Service bulletins for the 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport
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.
281 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| SSM72647 | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. DOORS DO NOT UNLOCK WITH REMOTE KEY |
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| SSM72636 | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. CLIMATE CONTROL SEATS ISSUES |
| SSM72628 | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. VIBRATION OR BUZZ FROM DOOR SPEAKER |
| SSM72624 | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. SEATS; EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONAL BAG OF UNUSED SEAT TRIM PARTS IN VEHICLES |
| SSM72607 | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. INCONTROL TOUCH CANNOT SWITCH SDARS CHANNELS |
| SSM72328 | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. JLR INVESTIGATING POWERED TAILGATE STRUT FAILURERS |
| SGI15-30 (ISSUE | 2017-06-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TOUCHSCREEN, RADIO, OR NAVIGATION ISSUES. |
| SSM72565 | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. "ISSUE: CUSTOMERS MAY REPORT LOSS OF CLIMATE CONTROL IN HVAC SYSTEM AND/OR SEAT HEATING, WHICH IS DUE TO HVAC SOFTWARE COMMUNICATION ISSUES ON THE LIN BUS. THE COMMUNICATION CEASES UPON SHUTDOWN AND DOES NOT RECOVER UPON WAKE UP. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: • DTC’S. • HVAC BLOWER BECOMES INOPERATIVE BECAUSE THERE IS NO STEPPER CONTROL. • NO LIN COMMUNICATION TO THE SEATS AND THEREFORE, NO CLIMATE SEAT CONTROL. CAUSE: HVAC SOFTWARE." |
| SSM72487 | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: A NUMBER OF INSTANCES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WHERE A LOSS OF PRESSURE IN TYRES HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH ASSOCIATED TYRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WARNING MESSAGES. CUSTOMERS AND RETAILERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RE-INFLATE AND MAINTAIN SERVICE PRESSURES DUE TO LEAKAGE FROM THE TPMS VALVES. ISSUE MAY AFFECT: 15MY AND 16MY RANGE ROVER EVOQUE, DISCOVERY SPORT, RANGE ROVER (ALL NEW), DISCOVERY 4/LR4, RANGE ROVER SPORT VEHICLES. CAUSE: RETAILER TECHNICIANS HAVE OBSERVED TPMS VALVES WHERE THERE IS EVIDENCE OF AIR LOSS OR LEAKAGE FROM THE BASE OF THE VALVE STEM OR THROUGH THE TPMS VALVE CORE ." |
| SSM71278 | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT THE VEHICLE STEERING FEELS HEAVY POTENTIALLY ACCOMPANIED BY VISUAL OR AUDIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT PACK. THE FOLLOWING DTCS MAY ALSO BE LOGGED: EPAS DTCS LOGGED: -B1304-16: ELECTRONIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING (EPAS) SYSTEM CIRCUIT VOLTAGE BELOW THRESHOLD -U3001-00: POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE (PSCM) SYSTEM IMPROPER SHUTDOWN. THESE MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY: -U0001-87 / 88 HIGH SPEED CAN BUS INVALID SERIAL DATA RECEIVED / MISSING MESSAGE. CHCM DTCS LOGGED: -U0131-00 CHASSIS CONTROL MODULE (CHCM) LOST COMMS WITH PSCM. -U3003-62 BATTERY VOLTAGE SIGNAL COMPARE FAILURE. -U0420-68 CHCM INVALID DATA RECEIVED FROM PSCM. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY: -LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE. -WIRING HARNESS ISSUE (SHORT / OPEN CIRCUIT, HIGH RESISTANCE). -HIGH RESISTANCE AT EPAS EARTH TERMINAL (FOR L405/L494) G1D132 AND OR G4D178, (SEE ATTACHED DIAGRAM). OR IF ON L550/L538 HIGH RESISTANCE AT G1D122A, G1D122B, G1D122AZ AND G1D108." |
