Land Rover Discovery Sport 2012–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM72242 · NHTSA communication 10105510 · issued Apr 13, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2015
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
"issue air conditioning not working (1234yf system) found to have no or insufficient amount of refrigerant gas in the system. No leaks are found and vehicle passes vacuum / pressure test during evacuation and refill, system then works as refill. Cause during initial evacuation process within the factory small pieces of debris may be drawn into the schrader valve evacuation ports, this can prevent the valve from closing correctly or damages the seal allowing the refrigerant gas (please see attachment for examples)"
Vehicles covered
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.