NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Land Rover Defender Recalls
The 2020 Land Rover Defender has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 17, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Land Rover Defender. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 55
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2020 Land Rover Defender, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2020 Land Rover Defender
Electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter
- Campaign
- 26V599000
- Reported
- September 17, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,677
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 26V389000
- Reported
- June 12, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 250,857
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter
- Campaign
- 26V248000
- Reported
- April 17, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication
- Campaign
- 23V044000
- Reported
- February 2, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,724
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 21V584000
- Reported
- July 29, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,027
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Land Rover Defender
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 21V435000
- Reported
- June 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,622
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Land Rover Defender
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 21V424000
- Reported
- June 3, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 163
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Land Rover Defender
Equipment
- Campaign
- 24E102000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Land Rover Defender
2020 Land Rover Defender complaints by year
NHTSA has received 55 owner complaints about the 2020 Land Rover Defender, the newest on September 11, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2020 Land Rover Defender, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (35%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the steering (15%).
1 of the 2020 Land Rover Defender's 8 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2020 Land Rover Defender owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 2,041 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting19
- Electrical System12
- Steering8
- Engine7
- Visibility/Wiper6
- Structure5
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 15 |
Complaints about the 2020 Land Rover Defender peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 15. 53% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
The 55 complaints about the 2020 Land Rover Defender are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Other 2020 Land Rover models
Newest record on this page: September 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted