Land Rover Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch

Land Rover is recalling about 65,372 vehicles over a problem with the latches/locks/linkages. If a vehicle door unlatches, the distraction may increase the risk of a crash and/or a vehicle occupant may fall out of the vehicle if they are not wearing a seatbelt, increasing their risk of injury.

Campaign
15V385000
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Reported
17 June 2015
Vehicles
65,372
Built between
Jul 2012 – Mar 2015
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
6 August 2015
Repaired
72%
Unrepaired
16,054

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2012 and March 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2013-2016 Land Rover Range RoverBuilt July 2012 to March 2015
  • 2014-2016 Land Rover Range Rover SportBuilt February 2013 to March 2015

Repair progress

16,054 of 65,372 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2016.

72% repaired — 47,123 of 65,372 reported

Owners not reachable
2,191
Scrapped or exported
4

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Range Rover vehicles manufactured July 26, 2012, to March 9, 2015, and 2014-2016 Range Rover Sport vehicles manufactured February 18, 2013, to March 5, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the doors may unlatch unexpectedly when closed.

What could happen

If a vehicle door unlatches, the distraction may increase the risk of a crash and/or a vehicle occupant may fall out of the vehicle if they are not wearing a seatbelt, increasing their risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Land Rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the keyless entry software, free of charge. The recall began August 6, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2012 to March 2015
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA17 June 2015
  3. Owners notified6 August 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2016 — 72% repaired

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 17 June 2015.

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 customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land Rover's number for this recall is P068.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
P068
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

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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.

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