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Land Rover Defender 1989–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM68378 · NHTSA communication 10100968 · issued Sep 23, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1989–2014
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

"issue: this ssm has been released to address the high number of speaker assemblies returned, many of which are deemed as no fault found . Cause: incorrect diagnosis."

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.