BEIJING - Jaguar Land Rover will start to recall 6,438 vehicles in Chinese mainland due to defective safety belts on Feb 24, the top quality watchdog has said.

The recall affects 1,554 imported 2016-2017 Range Rover and 3,438 imported 2016-2017 Range Rover sport series manufactured between July 12, 2016 and Oct 26, 2016, according to a statement from China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

The affected vehicles also include 1,132 imported 2017 Jaguar XE manufactured between July 13, 2016 and Dec 7, 2016, and 314 imported 2017 Jaguar F-TYPE manufactured between July 19, 2016 and Dec 16, 2016.

The defective safety belts may not function when vehicles are involved in collisions, said the statement.

The automaker will check all the affected vehicles and replace defective parts free of charge, the statement said.