NHTSA Campaign 04V005000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA campaign 04V005000 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 filed the report for 04V005000 with NHTSA on January 6, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V005000, NHTSA lists up to 100,174 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 1998 and December 1, 2003.
The 04V005000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V005000 were scheduled from June 2, 2004, 148 days after the report.
04V005000 covers 1 model from Land Rover, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 04V005000 covers have filed at least 23 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V005000 vehicles, the 2000 Land Rover Discovery II has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V005000 ranks 1 of 17 LAND ROVER recalls on this site.
Besides 04V005000, LAND ROVER has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS NO. 105, "HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEMS," AND NO. 135, "PASSENGER CAR BRAKE SYSTEMS." THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) MODULATOR VALVE COVER RETAINING BOLTS CAN CRACK DUE TO STRESSES TRANSMITTED BY THE FLEXING VALVE COVERS.
- The risk
- THIS CAN PRODUCE AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL LOSS OF SERVICE BRAKING FUNCTION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL STRENGTHEN THE ABS MODULATOR ASSEMBLY VALVE COVERS AND REPLACE THE RETAINING BOLTS. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXEPCTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT LAND ROVER AT 1-800-637-6837.
- Notes
- LAND ROVER RECALL NO. B148.
Reported January 6, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V005000 (2)
Land Rover (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V005000, 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 6, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted