Land Rover LR2 2002–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM66617 · NHTSA communication 10097364 · issued Jun 26, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2002–2014
model years
36
vehicle entries
Official summary
"issue: a customer may report a concern with a flat battery or poor starting; when testing the battery it is determined that a charge is required. Cause: when charging a battery (both primary and secondary) with a bms (battery monitoring system) fitted, the earth from the charger must be connected to a suitable chassis or engine earth (check topix for appropriate location). This allows the bms to see the current going into the battery. However when using a diagnostic charger from midtronics such as gr1, grx gr8(110 volts)this connection process can cause an incorrect battery analysis due to th
Vehicles covered
- 2008 Land Rover LR2
- 2009 Land Rover LR2
- 2010 Land Rover LR2
- 2011 Land Rover LR2
- 2012 Land Rover LR2
- 2013 Land Rover LR2
- 2014 Land Rover LR2
- 2010 Land Rover LR4
- 2011 Land Rover LR4
- 2012 Land Rover LR4
- 2013 Land Rover LR4
- 2014 Land Rover LR4
- 2002 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2003 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2004 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2005 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2006 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2007 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2008 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2009 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2010 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2011 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2012 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2014 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- 2005 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2007 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2009 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.