Risk of fire: Land Rover alert fuel injection defect of 3 models | Economy

The National Consumers Service (Sernac) issued a safety alert for trucks of the Land Rover brand, models Range Rover Evoque Discovery Sport and Range Rover Velar marketed in Chile between May 2017 and July 2018.

The above, due to a defect in the engine compartment of 94 units involving a risk to the safety of consumers.

As detailed by the mark that distributes it, Comercializadora Ditec Automóviles SA, some fuel injection system ducts were not manufactured correctly which entails the risk of leakage fuel and liquid vapors inside the engine compartment.

As a result, the occupants of the vehicle may notice an excessive smell of fuel and, if the hood is raised, liquid fuel may be observed.

For this reason, they warned that "if the expelled fuel comes into contact with a sufficiently hot surface, there will be an increased risk of fire".

Of course, according to the report of the company, so far there are no They reported incidents derived from this disease in Chile

but as a precaution, the company informed the people involved in an examination campaign, inviting them to contact their nearest dealer, to schedule an hour for technical service

. In particular, the measure consists of the inspection and replacement of the injection rail, whose procedure has an estimated duration of two hours and has no cost to the customer.