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Vehicle recall R/2009/051

Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Discovery recall: Fuel may leak

DVSA recall R/2009/051 names the Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Discovery. It was launched 28 September 2009. It covers vehicles built 1 September 2006 to 31 January 2008.

Recall data updated

Recall
R/2009/051
Launched
28 September 2009
Issued by
LAND ROVER
Manufacturer reference
P008
Vehicles
14,330 across the whole recall

What can go wrong

Fuel may leak from the fuel pump front bearing which could lead to poor performance smell of fuel fuel leakage at the rear of the engine fuel leak onto the ground and in the worse case fire.

The fix

Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected to replace the high pressure fuel pump drive belt belt tensioner the high pressure fuel lines and the fuel filter.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. DVSA gives one vehicle number for the whole recall: 14,330.
ModelBuilt
Land Rover Discovery1 September 2006 to 30 November 2006
Land Rover Discovery1 March 2007 to 30 June 2007
Land Rover Discovery1 September 2007 to 31 January 2008
Land Rover Range Rover Sport1 September 2006 to 30 November 2006
Land Rover Range Rover Sport1 March 2007 to 30 June 2007
Land Rover Range Rover Sport1 September 2007 to 31 January 2008
Is a specific car affected? A recall lists models and build dates, not individual vehicles, so these pages cannot tell you whether one car is included. Enter the registration on the DVSA vehicle recall checker on GOV.UK, or give the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the manufacturer or one of its dealers. Buying used? Ask the seller for proof that any recall work was done.

Other recalls for these models

  • R/2009/073 Possible reduction in braking assistance 28 September 2009, Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Land Rover Discovery
  • R/2010/147 Fire may occur 3 December 2010, Land Rover Discovery, Land Rover Range Rover
  • R/2006/226 Possibility of fuel leakage 19 March 2007, Land Rover Discovery
  • RCOMP/2012/003 Rear propeller shaft coupling failure 24 May 2012, Land Rover Discovery
  • R/2006/079 Brake hose ABS and pad sensor leads may chafe on wheel balance weights 12 June 2006, Land Rover Range Rover Sport
  • R/2006/069 Fuel may leak 7 June 2006, Land Rover Discovery

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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