A Range Rover Evoque SUV on display during the Chery Jaguar Land Rover plant opening ceremony in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, Oct. 2014. (Photo : Reuters)
Jaguar Land Rover North America will recall more than 61,000 vehicles in the wake of finding that some passenger side air bags may not open on effect due to broken or faulty software, ABC News reported.
The organization will recall 61,793 Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models made from 2012 to 2015, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced. Owners will be notified about the recall, which is required to start on April 17, and dealers will overhaul the software at no cost, according to Bloomberg Business.
"Every effort will be made to minimize inconvenience to the customer during the short time required for the work to be carried out," Stuart Schorr, an organization representative, said in a statement.
The imperfection originates from the vehicle's classification systems framework, which employs the air bag when it feels a passenger's presence. The product wrongly detects some lightweight adult passengers as kids and neglects to employ the air bag, as per the announcement. No mischances or injuries have been connected to the glitch, according to NHTSA.
Air bag recalls have beleaguered the business since 2014. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 2.1 million vehicles in January in light of air bags that could go off while driving.
Some of those cars were being recalled again after a year ago's massive 10 automaker recall of Takata Corp. because of air bags over dissentions that inflators could blast and send shrapnel at drivers and passengers. The imperfections have prompted recalls of more than 20 million vehicles and claimed a 5th life in the U.S. that was connected to Honda in January.
It is the greatest test to the innovation since the mid-1990s, when NHTSA started researching reports that original air bags conveyed with such constrain that kids and small adults riding in front seats were being killed and decapitated.
The recall is at the second of the month for Jaguar Land Rover North America, an arm of the British luxury sports-car brand owned by Tata Motors Ltd.
According to a Feb. 7 notice, the organization would recall up to 104,000 cars after NHTSA distributed 3 notices that highlighted issues that could prompt flawed braking and lighting.
In the U.S., once a maker or the NHTSA decides a vehicle is faulty, the automaker will typically consent to willfully issue a recall and to settle the imperfection for nothing. All the owner needs to do is take it to a dealership partnered or affiliated with the maker.
