The defect
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain model year 2010-2015 LR2 and 2012-2013 Range Rover Evoque vehicles. A component within the Occupant Classification System (OCS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may fail, resulting in the front seat passenger air bag being totally or partially disabled.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, if the air bag is disabled, the air bag may not deploy or may not deploy properly, increasing the risk of injury to the front seat passenger.
The remedy
Land Rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the Restraint Control Module software, free of charge. The recall began on August 30, 2014. Owners may contact Land Rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land Rover's number for this recall is P046.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Land Rover LR2 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 2012, 2013 |
Components: AIR BAGS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Rover LR2 | 2010 | 21 | 2 |
| Land Rover LR2 | 2011 | 13 | 2 |
| Land Rover LR2 | 2012 | 6 | 2 |
| Land Rover LR2 | 2013 | 12 | 1 |
| Land Rover LR2 | 2014 | 8 | 1 |
| Land Rover LR2 | 2015 | 6 | 1 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 2012 | 32 | 2 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 2013 | 46 | 1 |
Other air bags recalls in 2014
38 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the air bags; Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC filed 187 campaigns in all.
| 14V788000 15 Dec 2014 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 14V787000 12 Dec 2014 | Ford Motor Company |
| 14V770000 3 Dec 2014 | Chrysler Group LLC |
| 14V763000 1 Dec 2014 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 14V757000 26 Nov 2014 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 14V700000 4 Nov 2014 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 14V668000 24 Oct 2014 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 14V667000 24 Oct 2014 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014