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Land Rover Defender · 2022

6 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·26V248000·2026-04-17

    Land Rover and Jaguar mild hybrids may lose drive power from converter fault

    Jaguar Land Rover is recalling certain mild-hybrid vehicles because the DC-DC converter can fail due to an internal fault, causing a loss of drive power. 170,169 vehicles are affected.

    Product
    LAND ROVER — LAND ROVER, JAGUAR DEFENDER, RANGE ROVER EVOQUE, RANGE ROVER, DISCOVERY SPORT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V523000·2022-07-21

    2022 and 2023 Land Rover Defender seat belt pretensioner defect recall

    Jaguar Land Rover is recalling certain 2022-2023 Land Rover Defender and other models due to defective front seat belt pretensioners that may fail to properly restrain occupants in a crash, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    LAND ROVER — LAND ROVER DEFENDER, DISCOVERY, RANGE ROVER VELAR, DISCOVERY SPORT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·26V389000·2026-06-12

    Land Rover recalls vehicles over corroding driver airbag clockspring connectors

    Jaguar Land Rover is recalling certain 2020-2026 Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles because the driver's air bag clockspring connector may corrode.

    Product
    LAND ROVER — LAND ROVER DEFENDER, DISCOVERY, RANGE ROVER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24E102000·2024-12-06

    Land Rover Defender Recall for Detaching Raised Air Intake Accessory

    Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 2020-2025 Defender vehicles with a specific aftermarket raised air intake that may detach and become a road hazard.

    Product
    LAND ROVER — LAND ROVER DEFENDER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V044000·2023-02-02

    Land Rover vehicles recalled for engine oil leak fire risk

    Jaguar Land Rover is recalling certain 2019-2023 Land Rover vehicles because the engine cam carrier oil channel may become blocked, causing an oil leak that could increase fire risk. No injuries have been reported.

    Product
    LAND ROVER — LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER VELAR, RANGE ROVER SPORT, DISCOVERY, DEFENDER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V435000·2021-06-08

    Land Rover Defender Recalled for Rear Light Assembly Failure Risk

    Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 2020-2022 Defender X vehicles with smoked rear lights because a voltage spike can cause turn signals and brake lights to fail.

    Product
    LAND ROVER — LAND ROVER DEFENDER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 2 open

  • EA26003 Engineering Analysis · open · steering:linkages:knuckle:spindle:arm
  • PE25019 Preliminary Evaluation · open · seat belts
  • PE25006 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:linkages:knuckle:spindle:arm
  • PE20018 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:delivery
  • EA18004 Engineering Analysis · latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
  • RQ17005 Recall Query · latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch

Technical service bulletins

304 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.7/5
  • 2025: 4.8/5
  • 2024: 4.4/5
  • 2023: 4.1/5
  • 2022: 4.4/5

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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