# NHTSA recall 07V041000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 07V041000
- Manufacturer's number: P004 \(P002\)
- Manufacturer: LAND ROVER
- Reported: 2007\-02\-09
- Owners notified: 2007\-07\-30
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
- Units potentially affected: 33247

## What is wrong

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY REMAIN ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED.  HILL DESCENT CONTROL \(HDC\), TRACTION CONTROL \(TC\) AND CRUISE CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS MAY ALSO BE ILLUMINATED.


## What can happen

FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE PROPER SIGNAL WHEN BRAKING COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BRAKE LAMP OPERATION AND WHERE REQUIRED, ADJUST AND/OR REPLACE THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES WITH NEW SWITCHES OF THE SAME DESIGN UNTIL A NEWLY DESIGNED BRAKE LAMP SWITCH IS AVAILABLE IN MAY 2007.  OWNERS WILL THEN BE RE\-NOTIFIED TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN FOR THE NEW BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH.  AN INTERIM LETTER FOR THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MAILED ON MARCH 26, 2007.  THE SECOND LETTER FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SWITCHES WAS MAILED BEGINNING JULY 30, 2007.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT LAND ROVER AT 1\-80\-637\-6837.


## Notes

LAND ROVER RECALL NO. P004.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER](/makes/land-rover/freelander/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-09\-05 to 2005\-05\-19.
- [2003 LAND ROVER FREELANDER](/makes/land-rover/freelander/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-09\-05 to 2005\-05\-19.
- [2004 LAND ROVER FREELANDER](/makes/land-rover/freelander/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-09\-05 to 2005\-05\-19.
- [2005 LAND ROVER FREELANDER](/makes/land-rover/freelander/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-09\-05 to 2005\-05\-19.

## Investigated as EA05016

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EA05016: Engineering analysis, opened 2005\-10\-14, closed 2007\-02\-22. BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/07V041000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/07V041000/investigations)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/07V041000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/07V041000)

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