Don't sit in the passenger seat during an accident with the warning light on.
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling more than 4,000 model year 2010 Range Rover vehicles built at the Solihull (UK) Assembly Plant from March 3, 2009 through to November 12, 2009 to update faulty software that could cause an airbag deployment failure. The module in question comes from Robert Bosch.
In spite of the potential seriousness of the problem with a major safety system, Land Rover told U.S. safety regulators that it “does not plan to make a public statement concerning the subject matter of this action.”
It seems that Range Rover (L322) vehicles with “Occupant Classification System (OCS)” may set an airbag warning lamp on the instrument cluster. The passenger airbag will be disabled when the airbag warning lamp is on because of this defect. The “Passenger Airbag Warning Disable (PAWD) lamp” in the overhead console will also illuminate. Deployment of the passenger airbag will not occur in and accident resulting in and injury or death.
Dealers will update the vehicle’s restraints control module with software from DVD 118.5, patch 16 or later. This service will be performed free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin on or before December 21, 2009.
Owners may contact Jaguar Land Rover at 1-800-452-4827 about recall PO20.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 about NHTSA Campaign ID number 09V467000, or go to http://www.safercar.gov.