A glitch with the occupant classification system on certain Range Rovers has prompted Land Rover and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a recall for 61,793 vehicles.
The apparent problem is that the OCS may not be able to distinguish between a small adult and a child sitting in the front passenger seat, and could turn off the airbag when it should be on.
The issue affects the 2013-15 Range Rover (specifically those manufactured between Aug. 23, 2012, and Feb. 5, 2015) and 2014-15 Range Rover Sport (built from June 16, 2013, to Feb. 5, 2015). To fix the issue, dealers will have to simply update the OCS software.
In a separate campaign, Land Rover is also calling in a 2015 Range Rover Sport and a 2015 LR4. That's right, just one of each, both equipped with the 3.0-liter supercharged V6 whose connecting rod bolts may have been improperly torqued. In those two cases, the entire engine is being replaced.
Land Rover recalling 62,000 SUVs for faulty occupant sensor
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