Vehicle recall 98V040000 · February 24, 1998
Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. As a result of chaffing of a cruise control wire, the steering wheel rotary coupler can overheat and inadvertently deploy the driver's air bag.
- Consequence
- Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning can cause a driver to lose vehicle control.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install a fusible link which will protect the rotary coupler from overheating.
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin March 24, 1998. 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.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 98V040000
- Reported to NHTSA
- February 24, 1998
- Filed by
- ROVER GROUP, LIMITED
- Owner notification
- March 24, 1998
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 54,488
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Vehicle speed control; Air bags › Frontal
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Land Rover Discovery (1994-1998): 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994
- Land Rover Range Rover (1995): 1995
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