# Service bulletin SSM73706

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
- NHTSA id: 10130721
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-04\-02
- Manufacturer's number: SSM73706
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-01\-08
- NHTSA component: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

## NHTSA's summary

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.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10130721-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10130721-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Steering, Steering column and wheel

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2016 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
- 2014 to 2016 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM73943.1 Attac](/bulletins/10145868.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
- [SSM73943.1 Attac](/bulletins/10145867.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
- [SSM73943.1](/bulletins/10145866.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
- [SSM73943 Attachm](/bulletins/10145828.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; STEERING. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
- [SSM73943 Attachm](/bulletins/10145827.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; STEERING. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
- [SSM73943](/bulletins/10145826.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Issue: A customer may report the vehicle steering feels heavy ? no warnings will be visible on the Instrument Cluster
- [SSM72413](/bulletins/10105807.md), 2017-06-09, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. "ISSUE WHEN REMOVING THE TRANSPORTATION STEERING WHEEL COVER, RESIDUE FROM THE COVER MAY BE FOUND LEFT ON THE STEERING WHEEL. CAUSE DEGRADATION OF THE PROTECTIVE COVER IN CERTAIN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS."
- [SSM72387](/bulletins/10105667.md), 2017-06-08, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. "ISSUE: RESIDUE BEING LEFT ON STEERING WHEEL WHEN TRANSPORTATION STEERING WHEEL COVER IS REMOVED. CAUSE: UNDER INVESTIGATION"
- [SSM72030](/bulletins/10105536.md), 2017-06-07, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN. "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."
- [LTB00774NAS1](/bulletins/10105527.md), 2017-06-07, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "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 \(SWH\)."

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