Land Rover Air Bags: Frontal

Land Rover is recalling about 2,956 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. The driver's frontal airbag may not deploy as intended or at all and therefore will not be able to properly protect the driver, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
10V581000
Manufacturer
JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Reported
12 November 2010
Vehicles
2,956
Built between
Nov 2009 – Aug 2010
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
13 December 2010
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between November 2009 and August 2010. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2010-2011 Land Rover LR2Built November 2009 to August 2010

What the defect is

Land rover is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 LR2 vehicles manufactured from november 12, 2009, through august 23, 2010. The shorting bar in the clock spring may become disconnected when the driver's air bag module connector is installed.

What could happen

The driver's frontal airbag may not deploy as intended or at all and therefore will not be able to properly protect the driver, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A SPACER INTO THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING HARNESS CONNECTOR. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 13, 2010.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtNovember 2009 to August 2010
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 November 2010
  3. Owners notified13 December 2010

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 12 November 2010.

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 800-637-6837.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
P116
Recalling manufacturer
JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, LLC
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 safety recall no. P116.OWNERS 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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.

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