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Brakes - Rear Brake Squeal/Click/Excessive Brake Dust

Bulletin No.: LS-206-001

Issue: 1

Date: December 13, 2005

SECTION: 206-05

Rear Brake Noise

AFFECTED VEHICLE RANGE:
Range Rover Sport (LS) VIN: 6A900129 to 6A919859

CONDITION SUMMARY:
REAR BRAKE SQUEAL, CLICK OR BRAKE DUST

A customer may report a concern of a squeal or clicking noise from the rear of the vehicles.

Excessive brake dust may also be observed at one or both of the rear brake hubs.

Cause:
The electronic parking brake, brake shoe retaining clip has become dislodged or has broken, leading to the above complaint.

Action:
Should a customer express concern regarding the above, refer to the Repair Procedure detailed in this bulletin.

PARTS:

SFS500012 Parking brake service kit Qty 2







WARRANTY:

NOTE:
Repair procedures are under constant review, and therefore times are subject to change; those quoted here must be taken as guidance only. Always refer to DDW to obtain the latest repair time.

DDW requires the use of causal part numbers. Labor only claims must show the causal part number with a quantity of zero.

REPAIR PROCEDURE
REPLACE PARKING BRAKE SHOES USING NEW

NOTE:
GTR lookup sequence is as follows:

GTR Home>NAS>Service Information/Range Rover Sport/2005>Workshop Manuals>Range Rover Sport 2005 Workshop Manual>Bookmark "Chassis/Brake System/206-05: Parking Brake and Actuation"> Link "Shoes"

CAUTION:
When performing repairs to the rear parking brakes the following practices should be followed:

^ When a broken clip has been identified, to ensure a "right first time" repair, both of the rear brakes should be serviced using the above service kit containing the latest design retaining clip and redesigned brake shoes.





^ The service repair kit (which includes the modified design shoes, retaining clip and return springs) should always be used when replacing rear parking brake shoes during routine maintenance, to ensure that the latest specification parts are installed. (Figure 1)

^ The new retaining clip must be correctly positioned into the shoe locating slot.

1. Refer to GTR Workshop Manual Section "206-05 Shoes" (70.40.09) and replace both rear parking brake shoe sets and clips using complete kit. (SFS500012).





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