Land Rover Discovery 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM73896 · NHTSA communication 10153050 · issued Dec 21, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2018
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
While carrying out the Pre Delivery Inspection (PDI) using Pathfinder it may be found that the passive start and lock/ unlock functionality using the key remote is not operating. The message "Smart key not found" may also appear on the Instrument Cluster. In addition the Diagnostic Trouble Codes DTCs B1DDB-55 and B1DE4-55 are stored in the Remote Function Actuator (RFA)
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.