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 | |||||
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| 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). | |||||||||||||||