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2020 LAND ROVER DEFENDER — SERVICE BRAKES

crash1 injured · 1763571 · 2021-08-17

Vehicle

Make
LAND ROVER
Model
DEFENDER
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
7,434
Speed
25 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

The contact owns a 2020 Land Rover Defender. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into two mailboxes but the vehicle kept driving down a curved road onto the left lane. The brakes had failed to engage. The contact did not receive medical attention on the scene but later went to the hospital for injuries sustained. No police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a towing yard then towed to a body shop where it remained. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure occurred after receiving the vehicle back from the dealer. The vehicle was originally taken to the dealer for the emergency brakes, lane departure, emergency steering, traction control warning lights, and cracked windshield. However, the dealer could not replicate the failure and only the lane departure software was updated and the windshield was replaced but not calibrated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 7,434.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11429431
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown