Affected Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

Date Published
AUG 17, 2015
NHTSA TSB #
10105664
TSB Document
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."