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2014 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

1 injured · 1191301 · 2015-06-16

Vehicle

Make
LAND ROVER
Model
RANGE ROVER SPORT
Year
2014
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
10,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU ABOUT A FLAW IN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR CLOSE MECHANISM ON MY 2014 RANGE ROVER SPORT. AFTER ACCIDENTALLY GETTING MY THUMB CAUGHT IN THE DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO WATCH AS THE AUTO CLOSE MECHANISM PULLED THE DOOR CLOSED COMPLETELY BEFORE IT WOULD RELEASE & CRUSHING MY THUMB TO THE POINT WHERE I LOST MY FINGERNAIL AND NEEDLESSNESS TO SAY, SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN IN THE PROCESS. IT WAS CLEAR IN THE SECOND OR TWO THAT IT TOOK THE DOOR TO CLOSE COMPLETELY AND TRYING TO OPEN IT AT LEAST 3 TIMES, THERE WAS NO CHANCE IT WAS GOING TO OPEN UNTIL IT WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED. THE CLOSER SHOULD OBVIOUSLY RELEASE WHEN THE HANDLE IS PULLED OR RECOGNIZE WHEN THERE IS RESISTANCE AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION....UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF UPDATED 11/9/2015*JS

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10725659
Machine
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