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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | ||||||||||||||||
| 06V131000 | LAND ROVER | V (Vehicle) | 45900 | 06/30/2006 | MFR | LAND ROVER | 04/20/2006 | 04/24/2006 | 571 | 114 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 114, 'theft protection.' when the ignition is switched off, after a period of time, it is possible to remove the ignition key when the transmission shift lever is not in park. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This condition increases the risk of a crash resulting from the unintended movement of parked vehicles. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will reprogram the driveline control transfer box electronic control unit (ecu) with revised software. the recall began on june 30, 2006. owners may contact land rover at 1-201-818-8500. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Land rover recall no. b037.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - SOFTWARE | |||||
| LTB-00228-NAS-3 | 01/25/2012 | 10043531 | Landrover: with electronic torque managed (etm) rear differential motor being energized, instrument cluster display electronic rear differential control module and dynamic suspension may lower. resulting in wear of motor assembly. | 04/09/2012 | |
| LTB-00269 | 04/12/2010 | 10034985 | Land rover: air suspension system-compressor delivery valve and drier replacement; software update. amber or red suspension system warning indicator may illuminate and suspension system inactive may display in the message center or there | 02/04/2011 | |
| LTB-00270 | 04/09/2010 | 10034986 | Land rover: suspension system software update when replacing compressor. amber or red suspension warning indicator may illuminate with suspensions system inactive displayed in message center or may be a noticeable degradation in suspensio | 02/04/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 07/18/2011 | |||
| As we were driving, the suspension fault light came on and immediately went off. we thought it may be due to the road conditions. about 30 minutes later, we stopped to gas up and when we were back on the road, the radio would not work. no sound but a cracking sound was coming from the radio. after a hour, the radio came back on. last week, i was driving and the suspension light was came on and off every 5 or 10 minutes, it seemed. then a loud chime with a suspension fault in red letters. at a stop light, the vehicle was going up and down like it has a mind of its own. kindly of spooky. of course, our 2006 lr3 is out of warranty. i called the dealer and it will cost $125 for a diagnosis but it will go toward the cost of the service whatever is needed. all i see is major dollars signs due to our last experience. the dealer quoted us a cost of $250 for a problem my husband fixed with a $12 fuse. so my husband will not take it back to the dealer not unless it is a must. | |||
| 05/09/2011 | 78000 | ||
| Pitted camshaft caused rocker arm to brake and stall. | |||
| 03/02/2006 | 3 | 01/23/2006 | |
| In jan. 2006 we bought a land rover lr3 ls, a month after we bought the car we begun having problems. the engine light warning lighted up a couple of times. the engine light warning lighted up & there was a burning smell coming from the air vents as well. we called the dealer & they said not to worry that it could wait, we insisted & finally they allowed us to bring the car into the dealer. all they said was that the compressor was dirty & that's why a burning smell came out of the vents & the engine light warning was now off & it would come back on because this was a software problem that they had become aware of & there was nothing they could do about it right now. the engine warning light came back that same day. we are afraid to drive the car & not being sure of it just being because of the software problem or if there is something really wrong with the car. we went to the dealer 3 different times, first have the car checked, second speak with the service manager & third with the general manager. all three visits we got the same answer a software problem & no solution. as we continued to do research about our software problem on the internet, we were astonished to find out that the engine of the lr3 v6 is a ford 4.0 & not a bmw motor as they used to be. the main reason we bought this car was because of the bmw motor the car was supposed to have. no one at the dealer ever told us that the lr3 v6 was a ford motor & the v8 was a jaguar motor eventhough we asked several times the difference between the lr3 v6 & v8. until now the engine light warning keeps coming on & off & also the burning smell comes out of the vents. the dealer does not have a fix for our problem yet. because of all the problems mentioned above we feel that there has been a fraud, the dealer has been selling these cars since the summer of 2005,in jan. '06 the dealer sold the car knowing this problem was going to arise with the engine light warning turning on & off due to the software problem. *nm | |||