Land Rover Power Train: Automatic Transmission

Land Rover is recalling about 1,949 vehicles over a problem with the power train. Consequently park may not engage when the lever in the vehicle is moved to park and all indicators show park position is achieved.

Campaign
05V502000
Manufacturer
LAND ROVER
Reported
1 November 2005
Vehicles
1,949
Built between
Aug 2005 – Oct 2005
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
19 November 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2005 and October 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2006 Land Rover LR3Built August 2005 to October 2005
  • 2006 Land Rover Range RoverBuilt August 2005 to October 2005
  • 2006 Land Rover Range Rover SportBuilt August 2005 to October 2005

What the defect is

Certain sport utility vehicles may have been manufactured with an incorrectly manufactured automatic transmission parking pawl guide plate.

What could happen

Consequently park may not engage when the lever in the vehicle is moved to park and all indicators show park position is achieved. If the vehicle was parked on an incline, and the parking brake was not engaged, this could result in a vehicle roll-away condition, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PARKING PAWL GUIDE PLATE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 19, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2005 to October 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 November 2005
  3. Owners notified19 November 2005

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 November 2005.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact land rover at 1-800-637-6837.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
B023
Recalling manufacturer
LAND ROVER
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Land rover recall no. B023.CUSTOMERS may also 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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand