https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Land Rover Defender. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:35:55 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V389000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2025 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery, and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles. The driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V389000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2024 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery, and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles. The driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V389000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2023 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery, and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles. The driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V389000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2022 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery, and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles. The driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V389000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2021 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery, and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles. The driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V389000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2020 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2026 Discovery, and 2022-2026 Range Rover vehicles. The driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V248000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2024 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Velar and Land Rover Discovery, 2020-2023 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, 2019-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Range Rover, 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2024 Jaguar F-Pace, and 2021-2022 Jaguar E-Pace mild-hybrid electric vehicles ( https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V248000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2023 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Velar and Land Rover Discovery, 2020-2023 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, 2019-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Range Rover, 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2024 Jaguar F-Pace, and 2021-2022 Jaguar E-Pace mild-hybrid electric vehicles ( https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V248000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2022 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Velar and Land Rover Discovery, 2020-2023 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, 2019-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Range Rover, 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2024 Jaguar F-Pace, and 2021-2022 Jaguar E-Pace mild-hybrid electric vehicles ( https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V248000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2021 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Velar and Land Rover Discovery, 2020-2023 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, 2019-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Range Rover, 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2024 Jaguar F-Pace, and 2021-2022 Jaguar E-Pace mild-hybrid electric vehicles ( https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#recall-26V248000-land-rover-land-rover-defender-2020 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Velar and Land Rover Discovery, 2020-2023 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, 2019-2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Range Rover, 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2020-2024 Land Rover Defender, 2021-2024 Jaguar F-Pace, and 2021-2022 Jaguar E-Pace mild-hybrid electric vehicles ( https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2177601 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Both daytime running lights failed simultaneously. Not covered by warranty and told that they would cost >$5,000 to repair. There have been hundreds of these reported and it should be a recall https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2177818 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The dc dc converter failed and had to be towed away. The incident happened while I was driving the vehicle. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2177612 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT While driving on Back Rd in New Hampshire at approximately 30 mph on Saturday, Feb 14, the vehicle suddenly lost power steering assist and simultaneously shifted into neutral. I received warning messages and immediately lost propulsion. Luckily, there was no traffic on the road with me, but that is not always the case on this particular road. I had to manually steer the vehicle without power assi https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2177613 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT While driving on Back Rd in New Hampshire at approximately 30 mph on Saturday, Feb 14, the vehicle suddenly lost power steering assist and simultaneously shifted into neutral. I received warning messages and immediately lost propulsion. Luckily, there was no traffic on the road with me, but that is not always the case on this particular road. I had to manually steer the vehicle without power assi https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2177614 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT While driving on Back Rd in New Hampshire at approximately 30 mph on Saturday, Feb 14, the vehicle suddenly lost power steering assist and simultaneously shifted into neutral. I received warning messages and immediately lost propulsion. Luckily, there was no traffic on the road with me, but that is not always the case on this particular road. I had to manually steer the vehicle without power assi https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2177372 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle was started, while still in park, an alert appeared on the dashboard “stop safely electrical fault detected”. Vehicle was turned off and restarted, with the same warning light on. Called LR dealer, Vehicle was backed out of garage at service advisors advice, parked and flatbed tow truck called. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176841 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The DC converter went bad and within 30 seconds while driving on the highway I got a battery warning and then the car went into neutral and stopped and went into park and the car turned off in the middle of the road and couldn’t be moved at all. Luckily some cops came and protected the car from behind until a tow truck came. The part needed is out of stock and may not be in stock for months! https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176842 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The DC converter went bad and within 30 seconds while driving on the highway I got a battery warning and then the car went into neutral and stopped and went into park and the car turned off in the middle of the road and couldn’t be moved at all. Luckily some cops came and protected the car from behind until a tow truck came. The part needed is out of stock and may not be in stock for months! https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176843 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The DC converter went bad and within 30 seconds while driving on the highway I got a battery warning and then the car went into neutral and stopped and went into park and the car turned off in the middle of the road and couldn’t be moved at all. Luckily some cops came and protected the car from behind until a tow truck came. The part needed is out of stock and may not be in stock for months! https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176722 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT We have had our vehicle for 3 years and had to replace our windshield twice from random cracks starting from the exterior windshield where it meets the body of the care. It has happened on its own, twice, which impact from any object. The cost of the windshield, as installed is over $2000 each time, and it is repeated occurrence with owners. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176664 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The component that failed appears to be the DC-DC converter and/or related charging system within the vehicle’s electrical system, which resulted in complete failure of the 12-volt battery system. The vehicle displayed a dashboard warning stating: “Electrical fault detected. Please find a safe place to stop.” Shortly after this warning appeared, the vehicle lost electrical stability and the 12-v https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176117 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT While driving on the freeway I recieved and elctrical fault detected please pull over when safe. The issue is the DC to DC converter failed resultign in the loss of charging for the car and relaince on stored elctricity in the battery to drive systems. I was on the highway at freeway speeds and had to exit the highway quickly to avoid the vehicle completly shutting down on the freeway. The dealer https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2176118 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT While driving on the freeway I recieved and elctrical fault detected please pull over when safe. The issue is the DC to DC converter failed resultign in the loss of charging for the car and relaince on stored elctricity in the battery to drive systems. I was on the highway at freeway speeds and had to exit the highway quickly to avoid the vehicle completly shutting down on the freeway. The dealer https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2175446 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT DC to DC Converter failed, rendering vehicle dead. No parts available to repair. Forced to wait for months. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2175326 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT DC/DC converter failed on the 2023 Land Rover Defender about 2000 miles out of warranty. The parts are on back order with no ETA because so many LR Defenders are having this issue. This can cause your car to die while driving. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2175520 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2023 Land Rover Defender. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was white smoke coming from the engine compartment. The message to “Add Coolant” was displayed. The coolant was added to the coolant reservoir; however, the failure reoccurred. The contact was constantly adding coolant; however, there were no coolant leaks found. The vehicle was taken https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2174578 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT DC to DC converter failure that displays a RED warning indicator that says "Stop Safely Electrical Fault Detected" with a red battery indicator symbol displayed simultaneously. I called the dealer as this is the 3rd time I have experienced similar electrical issues that have left me stranded since my purchase of this truck new Jan '22. The dealer brushed me off the first time telling me I didn't https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2174640 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The DC to DC converter Failed. It is part of the mild hybrid system. Multiple cars in my state and globally have reported the same failure around the same time. Supposedly these failures are due to the cold weather. At the 1st start up of the day a warning message displayed "Stop safely Electrical fault detected" the it disappeared after 1minute. After the 2nd start up the message reappeared and s https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-defender#complaint-2174163 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT DC-DC converter has failed causing the car to shut of while driving. During this period of time the car shuts off and the steering wheel locks. Seems to be a massive problem as every dealer we call doesn't have the parts to repair and are quoting months to fix the car.