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Service bulletin LTB00909NAS1

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 id10105742
Published by NHTSA2017-06-09
Manufacturer's numberLTB00909NAS1
Manufacturer's date2016-04-25
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

SITUATION: THE MESSAGE “2 WHEEL DRIVE ONLY, TRACTION REDUCED” MAY BE DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THERE MAY ALSO BE AN OIL SMELL IN THE VEHICLE CABIN.

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

Transmission and driveline, Driveshaft

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT2015, 2016
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE2014, 2015, 2016

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
LTB00853NAS12017-06-09. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: A ""RATTLE"" NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR FROM THE UNDERBODY AREA MAY BE EVIDENT. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY REDUCED CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE DRIVESHAFT-REAR AND THE DRIVESHAFT-REAR HEAT SHIELD."
SSM723752017-06-08. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: DISCOVERY SPORT (LC) 2015MY & RANGE ROVER EVOQUE (LV) 2014MY ONWARDS FITTED WITH 9HP48 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: 1. WHEN REMOVING THE TRANSMISSION DEALERS ARE REPLACING THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR LINKS DUE TO THEM BEING DAMAGED CAUSE: INVESTIGATION ON RETURNED PARTS SHOW EVIDENT SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE ARTICULATION OF THE BALL JOINT. THE EXCESS ON ARTICULATION ALLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN BALL PIN AND BEARING CASE WHICH COMBINED WITH LOAD PULLS THE BALL OUT OF THE BEARING CASE."
SSM708782017-05-31. Service bulletin. "ISSUE: ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF FRONT DRIVE SHAFTS (HALF SHAFTS) RUBBER BOOTS SPLIT OR DAMAGED ON LAND ROVER / RANGE ROVER VEHICLES IN WARRANTY. CAUSE: UNKNOWN – ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION ON-GOING."