The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because fuel may leak via the fuel pump front seal onto the rear of the engine or onto the ground under the vehicle and could catch fire.
Product: The recall is specific to 2007-2008 model year Discovery 3 and 2007-2008 model year Range Rover Sport vehicles with the EU4 TDV6 engine, with VINs from:- LA412125 to LA487033 (Discovery 3), - LS100008 to LS999998 (Range Rover Sport).
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2009
19 of the 144 motor vehicle alerts published in 2009 concerned the same risk.
| 1495/09 20 Nov 2009 | Skoda |
| 1352/09 23 Oct 2009 | Polaris |
| 1355/09 23 Oct 2009 | Mitsubishi |
| 1360/09 23 Oct 2009 | Ford |
| 1273/09 2 Oct 2009 | Yamaha |
| 1202/09 4 Sept 2009 | Suzuki |
| 1096/09 14 Aug 2009 | Lancia |
| 0986/09 31 Jul 2009 | Mercedes-Benz |
Who notified alerts in 2009
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 58 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Spain | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
| Poland | 8 |
| Portugal | 6 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2009
More Land Rover alerts
103 EU Safety Gate alerts for Land Rover since 2006; the most were issued in 2026 (12).
| Sr/02848/26 Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Discovery 3 / LR3 (LA), Discovery 4 / LR4 (LA), Range Rover Sport (LS) Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Range Rover Evoque (LZ), Discovery Sport (LC) Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Defender, Discovery Fire | Sept 2026 |
| Discovery 3 / LR3 (LA), Discovery 4 / LR4 (LA), Range Rover Sport (LS) Injuries | Sept 2026 |
| Range rover, range rover sport Injuries | Sept 2026 |
| Defender, discovery, range rover Injuries | Jul 2026 |
| Defender (LE), Discovery (LR), Range Rover (LK) Injuries | Jul 2026 |