Recalls › 98V040000

NHTSA recall 98V040000

Air bags › Frontal

Land Rover Discovery and 1 more

Reported Feb 24, 199854,488 vehicles affectedROVER GROUP, LIMITEDBuilt Dec 1, 1993 – Dec 31, 1997

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. as a result of chaffing of a cruise control wire, the steering wheel rotary coupler can overheat and inadvertently deploy the driver's air bag.

The risk

Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning can cause a driver to lose vehicle control.

The remedy

Dealers will install a fusible link which will protect the rotary coupler from overheating.

Air bags › FrontalVehicle speed control

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Vehicles in this recall

Land Rover Discovery
19941995199619971998
Land Rover Range Rover
1995

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin march 24, 1998. 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 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).