Range Rover Sport SV Recalled: 873 SUVs May Have Cracked Rear Subframes

The defect was found at a supplier in June. For most of the affected SUVs the company cannot prove the part is sound, so every one of them will be inspected.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 873 Range Rover Sport SUVs in the United States because the rear subframe, the structure that carries the rear suspension, may be cracked. The recall, filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on September 24 under number 26V613, covers model years 2024 through 2026 built at the company's Solihull plant in England between October 3, 2023, and May 22, 2026. The defect description in the filing names the Range Rover Sport SV, the high-performance version of the SUV.

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The problem started at a supplier. On June 4, 2026, a forging defect was found in a rear subframe at the supplier, and the part was quarantined. When the process was reviewed, it turned out that cracks in one area of the casting were not being reliably caught at manual inspection, because that area was expected to be machined away later. Subframes that had already been built into cars therefore had to be checked after the fact.

That check was done from photographs. Through early September, staff went through several thousand production images, originally taken to verify dimensions, looking for cracks. The result explains why the recall covers every one of the 873 SUVs. A small number were confirmed to have subframes with small visible cracks. For a larger number, the images could not be retrieved because of storage errors, so the company cannot show that those parts are sound. In the filing, JLR puts the estimated share of vehicles with the defect at 100%, which here means every vehicle needs to be dealt with, and not that every subframe is known to be cracked.

JLR's engineers could not quantify what a crack would do to the vehicle, because the cracks they saw varied. They concluded that a loss of structural integrity could not be ruled out. According to the filing, a cracked rear subframe can raise the risk of injury in a crash, and a crack could grow over time and weaken the part, which could increase the risk of a crash. The company says it has received no claims or field reports related to the issue in the U.S., and that there have been no reported accidents, injuries or fires.

The repair comes in two forms. SUVs known to have a cracked subframe will get a new one. SUVs for which no image exists will be inspected, and the subframe will be replaced if a crack is found. Both are free. Dealers are to be notified on October 8, and letters to owners are to be mailed by November 20, 2026. JLR says the fault was eliminated in production in June, after the supplier added high-resolution imaging to its end-of-line checks.

For owners, the practical step is to check the vehicle identification number rather than wait for the letter. NHTSA's lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls shows open recalls by VIN, and a Land Rover dealer can confirm whether a particular SUV is in the group that needs a replacement or the group that needs an inspection. Owners who want to know whether the SUV should be driven in the meantime should put that question to the dealer or to JLR directly. It is a structural part, so an owner who notices a change in how the rear of the vehicle behaves, or new noises from it, has good reason to book the inspection early.

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