Shanghai: Jaguar Land Rover Ltd on Friday said it is recalling nearly 36,500 Range Rover Evoque sport utility vehicles (SUVs), after local media reported the British luxury carmaker used faulty gearboxes. Jaguar Land Rover earlier apologised for gearbox issues via its microblog after being criticised by state television on Sunday along with peers Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. On Friday, Jaguar Land Rover said in a statement it is recalling 36,451 Evoques from model years 2014 and 2015 due to software-related complaints including “poor gear shift quality, increased transmission noise and the inability to select drive when the vehicle is restarted under certain conditions.” The automaker is already under the spotlight of Chinese regulators investigating possible anti-competitive behaviour in the world’s largest auto market, where the firm has said slowing growth is likely to halve its sales expansion rate this year.