2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport Technical Service Bulletins

579 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10105985Nov 19, 2015Engine, Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. "issue: symptom: - engine mil illuminated on ipc. Rough idle, hesitation and/or loss of power. One or more of the following dtcs may be set in the pcm: • p008a, • p008b, • p2542. Cause: sub-optimal pcm software calibration"
• 10105912Nov 12, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. "situation: a fluid leak from the transmission, poor shift quality, and/or transmission noise may be evident. Cause: this may be caused by the transmission cover gasket having been damaged during manufacture, allowing transmission fluid to leak."
• 10105913Nov 11, 2015Seats, Equipment. "situation: the vehicle may not unlock when using the smart key. Upon further diagnosis, the technician may find one or more of the following vehicle symptoms: • low or high resistance on both ms can lines. • permanent or intermittent failures of the ms can. • permanent or intermittent issue with the window switch operation. • permanent or intermittent issue with the key fob (unable to unlock vehicle). • permanent…
• 10105981Nov 5, 2015Engine. "issue: customers may report the engine management light (mil) is illuminated with the possibility of a ‘no engine restarts in xxx miles, diesel exhaust fluid dosing malfunction” warning message displayed within the instrument cluster message center and dtc’s p208b-00/p2bae-00/p2baf-00 stored in the pcm (powertrain control module) cause: air in the system."
• 10105863Oct 30, 2015Electrical system, Equipment. "issue the wrong component maybe replaced when troubleshooting bluetooth connectivity in car. Cause the front control display interface module(touchscreen) has no effect on bluetooth connectivity in the car and as such may be incorrectly diagnosed and replaced as the source of the issue."
• 10105890Oct 23, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. "issue: when using the incontrol touch map updater, there have been isolated reports of stability concerns during activating or updating the secure digital (sd) card. Cause: version 2.2 of the incontrol touch map updater had the above concern."
• 10105848Oct 23, 2015Equipment. "situation: a limited number of 2015-2016 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles may experience one or more of the following issues: • touch screen is blank; • poor navigation system functionality; • unable to tune hd® radio substations; • audio system defaults to 'on' upon engine start-up, even if 'off' on engine shutdown; and/or • sdars does not retain station presets.
• 10105869Oct 12, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. "issue the touch screen also known as the front control dispaly interface module(fcdim) is to dark. This is more noticable when the home screen is selected. Cause software"
• 10105841Oct 12, 2015Body and structure. "situation: the tailgate interior trim panel may become detached from the tailgate during closing. Cause: this may be caused by the clips not being fully engaged during assembly."
• 10105856Oct 7, 2015Fuel system. "description a potential issue has been identified on 2015 model year discovery sport (l550) where one or more of the four fuel tank shield brackets may display excessive corrosion."
• 10105850Oct 7, 2015Fuel system. "situation: an issue has been identified on a limited number of 2015 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles where one or more of the four fuel tank shield brackets may display excessive corrosion. Action: retailers are required to hold only affected new vehicles that are within your control and refrain from releasing the vehicles for new vehicle sale pending completion of the service instruction detailed in…
• 10076471Oct 7, 2015Fuel system. SERVICE ACTION Q499: EARLY-LIFE CORROSION TO BRACKETS WELDED TO FUEL TANK SHIELD - UPDATE A potential issue has been identified on 2015 model year Discovery Sport (L550) where one or more of the four fuel tank shield brackets may display excessive corrosion.
• 10105882Oct 2, 2015Engine cooling. "issue: jlr have recieved a number of reports detailing concern that the plant filled engine oil of the 2.0gtdi engine appears to be contaminated. Cause: the plant fill oil has an additive to enable leak detection at valencia engine plant (vep). This additive has no effect on the quality or function of the oil and it is standard that the it may appear to have a slightly red or pink tint (see attached picture)."
• 10105831Oct 1, 2015Equipment, Seats. "situation: a 'click' noise may be heard when fully moving the front left seat rearwards. Cause: this may be caused by a redundant clip moulded into valance catching on seat frame."
• 10105815Sep 30, 2015Electrical system. "issue intermittent operation of tailgate related circuits rear wiper tailgate latch/switch powered struts chmsl (centre high mounted stop lamp dab radio cuts out when pedal pressed) cause potential poor earth stud - g4d480b"
• 10105784Sep 30, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. "situation: the battery may be flat battery and/or the engine may not start. Cause: this may be caused by the gateway module (gwm) staying awake."
