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 10/01/1993 to 07/31/1995 | 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 | |||
| 09/11/2002 | 1 | 09/11/2002 | |
| My car does not have airbags. i bought the car from the convention center auto dealership on september 11, 2002. yesterday i went to sell the car and discovered that it is illegal for them to have sold me the car without airbags. | |||
| 02/15/1995 | 5 | ||
| No deployment of driver's/passengers airbags during accident, resulting in injury. *skd | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 10/22/2000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was traveling about 45mph on a side street and she hit a patch of ice and lost control of vehicle, and hit guardrail. vehicle was up side down. seat belt locked on her which was a plus. but, dual airbags didn't deploy.*ak | |||