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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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | ||||||||||||||||
| 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). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||||
| 190398NAS | 10/02/1998 | 603265 | Information regarding trailing throttle misfire diagnosis. *yc | 02/16/1999 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 04/01/2005 | 140000 | 1 | |
| At higher speeds, above 55 mph, engine would intermittently misfire and return to normal in unpredictable sequences. loss of power and inability to accelerate, especially on hills, the worst consequence. charlotte dealer said it could be a sticky exhaust valve, offered $2900 to perform an exhaust valve job. i declined and decided to take the cylinder heads off myself and take them to a machine shop were they could clean out and re-grind the valves for about $500. machine shop said there was no signs of sticking valves but i didn't mind since i got to play around and take the engine apart. the engine ran great afterwards but this didn't fix the problem. finally took car to an english car specialist in raleigh, nc. they determined it was a speed sensing transmitter. this device tells the car's computer how fast the car is moving. while driving 60 mph, it was getting a signal of 130 mph. thinking it was moving too fast, the car will automatically misfire in an effort to slow it down. they replaced the speed sensor (for $120) and the problem was fixed. this is a common problem for older lrs and the dealers should know this. they use it as an opportunity to charge for a much more expensive valve job. *jb | |||
| 12/20/1998 | 7 | 05/01/1998 | |
| On multiple occasions, applying the brakes has caused the engine to race, accelerating the car while causing the brake power assist to fail. without power assist, braking requires very high pedal pressure and makes it very difficult to stop the car. thi | |||
| 07/12/2001 | 10 | 03/01/2000 | |
| Failure with this vehical has been with; brakes, steering, engine, mirror, fuel injection, door window not working, door locks fail, linkage control for speed | |||
| 10/01/1998 | 1 | 12/01/1997 | |
| Sudden intermitent disengagement of cruise control caused unsafe condition. system would not immediately engaged. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 07/02/2001 | 0 | ||
| Metal shaft hooked to throttle wedged itself and made throttle stick wide open. vehicle accelerated out of control. consumer had to use emergency brake to shut off vehicle. consumer felt that they were going to die. consumer has contacted dealer. please provide any further imformation.*ak | |||
| 10/01/2000 | 3 | 12/01/1995 | |
| This happened three times with three different drivers. once it was myself, once my husband, and when our friend went to pick up the car at the body shop after repairs from previous incident, it happened again after he parked the car. left for 5 min, and came back and restarted the car. it took off at a rapid speed. when my husband had come to a complete stop at the same parking lot a month before, the gas pedal engaged and took off. that time he hit the support poles for the shopping center. it happened to me, on the first occassion, after i had come to an almost complete stop, less than 3 miles per hour, coming into my garage,. the gas pedal dropped away from my foot and engaged by itself. *ak | |||