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Land Rover LR2 2002–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM71914 · NHTSA communication 10101804 · issued Jul 17, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2002–2015
model years
41
vehicle entries

Official summary

"issue a number of alternators are being replaced under warranty and are found to be faulty due to internal regulator chip damage. Cause alternators are being damaged due to cross polarity when the vehicle is jump started."

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.