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Service bulletin LTB00553NAS1

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10224568
Published by NHTSA2022-10-24
Manufacturer's numberLTB00553NAS1
Manufacturer's date2013-09-05
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:GEARS

NHTSA's summary

Technical Bulletin: Transfer Case Noise

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER2013

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
LTB00695NAS32017-06-08. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: A DRIVELINE VIBRATION, FELT THROUGH THE FLOOR AND/OR SEAT ONLY, MAY BE EVIDENT WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN 7TH/8TH GEAR AT VEHICLE SPEEDS ABOVE 100KPH/62MPH WHILE ON OVERRUN AND/OR LIGHT THROTTLE. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY 'FORCING' (ECCENTRICITY BETWEEN THE DRIVESHAFT AND DIFFERENTIAL AT THE COUPLING) FROM THE FRONT AND/OR REAR DRIVELINE."
LTB00685NAS12017-06-01. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: THE VEHICLE MAY NOT MOVE WHEN ANY TRANSMISSION GEAR IS SELECTED ON INITIAL ENGINE START UP IN COLD AMBIENT (15˚F / -10˚C OR LOWER) CONDITIONS, A 'TRANSMISSION FAULT' MESSAGE MAY BE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MESSAGE CENTER, AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1707-77 IS STORED IN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION OIL VISCOSITY AT COLD TEMPERATURES (15˚F / -10˚C AND LOWER) NOT ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION OIL PUMP TO PRESSURIZE THE TRANSMISSION OIL TO RELEASE THE PARK PAWL."