Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 2012–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM72703 · NHTSA communication 10145876 · issued Jul 26, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2012–2018
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
Issue: A customer may express one of the following concerns with the tailgate: Functionality ? difficult to open/close. Contact between the tailgate and other panels resulting in paint rub. Damaged tailgate latch cover and/or striker.
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.