NHTSA Campaign 02V022000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA campaign 02V022000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. The repair is free.
LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 02V022000 with NHTSA on January 22, 2002; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 02V022000, NHTSA lists up to 55,505 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 1998 and July 31, 2001.
The 02V022000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 02V022000 were scheduled from March 6, 2002, 43 days after the report.
02V022000 covers 1 model from Land Rover, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 02V022000 covers have filed at least 23 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 02V022000 vehicles, the 2000 Land Rover Discovery II has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 02V022000 ranks 3 of 9 LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 02V022000, LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 02V022000 was 00V187000, reported on July 3, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, CONTAMINATION OF AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) SENSOR CAN CAUSE THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) TO INCORRECTLY INTERPRET THE SENSOR SIGNAL, RESULTING IN INAPPROPRIATE ABS ACTIVATION.
- The risk
- THIS CAN LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN BRAKING DISTANCE THAT IS UNANTICIPATED BY THE DRIVER.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW ECU. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 6, 2002. 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.
Reported January 22, 2002
Vehicles covered by 02V022000 (2)
Land Rover (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 02V022000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: January 22, 2002. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted