Land Rover Suspension: Rear

Land Rover is recalling about 1,505 vehicles over a problem with the suspension. A broken radius arm can allow movement of the rear axle and vehicle instability.

Campaign
96V050000
Manufacturer
RANGE ROVER NA., INC.
Reported
11 March 1996
Vehicles
1,505
Built between
Jun 1994 – Mar 1995
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
26 March 1996
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 1994 and March 1995. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1995 Land Rover Range RoverBuilt June 1994 to March 1995

What the defect is

The rear radius arm, which locates the rear axle, can fail at the extruded aluminum chassis eye end.

What could happen

A broken radius arm can allow movement of the rear axle and vehicle instability.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR RADIUS ARM ASSEMBLIES.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 1994 to March 1995
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA11 March 1996
  3. Owners notified26 March 1996

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 11 March 1996.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
RANGE ROVER NA., INC.
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

System: suspension; rear; control arm. Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time, should contact land rover at 1-301-731-9040. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

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

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