Land Rover Electrical System: Software

Land Rover is recalling about 1,553 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. If the trailer lights are not working, following traffic won't be aware the vehicle is slowing down or stopping, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
20V143000
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Reported
12 March 2020
Vehicles
1,553
Built between
May 2017 – Jun 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
13 April 2020
Repaired
88%
Unrepaired
122

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2017 and June 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017-2018 Land Rover DiscoveryBuilt May 2017 to June 2018

Repair progress

122 of 1,553 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2022.

88% repaired — 1,369 of 1,553 reported

Owners not reachable
62

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 2017-2018 Discovery vehicles equipped with low line headlight assemblies. When towing a trailer with the trailer lights connected to the trailer socket and the vehicle's Daytime Running Lights (DRL) are on, the trailer lights may not function.

What could happen

If the trailer lights are not working, following traffic won't be aware the vehicle is slowing down or stopping, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Land Rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the Body Control Module software, free of charge. The recall began April 13, 2020.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2017 to June 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 March 2020
  3. Owners notified13 April 2020
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2022 — 88% 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 12 March 2020.

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 N428.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
N428
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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