# Service bulletin SSM43818

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10106022
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-06\-12
- Manufacturer's number: SSM43818
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-01\-05
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER

## NHTSA's summary

"RE\-ISSUED DEC 2015 ISSUE: BRAKE CALIPER DISCOLOURATION. CAUSE: DAMAGE TO THE CALIPER FINISH WHILE CLEANING THE VEHICLE AND, OR THE ROAD WHEELS"

## 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

Brakes, Brake caliper

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2015 LAND ROVER LR2
- 2005 to 2009 LAND ROVER LR3
- 2010 to 2015 LAND ROVER LR4
- 2003 to 2012 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
- 2012 to 2015 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE
- 2006 to 2015 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V563000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V563000.md), 2012-12-06: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [LTB00592NAS3](/bulletins/10204758.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER; BACK OVER PREVENTION; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. Technical Bulletin: Front Brake 'Squeal' Noise
- [LTB00592NAS2](/bulletins/10204757.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER; BACK OVER PREVENTION; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. Technical Bulletin: Front Brake 'Squeal' Noise 2014 Onwards
- [LTB00592NAS1](/bulletins/10204756.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. Technical Bulletin: Front Brake 'Squeal' Noise 2014 Onwards
- [SSM74040](/bulletins/10149078.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. Issue: During a brake pad change it may become apparent that the brake pad pins have become corroded to the caliper housing.
- [SSM72161](/bulletins/10103921.md), 2017-06-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER. "ISSUE. THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER PISTON DUST BOOT IS FOUND TO BE SPLIT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS HAVING A ROUTINE SERVICE, OR REPAIR FOR ANY OTHER REASON. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS FOR EXAMPLES OF THE CONCERN. THE SPLIT CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE PISTON, ALTHOUGH MOST LIKELY TO BE SEEN THROUGH THE CALIPER WINDOW ADJACENT TO THE PISTON. CAUSE. CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION."
- [SSM 71990](/bulletins/10102426.md), 2017-06-02, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. "ISSUE: INSTANCES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WHERE L538 CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED SYMPTOMS RELATED TO SEIZED FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE DISCOLOURATION OF THE DISCS , SMOKE FROM THE FRONT WHEELS AND/OR CONTINUOUS BRAKE NOISE WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. CAUSE: INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ROOT CAUSE OF BRAKE CALIPER SEIZURE ARE ONGOING WITHIN JLR"
- [SSM71258](/bulletins/10101262.md), 2017-05-31, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. "ISSUE: FRONT BRAKE CALLIPERS APPEAR TO BE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. CAUSE: ASSEMBLY GREASE/FLUID IS PRESENT FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND GIVES A SIMILAR APPEARANCE TO A BRAKE FLUID LEAK."
- [SSM 71258](/bulletins/10101103.md), 2017-05-30, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. "ISSUE: FRONT BRAKE CALLIPERS APPEAR TO BE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. CAUSE: ASSEMBLY GREASE/ FLUID IS PRESENT FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND GIVES A SIMILAR APPEARANCE TO A BRAKE FLUID LEAK."
- [P029NAS1](/bulletins/10065869.md), 2016-05-19, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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