NHTSA Campaign 07V041000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 07V041000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch. The repair is free.
LAND ROVER filed the report for 07V041000 with NHTSA on February 9, 2007; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 07V041000, NHTSA lists up to 33,247 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 5, 2001 and May 19, 2005.
The 07V041000 report reached NHTSA 21 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V041000 were scheduled from July 30, 2007, 171 days after the report.
07V041000 covers 1 model from Land Rover, model years 2002–2005.
Owners of the model years 07V041000 covers have filed at least 24 complaints naming the exterior lighting, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 07V041000 vehicles, the 2002 Land Rover Freelander has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V041000 ranks 4 of 17 LAND ROVER recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY REMAIN ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. HILL DESCENT CONTROL (HDC), TRACTION CONTROL (TC) AND CRUISE CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS MAY ALSO BE ILLUMINATED.
- The risk
- FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE PROPER SIGNAL WHEN BRAKING COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BRAKE LAMP OPERATION AND WHERE REQUIRED, ADJUST AND/OR REPLACE THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES WITH NEW SWITCHES OF THE SAME DESIGN UNTIL A NEWLY DESIGNED BRAKE LAMP SWITCH IS AVAILABLE IN MAY 2007. OWNERS WILL THEN BE RE-NOTIFIED TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN FOR THE NEW BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. AN INTERIM LETTER FOR THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MAILED ON MARCH 26, 2007. THE SECOND LETTER FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SWITCHES WAS MAILED BEGINNING JULY 30, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT LAND ROVER AT 1-80-637-6837.
- Notes
- LAND ROVER RECALL NO. P004.
Reported February 9, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V041000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V041000, 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: February 9, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted