Recall Detail
LAND ROVER / DISCOVERY / 1996
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 14058 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: LAND ROVER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008551000071407000000257 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: DISCOVERY | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V040000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Manufacturer That Filed Report: ROVER GROUP, LIMITED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 01 1993 | End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 31 1997 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 54488 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Mar, 24 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Land Rover | Report Received Date: Feb, 24 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Feb, 27 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| 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. | Recall 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). |
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