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Land Rover LR2 2009–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM72237 · NHTSA communication 10105658 · issued Aug 24, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2015
model years
11
vehicle entries

Official summary

"issue: loss of all wheel drive functionality causing the vehicle to operate in 2 wheel drive only. Halewood built vehicles only - identified by the 11th digit of the vin = 'h' freelander 2 (l359) vehicles vin: all evoque (l538) vehicles upto vin: h991051. Pune built vehicles only - identified by the 11th digit of the vin = 'l') freelander (l359) vehicles vin: all evoque (l538) vehicles vin: n/a (not affected)"

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.