Land Rover Electrical System: 12V/24V/48V Battery

Land Rover is recalling about 11,084 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. If the vehicle shuts down or loses exterior lighting while driving there could be an increased risk of a crash.

Campaign
20V694000
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Reported
10 November 2020
Vehicles
11,084
Built between
Sep 2018 – Aug 2020
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
17 December 2020
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
497

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2018 and August 2020. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2019-2020 Land Rover DiscoveryBuilt September 2018 to August 2020

Repair progress

497 of 11,084 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2022.

94% repaired — 10,431 of 11,084 reported

Owners not reachable
156

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 2019-2020 Discovery vehicles. A loose contact between the battery ground stud and the chassis may result in various electrical faults, possibly causing a loss of electrical power or the vehicle to shut down while driving.

What could happen

If the vehicle shuts down or loses exterior lighting while driving there could be an increased risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Land Rover will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ground stud, free of charge. The recall began December 17, 2020.

Parts involved

  • Earth StudW780285Ground Stud

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2018 to August 2020
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA10 November 2020
  3. Owners notified17 December 2020
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2022 — 94% 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 10 November 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 1-800-369-1000. Land Rover's number for this recall is N400.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
N400
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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