Land Rover Range Rover 2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin LTB00553NAS2 · NHTSA communication 10105819 · issued Oct 9, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
"situation: a rubbing/scraping/drone-type noise and/or a vibration may appear to be evident from the front left-hand corner of the vehicle. The noise may also be described as similar to a brake rubbing or wheel bearing noise and can be variable from vehicle to vehicle. The issue can occur at different speeds/gears and in steady state driving conditions up to 50/60mph (80/100km/h). The noise in most cases is more prominent in second gear coast down, particularly around 12mph (20km/h). To confirm the transfer case is the root cause, the noise can listened to using a chassis ear fixed to front di
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.