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Land Rover Defender 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin N472NAS2 · NHTSA communication 10179556 · issued Aug 11, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

An issue has been identified on a limited number of Land Rover vehicles within the listed Affected Vehicle Range where a tapping sound may be heard, on one or both sides of the vehicle, from the A-pillar area at speeds of approximately 37-75mph (60- 120 km/h).

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.