Air Bag - Safety Label Instruction
Bulletin: G97-005Section: General
Date: 14 Mar 1997
Model: All
Subject:
Air Bag Safety Labels for Owner Application
Owners of Range Rover Classic, Range Rover 4.0/4.6 and Discovery models equipped with driver and passenger side airbags are being contacted by Land Rover North America to inform them of the safety aspects of air bag deployment. Included with the letter is a set of warning labels and instructions for placing those labels on the sun visor of each vehicle type.
We have appended copies of the letter and label instructions to this Service Bulletin. Also enclosed with this distribution are a number of complete mailers for your use. We recommend that the labels in the mailer be applied to vehicles in your inventory. Additional label sets can be obtain by contacting LRNA Product Support.
This action by Land Rover is intended to responsibly respond to the media attention recently directed at air bag deployment incidences which have caused injury to improperly positioned occupants, especially children. We urge you to follow up with your customers to ensure that any questions they may have about safe positioning of infant seats in Land Rover vehicles are answered. You should emphasize the same key points made in the owner letter:
^ NEVER put a rear facing child seat in the front passenger seat of a Land Rover (or any other vehicle) equipped with a passenger side air bag.
^ Always place children under 12 years of age in the back seat.
^ Use a child seat or a booster seat which is appropriate to the child's age and weight. Follow the seat manufacturer's instructions to properly anchor any child seat.
^ Always move both the driver and passenger seats as far back as safely possible from the air bag location in the vehicle.
Please note that the "800..." phone number to the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association in the owner letter is incorrect. Should you have inquiries, please advise the owner that information about pedal extenders can be obtained by calling the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association at 1-813-932-8566.