SAFETY RECALL / HISTORICAL RECORD
Defender seat-belt bracket recall: the P025 campaign
The attachment between the restraint and the vehicle was the concern, with replacement brackets specified by the campaign.
P025 / R2012069
Australia published Defender campaign P025 on 29 June 2012 under record 2012/13191, now indexed as REC-003437. It listed 569 affected vehicles and described front seat-belt mounting brackets that could fracture during normal use.
The British campaign was launched on 8 August under R/2012/069. Its published summary identified 6,136 vehicles built between 1 February 2010 and 31 January 2012. The two national totals describe different populations and should not be treated as a worldwide count.
At a glance
- Australian publication: 29 June 2012.
- Manufacturer campaign P025.
- Australia: 569 vehicles.
- British launch: 8 August 2012; R/2012/069.
- British summary: 6,136 vehicles, built February 2010–January 2012.
- Correction: replacement seat-belt mounting brackets.
The mounting hardware was central
The Australian regulator’s notice focused on the front mounting brackets. If a bracket fractured, the restraint might not secure an occupant adequately in an accident. The concern was therefore about the seat belt’s attachment, rather than the fabric alone.
The British summary added that some bracket bolts or studs might have suffered hydrogen embrittlement during production. It described looseness or detachment of the bracket as a possible observable sign. That explanation belongs to this defined campaign, not to every later loose fitting in a Defender.
The correction targeted the brackets
Australia instructed owners to contact a Land Rover dealership for replacement front seat-belt brackets. The British remedy likewise specified replacement of the mounting brackets. Neither notice described an electronic control-unit update as the correction.
These records concern the classic Defender and the identified production population. The P025 reference provides the useful link between the national notices, while the local record determines the stated market scope.
Preserving the distinction between model and campaign
A vehicle’s body style, VIN, original market and repair history are necessary to establish whether the campaign applied and whether it was completed. The date range is a way to describe the population, not proof that every surviving vehicle within it remains unrepaired.
The historical interest is the manufacturing mechanism and the restraint attachment it affected. This record does not assign a new fault to a specific car or expand the original campaign to all Defender generations.
Historical campaign information. Applicability and completion must be checked against the individual vehicle’s VIN and market records.