NHTSA campaign 00V142000

Land Rover Recall 00V-142: LAND ROVER/ENGINE IDLER PULLEY

NHTSA recall 00V142000 was reported by LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC. on May 17, 2000, with 7,120 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Land Rover Discovery II for model years 1999–2000. Owners were notified on June 5, 2000, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 00V142000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 00V142000 (also written 00V-142 or 00V142)
Filed by: LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Report received: May 17, 2000
Potentially affected: 7,120 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Electronic Stability Control — Automatic (ASC)
Owners notified: June 5, 2000

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 00V142000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Land Rover

Land Rover Discovery II
- 1999, 2000 · Vehicles built May 1, 1998 – April 30, 2000 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 00V142000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ACTIVE CORNERING ENHANCEMENT (ACE). THE LOADING CONDITIONS ON THE VEHICLE'S LEFT SIDE ENGINE IDLER PULLEY CAN EXCEED THE MAXIMUM CALCULATED FIGURE OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN SPECIFICATION. THE MATERIAL OF THE PULLEY CAN FRACTURE AND ULTIMATELY FAIL. FAILURE OF THE PULLEY MATERIAL CAN CAUSE THE PULLEY TO THROW OFF THE SERPENTINE BELT.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF ENGINE AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS (POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP, ALTERNATOR, AIR CONDITIONING AND ACE).

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN IMPROVED IDLER PULLEY.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGANJUNE 5, 2000.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 1-800-637-6837.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 00V142000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.