Land Rover Range Rover, Range Rover Sport Recall R/2020/293: Exhaust Gas Recirculation Crossover Pipe May Not Be To Specification, Who Is Affected And What To Do
- Low
- How serious
- 4 Dec 2020
- Launched
- 144
- vehicles in the UK
- N496
- Manufacturer’s campaign code
Land Rover recalled Range Rover, Range Rover Sport vehicles built between 27 August 2020 and 29 September 2020. The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) crossover pipe may have been manufactured away from specification. The dealer will check and repair the vehicle with a part manufactured to the correct specification. You won't usually pay for it.1
What’s Wrong
The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) crossover pipe may have been manufactured away from specification.
DVSA's Original Wording
Concern: EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION CROSSOVER PIPE MAY NOT BE TO SPECIFICATION Defect: The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) crossover pipe may have been manufactured away from specification. Remedy: Check and repair the vehicle with a part manufactured to the correct specification.
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The Risk
The recall notice describes the concern as: exhaust gas recirculation crossover pipe may not be to specification.
The Fix
The dealer will check and repair the vehicle with a part manufactured to the correct specification.
Are You Affected?
Range Rover, Range Rover Sport built between 27 August 2020 and 29 September 2020 may be included. Land Rover estimates 144 vehicles in the UK. Enter your registration to check, then confirm by VIN with Land Rover, because not every car in the date range may be included.
Which Car Is It?
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What To Do Now
- Check your car by registration above, then by VIN with Land Rover.
- Book with any franchised Land Rover dealer, quoting the campaign code N496 or the DVSA reference R/2020/293. See how to get a Land Rover recall fixed.
- Follow the letter's instructions until the repair is done. See can you drive a car with a recall?.
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This is one of 159 Land Rover recalls in DVSA’s data. The Land Rover recall launched before it was R/2020/322 on 13 Nov 2020, for an electrical overload may cause a failure of the metal ozide semiconductor field effect…. The one launched after it was R/2020/324 on 6 Jan 2021, for insufficient contact of the battery earth stud to the chassis. You can also see every Land Rover recall and all recalls launched in 2020.
Source: DVSA recall R/2020/293, launched 4 December 2020. Data updated 15 October 2026. How we grade urgency.
Sources
- The Code does not itself say repairs are free. GOV.UK guidance says "You will not usually have to pay for any repairs or parts under a safety recall." gov.uk Checked 15 Oct 2026.