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Land Rover Defender 2017–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin N881 · NHTSA communication 10252786 · issued Mar 26, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017–2020
model years
17
vehicle entries

Official summary

On certain 2017 model year to 2020 model year Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) may illuminate if the vehicle is refueled within 15 seconds of turning the engine off. Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) P0496-00 may be stored in the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) .

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.