Gkn Aftermarket Replacement Driveshaft, model year 9999. Filed by GKN Automotive and reported to NHTSA on 14 January 2025. 18 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says GKN Automotive (GKN) is recalling certain replacement driveshafts for 2006-2015 BMW Mini, 2004-2018 Land Rover Discovery, and Range Rover vehicles. The driveshaft can crack or break.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25E002 cover?
- GKN Aftermarket Replacement Driveshaft.
- What is wrong with them?
- GKN Automotive (GKN) is recalling certain replacement driveshafts for 2006-2015 BMW Mini, 2004-2018 Land Rover Discovery, and Range Rover vehicles. The driveshaft can crack or break.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A cracked or broken driveshaft can cause a loss of drive power or a vehicle rollaway while in Park. Both scenarios increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- GKN will reimburse the cost of a replacement driveshaft and installation labor. Notification letters were mailed to distributors November 20, 2024. Owners may contact GKN customer service at Marketing.nma@gknautomotive.com or by calling +31-653435212.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A cracked or broken driveshaft can cause a loss of drive power or a vehicle rollaway while in Park. Both scenarios increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25E002 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | GKN Automotive |
| System at fault | Power Train:Driveline:Driveshaft |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 January 2025 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | GKN AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT DRIVESHAFT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A cracked or broken driveshaft can cause a loss of drive power or a vehicle rollaway while in Park. Both scenarios increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
GKN will reimburse the cost of a replacement driveshaft and installation labor. Notification letters were mailed to distributors November 20, 2024. Owners may contact GKN customer service at Marketing.nma@gknautomotive.com or by calling +31-653435212.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25E002, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25e002/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
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99a8d63a - Remedy
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