• 10105811Sep 29, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. "issue: when attempting to complete the pre delivery inspection (pdi) application using symptom driven diagnostics (sdd), you may be instructed that the keyless vehicle module (kvm) software is not at the correct software level and requires updating. If existing module programming is then attempted you may then prompted that the software loaded to the module is later than sdd is proposing to load and to contact…
• 10105762Sep 29, 2015Electrical system. "situation: the vehicle battery imay be flat or one of the following messages/warning lights may be displayed on the instrument cluster: • faulty generator • faulty battery monitoring system (bms) • the charge warning indicator is illuminated when the engine is running. Cause: the power supply is a fully integrated system that requires sdd to diagnose overall functionality robustly to make sure customer…
• 10105761Sep 29, 2015Body and structure, Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). "situation: a 'ticking' noise may be evident from the b-pillar area. Note: an allowance equivalent approximately us$58.32 has been allocated for locally sourcing of paint and materials and may be claimed using 'zzz001'. Cause: this may be caused by the b-pillar panel clearance being incorrect."
• 10105783Sep 28, 2015Body and structure. "situation: the tailgate interior trim panel may become detached from the tailgate during closing. Cause: this may be caused by the clips not being fully engaged during assembly."
• 10105723Sep 21, 2015Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). "situation: the windshield wipers may make a squeak noise, judder, or streak the windshield. Cause: this may be caused by a build-up of dirt and grease on the surface of the windshield glass."
• 10105758Sep 15, 2015Engine cooling. "situation: a 'rattle' noise from the underside of the vehicle may be evident from the exhaust system heat shield(s). Cause: this may be caused by retaining fixings having been deleted due to a clash with the exhaust system silencer mounting bracket."
• 10105763Sep 10, 2015Fuel system. "situation: the instrument cluster fuel gauge may read 'e' (empty) but the fuel tank is unable to be filled with 70 liters of fuel. Cause: this may be caused by the calibration of the fuel gauge."
• 10105812Sep 9, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. "issue: when attempting to complete the pre delivery inspection (pdi) application using symptom driven diagnostics (sdd), you may be instructed that the keyless vehicle module (kvm) software is not at the correct software level and requires updating. If existing module programming is then attempted you may then prompted that the software loaded to the module is later than sdd is proposing to load and to contact…
• 10105801Sep 1, 2015Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). "issue: visible crack in windscreen within the areas of the top corners. See attached photograph. No impact damage visible. Cause: engineering is investigating the issue."
• 10105671Aug 31, 2015Electrical system, Steering. "issue: during vehicle diagnostic/servicing check-up the following dtc may be reported for the power steering control module (pscm): '0000-00 – [no information available] there is no customer reportable symptom related to this dtc. Cause: this dtc has been incorrectly set to be visible in production software."
• 10105640Aug 26, 2015Equipment. "description a limited number of 2015-2016 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles may experience one or more of the following issues:  touch screen is blank;  poor navigation system functionality;  unable to tune hd™ radio substations;  audio system defaults to 'on' upon engine start-up, even if 'off' on engine shutdown; and/or  sdars does not retain station presets."
• 10105603Aug 26, 2015Equipment. "situation: a limited number of 2015-2016 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles may experience one or more of the following issues: • touch screen is blank; • poor navigation system functionality; • unable to tune hd® radio substations; • audio system defaults to 'on' upon engine start-up, even if 'off' on engine shutdown; and/or • sdars does not retain station presets.
• 10105665Aug 25, 2015Brakes, Equipment. "issue: customer may suggest that the autonomous emergency brake (aeb) system does not operate as expected. Cause: jlr are investigating sources of information from formal epqr and ta reports and social media in order"
• 10105613Aug 25, 2015Fuel system. "description a potential issue has been identified on 2015 model year discovery sport (l550) where one or more of the four fuel tank shield brackets may display excessive corrosion."
• 10105604Aug 25, 2015Fuel system. "situation: an issue has been identified on a limited number of 2015 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles where one or more of the four fuel tank shield brackets may display excessive corrosion. Action: retailers are required to hold only affected new vehicles that are within your control and refrain from releasing the vehicles for new vehicle sale pending completion of the service instruction detailed in…
• 10075605Aug 25, 2015Equipment, Fuel system, Other or unknown. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10105667Aug 24, 2015Steering. "issue: residue being left on steering wheel when transportation steering wheel cover is removed. Cause: under investigation"
• 10105661Aug 24, 2015Equipment. "issue a number of l550 discovery sport headlining’s have been supplied that may require modification to allow the fitment of the fan harness, by cutting out a square hole in the headlining. Cause a modification to the part specification after release."
