| NHTSA Record Id: 12058 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: LAND ROVER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008968000016872000000127 |
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| Model Name: RANGE ROVER |
Model Year: 1995 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V007000 |
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| Component Name: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: ROVER GROUP, LIMITED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 14 1994 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 21 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 20426 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jan, 11 1999 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Land Rover |
Report Received Date: Jan, 19 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Jan, 21 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. as a result of water ingress and subsequent ice blockage, the transmission breather tube can become clogged, expelling transmission fluid from the dipstick tube onto hot engine components. |
Consequence Summary: This leakage, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in an underhood fire. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will remove the transmission breather tube from the inner fender and a section of the hose will be cut at an angle. this action will remove the end of the breather tube from any pooled water and will eliminate water droplets from clinging to the end of the tube. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began january 11, 1999.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 1-800-637-6837. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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