Land Rover Range Rover 2010–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM55997 · NHTSA communication 10103482 · issued Jan 5, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
2010–2015
model years
12
vehicle entries
Official summary
"issue: upon replacement of the front brake pads, the brake pad retaining pins may be difficult to remove. Vehicles fitted with high performance/brembo brakes, post 10 model year only. Range rover sport aa215623 to ca738069. Range rover aa302697 to ca373799. Vehicles after the end vin numbers quoted above will have the new pins fitted as standard. Cause: galvanic corrosion of the retaining pins. The pins now have a new plating which is more resistant to corrosion."
Vehicles covered
- 2010 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2011 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2012 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2014 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2015 Land Rover Range Rover
- 2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
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.