NHTSA Campaign 08V635000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
NHTSA campaign 08V635000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: driveline: driveshaft. The repair is free.
LAND ROVER filed the report for 08V635000 with NHTSA on December 3, 2008; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 08V635000, NHTSA lists up to 19,168 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 3, 2002 and February 22, 2005.
The 08V635000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 08V635000 were scheduled from January 5, 2009, 33 days after the report.
08V635000 covers 1 model from Land Rover, model years 2003–2005.
Owners of the model years 08V635000 covers have filed at least 120 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 08V635000 vehicles, the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover has the most (74).
By potentially affected vehicles, 08V635000 ranks 6 of 17 LAND ROVER recalls on this site.
Besides 08V635000, LAND ROVER has 1 other recall on the power train on this site; the one before 08V635000 was 05V502000, reported on November 1, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- LAND ROVER IS RECALLING 19,168 MY 2003-2005 RANGE ROVER VEHICLES. THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL COUPLING SLEEVE AND THE PROPELLER SHAFT MAY BE MISALIGNED, RESULTING IN SPLINE WEAR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. AS THE WEAR BETWEEN THE PROPELLER SHAFT AND THE DIFFERENTIAL SPLINE COUPLING PROGRESSES, NOISE AND VIBRATION ARE EXPECTED.
- The risk
- CONTINUED VEHICLE OPERATION CAN EVENTUALLY RESULT IN THE SPLINES SHEARING AND A LOSS OF DRIVE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A REVISED DESIGN OF THE PROPELLER SHAFT, THE FLANGE KIT AND HEAT SHIELD KIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 6, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT LAND ROVER AT 1-800- 637-6837.
- Notes
- LAND ROVER RECALL NO. P041.
Reported December 3, 2008
Vehicles covered by 08V635000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 08V635000, 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: December 3, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted