Land Rover Discovery Sport 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM72375 · NHTSA communication 10105664 · issued Aug 17, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
"issue: discovery sport (lc) 2015my & range rover evoque (lv) 2014my onwards fitted with 9hp48 9-speed automatic transmission: 1. When removing the transmission dealers are replacing the front stabilizer bar links due to them being damaged cause: investigation on returned parts show evident signs of excessive articulation of the ball joint. The excess on articulation allows contact between ball pin and bearing case which combined with load pulls the ball out of the bearing case."
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.