# Service bulletin R97001

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 51231
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: R97001
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-17
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

## NHTSA's summary

RECALL 96V\-247 \- THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR ON SOME 1995 AND 1996 DISCOVERY VEHICLES MAY FAIL TO LATCH FULLY, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BOUNCE BACK OFF THE DOOR SEALS \- PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO INSPECT ALL SIDE DOORS ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AND TO RECTIFY LATCH PROBLEMS DETERMINED BY THAT INSPECTION \- TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, AN EXTENDED LATCH MOUNTING FASTENER HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO ASSURE PROPER ORIENTATION OF THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR LATCH RELATIVE TO THE MOUNTING LEG OF THE ADJACENT WINDOW FRAME \- THE NEW FASTENER MUST BE INSTALLED ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES \- IN CASES WHERE LATCH LOADS HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE, REPLACEMENT OF THE LATCH MAY BE NECESSARY \- RECALL 96V\-247. \*TW

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Latches and locks, Door latch

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1996 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [D456](/bulletins/51228.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. RECALL 96V\-247 \- LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA HAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION THE EXISTENCE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH SAFETY CONSEQUENCES \- THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR ON SOME 1995 AND 1996 DISCOVERY VEHICLES MAY FAIL TO LATCH FULLY, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BOUNCE BACK OFF THE DOOR SEALS \- TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, DEALERS ARE TO INSTALL LATCH MOUNTING FASTENER AND INSPECT ALL AFFECTED DISCOVERY MODELS FOR CORRECT RIGHT HAND DOOR LATCH OPERATION \- CONDUCT CHECK OF ALL OTHER SIDE DOOR LATCHES TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION \- RECALL 96V\-247. \*TW
- [76/02/97US](/bulletins/51217.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. FRONT DOOR HANDLE LINK ROD ADJUSTMENT. \*TW
- [76/01/97US](/bulletins/51216.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. FRONT DOOR SILL BUTTON BOUNCE. \*TW

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