| SGI15-41 | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. "DESCRIPTION AN ISSUE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF VEHICLES LISTED WITHIN THE AFFECTED VEHICLE RANGE WHERE THE FRONT OVERHEAD CONSOLE SUNGLASSES HOLDER WILL NOT REMAIN LATCHED WHEN USING THE OPEN/CLOSE FUNCTION. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY VEHICLES ALREADY REGISTERED AND IN USE, EITHER WITH THE RETAILER OR CUSTOMER. ANY VEHICLE ALREADY IN USE MAY CONTINUE TO BE DRIVEN AND ANY REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS DEEMED NECESSARY WILL BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH A SEPARATE TECHNICAL BULLETIN OR FIELD SERVICE ACTION." |
| Q537 UPS12515-1B | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. "SITUATION: AN ISSUE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF VEHICLES LISTED WITHIN THE AFFECTED VEHICLE RANGE WHERE THE FRONT OVERHEAD CONSOLE SUNGLASSES HOLDER WILL NOT REMAIN LATCHED WHEN USING THE OPEN/CLOSE FUNCTION. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY VEHICLES ALREADY REGISTERED AND IN USE, EITHER WITH THE RETAILER OR CUSTOMER. ANY VEHICLE ALREADY IN USE MAY CONTINUE TO BE DRIVEN AND ANY REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS DEEMED NECESSARY WILL BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH A SEPARATE TECHNICAL BULLETIN OR FIELD SERVICE ACTION. ACTION: RETAILERS ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD ONLY AFFECTED NEW VEHICLES THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL AND REFRAIN FROM RELEASING THE VEHICLES FOR NEW VEHICLE SALE PENDING COMPLETION OF THE SERVICE INSTRUCTION DETAILED IN THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN." |
| SSM72542 | 2017-06-12. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE: 2015 AND SOME 2016 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT MODELS MAY DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING ERROR MESSAGE ON THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM: AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED DURING “SCREENIN” OF “SKINS/DEFAULT/SWF/NAVPOPUPGENERICSCREEN.SWF” CAUSE: AUDIO HEAD UNIT SOFTWARE CONCERN." |
| SSM72481 | 2017-06-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE: WHEN USING THE INCONTROL TOUCH MAP UPDATER, THERE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED REPORTS OF STABILITY CONCERNS DURING ACTIVATING OR UPDATING THE SECURE DIGITAL (SD) CARD. CAUSE: VERSION 2.2 OF THE INCONTROL TOUCH MAP UPDATER HAD THE ABOVE CONCERN." |
| SSM72011 | 2017-06-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE THE WRONG COMPONENT MAYBE REPLACED WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN CAR. CAUSE THE FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE(TOUCHSCREEN) HAS NO EFFECT ON BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN THE CAR AND AS SUCH MAY BE INCORRECTLY DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED AS THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE." |
| Q495NAS2 | 2017-06-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "SITUATION: A LIMITED NUMBER OF 2015-2016 MODEL YEAR DISCOVERY SPORT (L550) VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: • TOUCH SCREEN IS BLANK; • POOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY; • UNABLE TO TUNE HD® RADIO SUBSTATIONS; • AUDIO SYSTEM DEFAULTS TO 'ON' UPON ENGINE START-UP, EVEN IF 'OFF' ON ENGINE SHUTDOWN; AND/OR • SDARS DOES NOT RETAIN STATION PRESETS. ACTION: RETAILERS ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD ONLY AFFECTED NEW VEHICLES THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL AND REFRAIN FROM RELEASING THE VEHICLES FOR NEW VEHICLE SALE PENDING COMPLETION OF THE SERVICE INSTRUCTION DETAILED IN THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN." |
