This caused a number of insurance carriers to either refuse to insure Range Rovers against theft or to set security standards, such as not parking on the street, that vehicle owners found hard to comply with. Security issues with keyless entry and ignition are not new. All carmakers are struggling to safeguard supply chains that are serviced by an ever increasing number of suppliers, not all of whom maintain adequate security.

The door latch issue concerns Range Rover regular and sport model utility vehicles. The problem is that the door can be closed and yet stay unlatched without giving the driver any suggestion of a problem. Jaguar Range Rover is not the first car company to have this problem. Ford Motor Company also had a similar crisis that prompted the recall of more than one and a half million cars since 2014.

These recalls are an indication that car manufacturers still have difficulty integrating soft digital technology with the traditional hard analog technology of auto manufacture. Obviously, there is still a long way to go.