Vehicle recall R/2017/138

Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Range Rover recall: Passengr seat belt locking retractor may not function correctly

DVSA recall R/2017/138 names the Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Range Rover. It was launched 2 May 2017. It covers vehicles built 12 April 2016 to 31 October 2016.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2017/138
Launched: 2 May 2017
Issued by: LAND ROVER
Manufacturer reference: N029
Vehicles: DVSA lists 5,170 on each model line

What can go wrong

The Emergency Locking Retractor in the front passenger safety belt assembly may not function correctly. The Emergency Locking Retractors are equipped with a vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism and a webbing-sensitive locking mechanism. The vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism may not lock as designed. In the event of a pre-crash brake event where the passenger airbag deploys front passenger seat forward facing child seat occupants may sustain more severe injuries.

The fix

Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected and replace the left hand front seat belt assembly.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. DVSA lists the same vehicle number on each line: 5,170. It may be a figure per line or for the whole recall.
Model	Built	Vehicles
Land Rover Range Rover	12 April 2016 to 31 October 2016	5,170
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	12 April 2016 to 31 October 2016	5,170

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/2017/103 Front passenger airbag may not deploy 1 May 2017, Land Rover Range Rover, Land Rover Range Rover Sport
R/2017/145 Fuel hose may leak 22 May 2017, Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Land Rover Discovery
R/2016/307 Front passenger airbag may not deploy 31 December 2016, Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Range Rover and others
R/2016/303 Seat belt pretensioner may not deploy 31 December 2016, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Land Rover Range Rover, Land Rover Range Rover Sport
R/2017/288 Instrument cluster may intermittently go blank 24 November 2017, Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Land Rover Range Rover
R/2016/098 Engine may cut out 23 June 2016, Land Rover Range Rover, Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 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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