2024-2026 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Recall: Rear Subframe May Crack

A forging defect turned up in a rear subframe at Land Rover's supplier on June 4, 2026, and the part was quarantined. The review that followed found that cracks in one area of the subframe were not being caught at manual inspection, because final machining was expected to remove material from that spot. Jaguar Land Rover filed campaign 26V613 with NHTSA on September 24, 2026 for 873 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SV vehicles, then amended it five days later to 1,073.

Land Rover lists the estimated share of the population with the defect at 100%. The filing describes two groups inside that number: a small number of vehicles known to carry subframes with small visible cracks, and a larger number whose production images could not be retrieved.

NHTSA's summary names the 2024-2026 Range Rover Sport without a trim. The Part 573 report confines the condition to the SV.

The Issue

The rear subframe is the structure the rear suspension bolts to, and it ties that suspension into the body. Land Rover's part number for the recalled component is M8E2-5K091-BD. Gestamp, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, is listed as the Tier 1 supplier, with Linamar as the Tier 2 casting supplier.

The filing calls the June 4 finding a forging defect and locates the cracks on what it calls the affected node. The supplier's final machining step was expected to cut material away from that area, so manual quality inspection was not routinely removing parts that had cracks there.

Land Rover left the cause field of the report blank, along with the field for any warning a driver might get.

A crack can compromise the structural integrity of the vehicle and raise the risk of occupant injury in a crash, according to the filing. Over time a crack could also propagate and reduce the design strength of the subframe, which NHTSA's summary ties to diminished handling and control.

Affected Models

Model	Model years	Production dates	Units
Range Rover Sport SV	2024-2026	Oct 3, 2023 - Jun 24, 2026	1,073

All 1,073 were built at Solihull. Land Rover drew the population from a combination of supplier and JLR production records, and the report gives no split by model year.

The amended report is not consistent with itself on the build window. Its vehicle table runs production to June 24, 2026, while its descriptive paragraph still gives May 22, 2026 and still says 873 vehicles. NHTSA's own product record carried the May 22 date as of October 4, 2026, and the agency's September 28 acknowledgement letter was written to the 873 figure.

Range Rover Sport models other than the SV are not named in the defect description.

Chronology and Investigation

After the June 4 quarantine, the supplier commissioned a review of process and build records. From then through early September 2026, staff went by hand through what the filing describes as multiple thousands of images, taken at production for dimensional analysis, looking for cracks in subframes already shipped to JLR.

The results went to JLR's Product Safety and Compliance Committee on September 4. Storage errors over time meant the images for a larger group of vehicles could not be retrieved at all.

Engineering specialists reported back on September 11 that the effect on vehicle operation could not be quantified, given the variation in the cracks seen, and that a risk to structural integrity could not be ruled out. The committee's Decision Forum called for a safety recall on September 17.

On September 25, a day after the first filing, JLR noted that an incorrect assumption had been used to generate the affected VIN list and began correcting it. The amended report of September 29 added 200 vehicles and extended the build window by a month.

The condition was cut off in supplier production in June 2026 with changes to end-of-line quality checks, including high-resolution imagery. No NHTSA investigation preceded the filing.

Reported Incidents

JLR has received no claims or field reports related to the condition in the United States, and reports no accidents, injuries or fires here. The filing does not address other markets.

Remedy and Notification

Land Rover is running the campaign under two of its own numbers. D165 covers vehicles known to have a cracked subframe, which will have the subframe replaced. D166 covers vehicles whose production images are missing; dealers will inspect those and replace the subframe if a crack is found. Both are free of charge, and the filing does not say how many vehicles fall under each number.

Dealers are to be notified on October 8, 2026. Interim owner letters describing the safety risk are due on or before November 20, 2026, with a second letter to follow once the final remedy is available. Land Rover has not given a date for that second letter or for when VINs become searchable on NHTSA.gov; both fields are blank.

NHTSA's record carries neither a do-not-drive nor a park-outside advisory. Land Rover customer service is at 1-800-637-6837.

Symptoms to Watch For

Land Rover lists no warning in the filing. The cracks were found on production images and none was reported from a vehicle in service, so the report describes nothing an owner would see, hear or feel.

A change in how the rear of the vehicle handles. NHTSA's summary says a crack may diminish handling and control. An SV that begins to behave differently over bumps or under cornering load is worth a dealer visit ahead of the letter.

A dealer record showing D165 or D166. A Land Rover retailer can run the VIN against both numbers once dealers are notified on October 8, which is six weeks before the interim letters mail.

How Long Will the Recall Repair Take?

Land Rover has published no labor time. A D166 inspection that finds no crack ends there. A subframe replacement means lowering the rear suspension from the body and transferring it to a new part, and the vehicle needs a wheel alignment afterward.

The interim letter exists because the remedy is not yet available. The replacement subframes are, in the filing's words, quality-assured using improved supplier validation processes.

Bottom Line

Some of these 1,073 vehicles have a subframe with a visible crack, and Land Rover knows which ones. The rest are in the campaign because the image that would clear them no longer exists. Owners cannot tell from the filing which group their vehicle is in; a retailer can, from the recall number attached to the VIN.

JLR's engineers could not quantify what a crack does to the way the vehicle drives. An owner who wants an answer before November 20 can ask a retailer after October 8 whether the VIN is under D165.

Find your Land Rover recall information: https://www.landroverusa.com/ownership/vin-recall.html

The cracks were found on the supplier's production images, not on vehicles in service. JLR reports no US claims, field reports, accidents, injuries or fires. The population grew from 873 to 1,073 in an amendment filed five days after the original report, after JLR found an incorrect assumption in how the VIN list was generated.

Land Rover's previous campaign on this site, 26V599 of September 2026, covered a DC-DC converter across several Land Rover and Jaguar models. This one is confined to a single trim of a single model and to one structural part, M8E2-5K091-BD.