSA id | 10103481 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2017-06-06 |
| Manufacturer's number | SSM54417 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2015-01-05 |
| NHTSA component | STEERING:RACK AND PINION; EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT |
NHTSA's summary
"ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT A CONCERN OF EXCESSIVE HUMMING NOISE AND OR RUMBLE OR HIGH PITCHED WHINE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER DIAGNOSIS IDENTIFIES THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY. CAUSE: THE PINION TAIL BEARING IS WORN DUE TO STATIC OVER LOADING."
The document
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Components
Equipment and accessories, Steering, Transmission and driveline, Differential, Steering gear
| LAND ROVER LR2 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
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Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| SSM46477 | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. "RE-ISSUED DEC 2015 ISSUE: EXCESSIVE RUMBLE/HUMMING NOISE OR HIGH PITCHED WHINE COMING FORM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE CAUSE: ROOT CAUSE, PINION TAIL BEARING SPALLING CAUSED BY SUBSURFACE MATERIAL DEFORMATION. CAUSE OF SUBSURFACE DEFORMATION IS STATIC OVERLOAD." |
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| SSM72132 | 2017-06-06. Service bulletin. "ISSUED JANUARY 2015. ISSUE: A TECHNICIAN MAY FIND WHEN REPLACING THE M66 GEARBOX TURRET HOUSING FOR A GEAR CHANGE SELECTION OR STOP/START FAULT THAT AN INCORRECT TURRET MAY BE SUPPLIED. THIS AFFECTS: VEHICLES FITTED WITH M66 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS FREELANDER 2/LR2 (LF) MODEL YEAR: 2013-2014 (VIN: DH321215-EH439912) RANGE ROVER EVOQUE (LV) MODEL YEAR: 2013 ONWARDS (VIN: DH85818 ONWARDS) CAUSE: IN MARCH 2013 A HALL EFFECT SENSOR TURRET WAS INTRODUCED, BUT WAS NOT GIVEN A SERVICE PART NUMBER. DEALERS ORDERING PART NO.LR022071 MAY HAVE EITHER THE AN INDUCTIVE OR HALL EFFECT TURRET SUPPLIED. THIS MAY BE INCORRECT FOR THE VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED." |
| SSM66837 | 2017-06-02. Service bulletin. ISSUE: THE GEARSHIFT INTERLOCK BUTTON INOPERATIVE OR SPRING HAS COME ADRIFT (SEE APPENDIX 1) CAUSE: THE INTERLOCK BUTTON MECHANISM HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO PREVENT THIS ISSUE FROM VIN NO. H372254 UK BUILD L910950 PUNE BUILD ACTION: TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE PLEASE REPLACE THE GEAR SELECTOR KNOB ONLY |
| SSM71947 | 2017-06-01. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: WHEN INVESTIGATING A CUSTOMER REPORTED STEERING ISSUE IT IS FOUND THAT THERE IS OIL/FLUID PRESENT AROUND THE STEERING GEAR INPUT SHAFT. CAUSE: OIL OR GREASE LEAK PAST INPUT SHAFT SEAL THROUGH NORMAL USE OR SEAL FAILURE." |
| SSM66837 | 2017-06-01. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: THE GEARSHIFT INTERLOCK BUTTON INOPERATIVE OR SPRING HAS COME ADRIFT (SEE ATTACHED) CAUSE: THE INTERLOCK BUTTON MECHANISM HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO PREVENT THIS ISSUE FROM VIN NO. H372254 UK BUILD L910950 PUNE BUILD" |
| LTB00478NAS2 | 2017-05-26. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: A ‘TRANSMISSION FAULT-TRACTION REDUCED’ MESSAGE MAY BE DISPLAYED IN THE MESSAGE CENTER AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1889-14 OR P0961-62 MAY BE STORED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM). NOTE: ANY REPAIRS OTHER THAN CONFIGURING THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM) MUST BE CARRIED OUT AS A SEPARATE CLAIM. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM) DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION BEING TOO SENSITIVE, LEADING TO THE FALSE DETECTION OF OPEN CIRCUITS OR STICKING VALVES IN THE ACTIVE ON-DEMAND COUPLING ASSEMBLY." |
| SSM60517 | 2017-04-13. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: FOLLOWING WARRANTY ANALYSIS OF STEERING RACKS REPORTED TO BE LEAKING, 75% HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NO FAULT FOUND, FOLLOWING TESTING. CAUSE: LAND ROVER ENGINEERING HAVE RECENTLY VISITED DEALERSHIPS WHERE A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR FOR AN OIL LEAK IN THE AREA OF THE PINION HOUSING, CASTING, YOKE PLUG OR THE GAITER ADJACENT TO THE PINION HOUSING. FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK PATH WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING FROM THE SUPPLY AND RETURN HOSE O-RING SEALS." |
| SSM-71947 | 2014-12-02. Service bulletin. LAND ROVER: DUE TO A SEAL FAILURE OR LEAKAGE OF OIL OR GREASE, PAST INPUT SHAFT SEAL, WITH NORMAL OPERATION, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH STEERING OR STEERING GEARS. MODEL LR4 (L319), LR2 (L359), RANGE ROVER SPORT (L320). *PE |
| SSM-71788 | 2014-11-22. Service bulletin. LAND ROVER: DUE TO DAMAGE TO INNER BALL JOINT (IBJ), ON SOME VEHICLES, THE STEERING GEAR IS REPLACED DUE TO INNER BALL JOINT, AS A SEPARATE LEVEL REPAIR, WAS NOT AVAILABLE. MODEL FREELANDER 2, LR2. *PE |
| LTB-00478-NAS-2 | 2013-12-04. Service bulletin. LAND ROVER: IN THE MESSAGE CENTER, TRANSMISSION FAULT TRACTION REDUCED, IS DISPLAYED AND MAY BE STORED IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL MODULE (RDCM), ON SOME VEHICLES. MODEL 2009-2011 LR2. *PE |