| SSM72418 | 2017-06-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT. "ISSUE: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE THE PRE DELIVERY INSPECTION (PDI) APPLICATION USING SYMPTOM DRIVEN DIAGNOSTICS (SDD), YOU MAY BE INSTRUCTED THAT THE KEYLESS VEHICLE MODULE (KVM) SOFTWARE IS NOT AT THE CORRECT SOFTWARE LEVEL AND REQUIRES UPDATING. IF EXISTING MODULE PROGRAMMING IS THEN ATTEMPTED YOU MAY THEN PROMPTED THAT THE SOFTWARE LOADED TO THE MODULE IS LATER THAN SDD IS PROPOSING TO LOAD AND TO CONTACT RETAILER TECHNICAL SUPPORT. CAUSE: DURING THE PDI APPLICATION, SDD IS INCORRECTLY CHECKING THE KVM SOFTWARE LEVEL" |
| SSM72355 | 2017-06-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: AT 16MY THE RETAILER PDI PROCESS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE A NEW WI-FI FEATURE. CAUSE: CERTAIN 16MY LAND ROVERS WILL NOW BE OPTIONALLY EQUIPPED WITH WI-FI (SEE MARKETING BULLETIN MPR15-21ANNOUNCING INCONTROL WI-FI)." |
| LTB00923NAS1 | 2017-06-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL; SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY. SITUATION: THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SECOND ROW SEAT RAIL MAY CAUSE DISCOMFORT TO PASSENGERS IF CONTACTED WITH FORCE WHILE THE SEAT IS IN ITS REARMOST SETTING. |
| SSM72736 | 2017-06-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT A CONCERN THAT AFTER SETTING A SCREENSAVER ON THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY, AT THE NEXT IGNITION CYCLE THE SCREENSAVER HAS RETURNED TO A BLANK SCREEN (THE SCREENSAVER WILL NOT SAVE). THIS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN VEHICLES WITH EITHER A LOW-LEVEL OR MID-LEVEL INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM THAT IS NOT BRANDED AS MERIDIAN ON 2016 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES ONWARDS. |
| SSM72391 | 2017-06-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. "NOTE THIS PHENOMENON CAN ONLY HAPPEN UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES; IT IS ONLY WHEN BOTH KEYS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF EACH OTHER IN THE VEHICLE AND REQUIRES THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE LOCK BUTTON TO BE PRESSED. ISSUE IT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOCK THE VEHICLE WITH BOTH KEYS INSIDE. KEYS ARE HELD TOGETHER BY CABLE TIES WHEN DELIVERED TO THE RETAILER." |
| SGI15-30 | 2017-06-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. "DESCRIPTION A LIMITED NUMBER OF 2015-2016 MODEL YEAR DISCOVERY SPORT (L550) VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:  TOUCH SCREEN IS BLANK;  POOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY;  UNABLE TO TUNE HD™ RADIO SUBSTATIONS;  AUDIO SYSTEM DEFAULTS TO 'ON' UPON ENGINE START-UP, EVEN IF 'OFF' ON ENGINE SHUTDOWN; AND/OR  SDARS DOES NOT RETAIN STATION PRESETS." |
| Q495NAS1 | 2017-06-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. "SITUATION: A LIMITED NUMBER OF 2015-2016 MODEL YEAR DISCOVERY SPORT (L550) VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: • TOUCH SCREEN IS BLANK; • POOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY; • UNABLE TO TUNE HD® RADIO SUBSTATIONS; • AUDIO SYSTEM DEFAULTS TO 'ON' UPON ENGINE START-UP, EVEN IF 'OFF' ON ENGINE SHUTDOWN; AND/OR • SDARS DOES NOT RETAIN STATION PRESETS. ACTION: RETAILERS ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD ONLY AFFECTED NEW VEHICLES THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL AND REFRAIN FROM RELEASING THE VEHICLES FOR NEW VEHICLE SALE PENDING COMPLETION OF THE SERVICE INSTRUCTION DETAILED IN THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN." |
| SSM72940 | 2017-04-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. ISSUE: CUSTOMERS MAY REPORT ERRATIC AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE READINGS OR DEFAULT SETTING (I.E. -40 DEGREES). |
| SSM72914 | 2017-04-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: VEHICLES FITTED WITH INCONTROL TOUCH TOUCHSCREEN GOES INTO RE-CYCLE MODE (RE-BOOTS) WHEN THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED ON." |
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