Fred Meier

USA TODAY

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling more than 40,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the front passenger air bag might not deploy in a crash.

The recall covers 17,066 LR2s from the 2010 to 2015 model years and 23,485 Range Rover Evoques from the 2012 and 2013 model years. JLR has no reports of crashes or injuries.

The problem is that a component in the air bag system's Occupant Classification System (OCS) module -- which senses an occupant in the front passenger seat -- may fail, resulting in the front passenger air bag being totally or partially disabled. An air bag warning lamp would be illuminated in the vehicle.

JLR will begin notifying owners at the end of this month to take their SUVs to a dealer for the fix, which is a software update for the air bag control module.