Recall wrap: New Land Rover Defender recalled
Fire risk for both Defender and Discovery while Suzuki Jimny comes unstuck with glass adhesive problemA nationwide recall for the new Land Rover Defender and the Land Rover Discovery has been issued over a potential fire risk with models fitted with the 3.0-litre six-cylinder turbo-diesel engine.
A total of 533 Land Rover Discovery and Defender SUVs are subject to the recall, all of them MY20 models.
In the recall notice, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Australia has advised that the fixing nuts that connect the exhaust downpipe to the catalytic converter may not have been tightened to specification.
If the fixings loosen, hot exhaust gas could leak into the engine bay, potentially causing localised heat damage which could in turn lead to under-body smoke and a vehicle fire, if sustained.
The British car-maker says it will write to affected owners to have their vehicle booked in for inspection and repair, free of charge.
Click here for a list of affected models, sold nationally between November 2, 2020, and March 11, 2021.
In other recall news, a small batch (12 units) of the MY20 Suzuki Jimny is under recall, following a problem identified which could see its windscreen and/or rear door window fall out.
Suzuki says the bond primer used to attach the windscreen and rear door window may have been incorrectly applied to the glass, which could cause water to leak into the cabin and, in some cases, could cause the glass to detach from the vehicle.
The recall notice makes it clear that “this could result in the glass becoming airborne or falling on to the road, increasing the risk of serious injury or death of other road users”.
Affected models include those sold between September 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021, with the Japanese car-maker saying it will notify affected owners by mail to organise removal and reinstallation of the front and rear glass.
Click here for a list of affected vehicles.
At the same time, MY20-built examples of the Suzuki Ignis compact SUV are also being called back into dealerships.
A total of 163 examples are affected, with Suzuki saying a fuel tank breather pipe may have been incorrectly moulded to the top of the fuel tank and could detach by normal vibration of the vehicle.
According to Suzuki, if the breather pipe detaches and fuel leaks in the presence of an ignition source, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire, therefore increasing the risk of serious injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users.
A VIN list of impacted vehicles is found here.
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