Hello!

I’m reaching out to the community for some input. I have a 2015 L494 with 54,000 miles, and both front steering knuckles have developed cracks. The vehicle has been meticulously maintained at a dealership its entire life — no accidents, never off-road, always garage-kept, and driven in a southern climate with minimal to no road salt exposure.

I’ve already posted in a few other forums but wanted to check here as well:

Have any other L494 owners experienced cracked steering knuckles?

From what I’m seeing, this seems like a systemic issue. If it is, I’d like to compile some owner feedback to present to the NHTSA and Jaguar Land Rover North America. My goal is to push for the L494s to be included in the existing recall for L405s, which suffer from the same problem.

Currently, my L494 is at the dealership, officially diagnosed with cracked knuckles and failed ball joints (likely a side effect of the knuckle issue). The service manager is contacting JLR to see if they’ll offer goodwill assistance.

Based on my research, the L494 and L405 use the same steering knuckles, so it seems pretty clear this isn’t an isolated defect.

If you’re a USA or North America-based owner who’s experienced this as well, could you please share your story? It would be really helpful for building a stronger case.

Thanks in advance for your help!






Last edited by beach_rr on Sun Apr 27 2025 6:23pm. Edited 2 times in total

The L405 suffers, and there is an active recall for it

The L494, as well as the Discovery 5 also suffers from exactly the same problem, but JLR don't recognise it as a safety issue

Apparently, the Velar and F-Pace also suffer from it, though nowhere near as common

Update: had both knuckles and all 4 front control arms done on my dime. I connected with someone at JLRNA Corporate who said my case was being sent to a team in the UK for review. They also said to hang on to my old knuckles just in case they would like them for analysis.

Who knows what will come of this. I counted over 47 complaints on the NHTSA website related to this issue. The majority (77%) were for the 2015 model.

If anyone is having this issue, feel free to message me. I can give you the contact information I have at JLRNA. I would also encourage anyone facing this to file a report on the NHTSA website.

Just got the truck back. JLR NA declined any goodwill. It all had to be done out of pocket. New OEM knuckles and went with 4 aftermarket (Atlantic British) front control arms. I hope there’s a recall on these.