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Land Rover Defender Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 8 recall campaigns for the Land Rover Defender, across 1 model year from 2020 to 2020.

Model years
1

2020–2020, with a recall

Recall campaigns
8
Most recalls
2020

8 recalls

Owner complaints
308

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 308 complaints with NHTSA about the Land Rover Defender across 10 model years; the most, 85, concern the 2023.

Owners marked a crash on 3 of the Land Rover Defender complaints (1%) and a fire on 3.

Across all Land Rover Defender model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 105 complaints), then the exterior lighting (59).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Land Rover Defender in 2026: 142, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Land Rover Defender is electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Land Rover Defender recall, 26V599000, was reported on September 17, 2026 and concerns the electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter.

Land Rover Defender years to avoid

Too few Land Rover Defender model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Land Rover Defender, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202606—not ranked
2025013—not ranked
2024027—not ranked
2023085—not ranked
202207541not ranked
202104223not ranked
202085529not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Land Rover Defender years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Land Rover Defender

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:DC/DC CONVERTER2
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION1
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS1
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)1
  • EQUIPMENT1

Land Rover Defender model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Land Rover Defender recall campaign (8)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Land Rover Defender, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V599000September 17, 2026electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter2020crash23,677
26V389000June 12, 2026air bags: frontal2020crash and injury250,857
26V248000April 17, 2026electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter2020crash170,169
23V044000February 2, 2023engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication2020fire6,724
21V584000July 29, 2021equipment: other: owners/service/other manual2020crash and injury7,027
21V435000June 8, 2021exterior lighting: tail lights2020crash2,622
21V424000June 3, 2021power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)2020crash163
24E102000equipment2020crash—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Land Rover Defender. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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