NHTSA recall 90V023000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	90V023000
Manufacturer	JAGUAR ROVER TRIUMPH INC.
Reported	1990-02-08
Owners notified	1990-07-02
Component	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Units potentially affected	38315

What is wrong

HIGH PRESSURE FLUID SUPPLY HOSE COULD RUPTURE CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID OF THE BRAKE POWER ASSIST SYSTEM.

What can happen

LOSS OF FLUID COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT, AND THE EXPELLED FLUID FROM THE HOSE FAILURE COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

The remedy

INSTALL NEW POWER HYDRAULIC HOSE OF A DIFFERENT SPECIFICATION.

Notes

SYSTEM: HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS, 4 DOOR SEDANS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1988 JAGUAR MAJESTIC	Built 1987-02-01 to 1989-07-01.
1989 JAGUAR MAJESTIC	Built 1987-02-01 to 1989-07-01.
1988 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS	Built 1987-02-01 to 1989-07-01.
1989 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS	Built 1987-02-01 to 1989-07-01.
1988 JAGUAR XJ6	Built 1987-02-01 to 1989-07-01.
1989 JAGUAR XJ6	Built 1987-02-01 to 1989-07-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA90004

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.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA90004	Engineering analysis, opened 1989-10-23, closed 1990-06-28. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.