Recall 98V040000: Inadvertant Air Bag Deployment
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 98V040000Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS: PASSIVE RESTRAINT: AIR BAG: DRIVER
Manufacturer: RANGE ROVER NA., INC.
Year: 1998
Make: LAND ROVER
Model: DISCOVERY
Year of Recall: '98
Type of Report: Vehicle
Potential Number of Units Affected: 54488
Summary:
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.
Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning can cause a driver to lose vehicle control.
Dealers will install a fusible link which will protect the rotary coupler from overheating.
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).