I was reading this some where in the net any idea if still this issue is there in coming RRS production

Land Rover in US recall

8th November 2005

The US National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that Land Rover is recalling about 2,000 SUVs because of a possible defect in the automatic transmission parking guide plate.

The potential problem is that ‘park’ may not engage when the driver moves the vehicle’s lever into park, even though all indicators show that the vehicle is in park. As a result, if the vehicle were parked on sloping ground without the parking brake engaged, it could roll away.

The recall affects 2006 Land Rover LR3, the Land Rover/Range Rover, and the Land Rover/ Range Rover Sport and is expected to begin on November 30, 2005.

– The NHTSA has opened an investigation into another product of Ford’s PAG brand group, the Volvo XC90 SUV, after receiving complaints about battery cables. Volvo North American said a nut that secures the main cable that connects the battery to the The preliminary NHTSA investigation will involve 39,500 vehicles. There have been no crashes, fires or injuries linked to the potential fault.

I know a few cars have been recalled under that notice... I don't know how quickly recall notices get merged into the build process. One for TB, that. 

All vehicles that were impacted should have already been fixed by now. For unsold vehicles, they were not allowed to be sold before replacing the parking pawl guide plate.

The transmission's manufacturer (ZF) shipped transmissions with defective pawl plates to numerous brands... not just Land Rover. Once discovered, they were immediately replaced.

How many people would leave a £40k+ car without applying the handbrake anyway! I'd never trust just P postion.

If your car rolls away you don't deserve a car of this value!

It's hardly a taxing brake to use either! 06 RRS TDV6 HSE, Java/Ebony, PTI, Running Boards, Privacy, S/C Grille/Vents, Stormers, Tasmods, Black Badge Soon...

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Supertrotter wrote:

How many people would leave a £40k+ car without applying the handbrake anyway! I'd never trust just P postion.

If your car rolls away you don't deserve a car of this value!

It's hardly a taxing brake to use either!

You cannot leave an automatic RRS or D3 parked without the EPB engaging by itself after a while, or so the local dealer tells me! I usually leave it on and I also engage it at traffic lights, it really p*sses me off to be stuck behind somebody at the lights who stands on the footbrake and dazzles me with their high level brake light. A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

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Last edited by Tim in Scotland on Tue May 02 2006 3:05pm. Edited 1 time in total

shmoogle wrote:

Supertrotter wrote:

How many people would leave a £40k+ car without applying the handbrake anyway! I'd never trust just P postion.

If your car rolls away you don't deserve a car of this value!

It's hardly a taxing brake to use either!

Oddly, the instructor who did my LRE advised against ever using the EPB (in day-to-day driving, not offroad). I must admit I always pop it on when getting out of the car...

jHe told me the same , said it was to ss off some chap called SuperTrotter RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zambezi silver,Alpaca.
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Oops... You best go in front then, Tim!  

Supertrotter wrote:

shmoogle wrote:

Supertrotter wrote:

How many people would leave a £40k+ car without applying the handbrake anyway! I'd never trust just P postion.

If your car rolls away you don't deserve a car of this value!

It's hardly a taxing brake to use either!

Oddly, the instructor who did my LRE advised against ever using the EPB (in day-to-day driving, not offroad). I must admit I always pop it on when getting out of the car...

Did he say why not? I use it religiously.

Also officially you are not stopped/parked without engaging the parking brake, according the the Highway Code! A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

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You're quite right, Tim...  

our 7 series has an electric parking brake which engages when you stop.. it then turns off when u press the gas again same as the RRS.. think this should have been put in the RRS too.. Past: Bmw M3 Coupe 57, 335d Coupe 56, Audi RS4 06, RR Sport TD HSE 05,
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