Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 2012–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM72703 · NHTSA communication 10097184 · issued Oct 17, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2012–2016
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Issue: customer may express concern 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.