JLR Needs To Fix Almost 60,000 Range Rovers Due To Leaky Rear Camera

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling nearly 60,000 autos throughout america because of a difficulty with the reversing digicam.

The recall discover issued by way of the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) reveals that the reversing digicam on sure Vary Rover and Vary Rover Sport fashions will show a poor picture or no picture in any respect because of the potential for water leaking into the digicam housing and bezel.

A complete of 58,729 autos are concerned within the recall. These include 36,461 Vary Rover fashions constructed for the 2018-2022 mannequin years between July 5, 2017, and December 10, 2021, in addition to 22,268 Vary Rover Sport fashions from the 2018-2022 mannequin years constructed from Could 25, 2017, to April 28, 2022.

Land Rover says it began to obtain a rising variety of subject studies about reversing digicam points in direction of the tip of 2022 and initiated an investigation into them. In February 2023, the producer was made conscious that modifications had been made to the design of the digicam half means by way of the 2018 mannequin yr and subsequent investigations and testing decided the digicam is probably not accurately sealed, permitting water to enter.

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Whereas Land Rover isn’t conscious of any crashes or accidents associated to the difficulty, it has obtained 210 subject studies within the U.S. associated to rearview digicam points between January 30, 2018, and January 2, 2024.

U.S. sellers shall be notified of the recall on February 1 whereas homeowners shall be alerted on or earlier than March 8. Accepted Jaguar Land Rover repairers will take away and examine the digicam and if the digicam itself is discovered to be fantastic, will merely match a brand new seal. If the digicam is broken, will probably be changed and put in with a brand new seal.