Vehicle profile
1997 Land Rover Discovery
SUV · Special Purpose Vehicles
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 182 hp
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 4L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 1997 Special Purpose Vehicles
- 0.47× the 4.28 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- AIR BAGS — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1997 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
98V040000
AIR BAGS:FRONTALVEHICLE 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.
24/02/1998
12E010000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFTJAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC. (LAND ROVER) IS RECALLING CERTAIN REAR DRIVESHAFT COUPLINGS, LAND ROVER BRANDED PART NUMBER TVF100010, MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 2011 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2011, SOLD FOR USE AS SERVICE PARTS FOR CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1995-1999 DISCOVERY, 1999-2004 DISCOVERY II, AND 1995 RANGE ROVER CLASSIC VEHICLES. SOME OF THE REAR DRIVESHAFT COUPLINGS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED TO THE REQUIRED ENGINEERING DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND MAY EXHIBIT THE ONSET OF JOINT SEPARATION, PRECLUDED BY DRIVE LINE VIBRATION.
Consequence: IF THIS INCREASED VIBRATION WARNING SIGN IS IGNORED, CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE DRIVE COUPLING CAN OCCUR. THE DRIVESHAFT MAY DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION RESULTING IN LOSS OF DRIVE AND LOSS OF TRANSMISSION PARK FUNCTIONALITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH AND/OR INJURY.
Remedy: LAND ROVER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AFFECTED REAR DRIVESHAFT COUPLERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 4, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA AT 1-201-818-8500.
15/03/2012
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{
"id": "vay32mj6oyza7ad",
"year": 1997,
"make": "Land Rover",
"model": "Discovery",
"trim": "Discovery",
"submodel": "SUV",
"horsepower": 182,
"cylinders": 8,
"displacement_l": 4,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "AWD",
"fuel_type": "Premium gasoline",
"body_class": "Special Purpose Vehicles",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1997/Land_Rover/Discovery/1997_Land_Rover_Discovery_d98f5d1c_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 2
}
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