• 10105664Aug 17, 2015Suspension, Transmission and drivetrain. "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…
• 10105654Aug 17, 2015Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. "issue: a small volume of 14 and 15 model year (my) evoque (l538) and 15my discovery sport (l550) vehicles are flagging the following dtc codes, which all relate to the 9hp48 automatic transmission: p0795-04 p07e3-07 p0893-07 p07e0-07 p1758-62 cause: dtc flagging due to a tcm software error and/or engine torque issue."
• 10105645Aug 17, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. "issue: a small volume of 14 model year (my), 15my evoque (l538) and 15my discovery sport (l550) vehicles are flagging the following tcm dtc codes during sdd dtc read (which are all related to 9hp48 automatic transmission). P07d4-07 p2704-07 p07e7-07 cause: internal transmission diagnostics have been triggered. Multiple root causes exist."
• 10105663Aug 13, 2015Body and structure. "issue: retailers are replacing hood/bonnet seals (see fig.1 & 2 of attached illustrations) that are visually different between left and right hand side. Affected part numbers are: lr076984 lr076973 cause: one seal appears to be damaged (fig. 3) when compared to the other (fig. 4). It appears deformed in shape, with wrinkles/creases (fig. 3)."
• 10105611Aug 13, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. "description an issue has been identified on a limited number of 2015 model year discovery sport (l550) and 2014-2015 model year range rover evoque (l538) where an irregular gear change occurs or neutral is selected. Additionally, diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p1758-62 is stored in the transmission control module (tcm)."
• 10105610Aug 10, 2015Seats. "description an issue has been identified on a limited number of 2015-2016 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles where the forward 4 x m10 fixings (inboard and outboard) and the rearward (inboard only) fixings of the second row seats may have residual torque below the minimum specified limit."
• 10105602Aug 10, 2015Seats. "situation: an issue has been identified on a limited number of 2015-2016 model year discovery sport (l550) vehicles where the forward 4 x m10 fixings (inboard and outboard) and the rearward (inboard only) fixings of the second row seats may have residual torque below the minimum specified limit.
• 10104761Aug 5, 2015Electrical system, Equipment. "issue reports have been received of users being unable to activate a secure digital (sd) card, as they experience a 'connect ion error ' when using the incontrol touch map updater tool on symptom driven diagnostic (sdd). Cause the sdd machine has not been able to communicate to the server dedicated for the incontrol touch map updater tool ."
• 10105531Jul 31, 2015Body and structure, Equipment. "situation: the power tailgate switch may be loose/adrift. Cause: this may be caused by the tailgate trim pressing being out of tolerance."
• 10105542Jul 24, 2015Forward collision avoidance, Equipment. "issue: the message ""radar sensor blocked"" appears in instrument pack display. If blockage occurs while acc is being used, “driver intervene” and/or ""radar sensor blocked"" message will appear on the cluster and dtc c1a67-97 set. Blockage can also occur when acc is not being used. Cause: ""radar sensor blocked"" indicates that the adaptive speed control system's visibility has been reduced due to an obstruction…
• 10105540Jul 14, 2015Electrical system. "issue: diagnostic trouble code (dtc) u001187 ‘medium speed can communication bus performance – missing message’ may be noted in the auxiliary control module (aucm) during a symptom driven diagnostics (sdd) fault code read. Cause: software calculation"
• 10105545Jul 13, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. "issue: customer may complain that they cannot tune to the hd radio sub-channels with hd radio turned on. Cause: audio head unit software concern."
• 10105547Jul 7, 2015Electrical system, Equipment. "issue: when using the incontrol touch map updater to activate a secure digital (sd) card there is not an onscreen message to confirm the activation has been completed successfully. Cause: a new version of the incontrol touch map updater was released in sdd 142.03. When using the new version for the first time it may not display a confirmation message advising the activation of the sd card has been successful."
• 10105541Jul 1, 2015Body and structure, Equipment. "issue: powered tailgate struts are being replaced and further analysis by engineering is required to understand the failures. Cause: route cause is under investigation and failed parts are required for analysis"
• 10105539Jul 1, 2015Body and structure. "issue: new vehicles arriving at ports or retailers are being reported to have damage but without sufficient information to understand the concern. Cause: more information is required to better understand the issue to support investigation and rectification."
• 10105101Jun 16, 2015Exterior lighting. "issue: replacement of the tailgate lamp assembly when the reverse bulb(s) does not illuminate. Cause: microcat low level repair not available as a separate part for l550 but is available for freelander2 (l359) and evoque (l538)."

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