The NHTSA documents state that Jaguar Land Rover received reports in February from the engine supplier informing it that three of the V8s were suspected of having a turbo oil drain pipe either missing the gasket or an improperly installed one. Those engines were then inspected by JLR and repaired. However, on March 3, the automaker was notified by the supplier that another two engines suffered from the same condition. This time, both engines had already been installed into vehicles that had already left the factory.
Because of this, JLR’s Product Safety and Compliance Committee opened an investigation on March 10. It then assigned an engineering team to study the matter more carefully. Its findings were reported to the committee on March 14. A few days later, the committee discussed and reviewed the findings, and the decision was rightly made to issue the recall. Of the two vehicles affected, one is in the US. The recall information does not state where the second SUV is located.