NHTSA Campaign 04V488000
PARKING BRAKE
NHTSA campaign 04V488000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the parking brake. The repair is free.
JAGUAR CARS LTD filed the report for 04V488000 with NHTSA on October 7, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V488000, NHTSA lists up to 30,181 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2001 and January 31, 2004.
The 04V488000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V488000 were scheduled from January 15, 2005, 100 days after the report.
04V488000 covers 1 model from Jaguar, model years 2003–2004.
Owners of the model years 04V488000 covers have filed at least 18 complaints naming the parking brake, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V488000 vehicles, the 2003 Jaguar S-Type has the most (14).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V488000 ranks 3 of 14 JAGUAR CARS LTD recalls on this site.
Besides 04V488000, JAGUAR CARS LTD has 1 other recall on the parking brake on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE ELECTRONIC PARK BRAKE MODULE, WHICH CONTROLS THE APPLICATION OF THE PARKING BRAKE, MAY UNINTENTIONALLY APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OR WARNING TO THE DRIVER.
- The risk
- THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE AND MAY CAUSE REAR WHEEL "LOCKUP" AT ANY ROAD SPEED. A CRASH MAY OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC PARK BRAKE MODULE WITH THE LATEST PRODUCTION LEVER PARTS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 15, 2005. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT JAGUAR AT 1-800-452-4827.
- Notes
- JAGUAR RECALL NOS. R166/R167.
Reported October 7, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V488000 (2)
Jaguar (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V488000, 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: October 7, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted