Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 98V040000 | ROVER GROUP, LIMITED | from 12/01/1993 to 12/31/1997 | V (Vehicle) | 54488 | 03/24/1998 | MFR | LAND ROVER | 02/24/1998 | 02/27/1998 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. as a result of chaffing of a cruise control wire, the steering wheel rotary coupler can overheat and inadvertently deploy the driver's air bag. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning can cause a driver to lose vehicle control. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a fusible link which will protect the rotary coupler from overheating. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification is expected to begin march 24, 1998. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact land rover at 1-301-731-9040.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 10/25/2003 | 85400 | 2 | 11/15/2002 |
| My son had an accident in our 1995 land rover discovery. he lost control and hit a parked car with the front of the land rover and the insurance company considers the land rover a total loss. luckily no one was injured, but we are concerned that the airbags did not deploy. the insurance adjuster told us that with this much damage the airbags should have deployed. i thought it might be something that some regulatory agency should be aware of. we purchase vehicles with safety equipment and have no way of determining if they will actually work when needed.*ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 04/20/1999 | |||
| Dashboard material over the passenger airbag is coming apart which may cause the passenger airbag to deploy. also, airbag light is on, indicating that there is a problem with the system. dealer cannot determine the problem. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 11/26/1998 | |||
| The consumer has experienced problems wit driver and passenger side air bags. when vehicle wa s involved in an accident, their driver's and passenger's side air bags failed to deploy. the manufacturer has yet to be contacted. *ak | |||
| 09/20/1997 | 0 | ||
| Vehicle parked & running; foot on brakes & shifted to drive; vehicle accelerated at excessive speed w/foot on brakes; hit 4 vehicles; air bags did not deploy upon impact. insurance adjustor/special investigator found nothing. vehicle left tire marks; mechanic said sway bar was bent. *ak | |||
| 12/22/1995 | |||
| Hit black ice vehicle rolled over drivers head rest flew off seat belt unlatched and air bag did not deploy. tt | |||