2026 Land Rover Defender Other or unknown Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 33%of 6 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2026 Land Rover Defender, 33% of the 6 complaints for this model year.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Red Error code popped up about battery. Then vehicle completely shut down. Was unable to put it in gear in order to move it to a safe place, therefore my vehicle blocked traffic. Fortunately this incident did not occur on the interstate where my vehicle could have been completely totaled or I could have been killed. I have less than 2500 miles on my vehicle, this should not have happened. It is currently in service waiting to be diagnosed.”
NHTSA complaint #11758849, filed 2026-08“We were dreiving along at 40 miles per hour the check engine light came on a emergecy waring came on 2 seconds later and the car complete stop went dead. The car was towed back to the delaership and set their being worked on for 3 weeks, we never got a indicaito as to what happened, get car back 3 days later check engone lioght on again. This time we pulled over on the road and called roadside, car was pick up 10 dasy agon no communications from dealer. This is a satefy hazard that need to be reviwed”
NHTSA complaint #11755745, filed 2026-08Related service bulletins
- 11038305Sep 18, 2026Jump Start Information Label Missing
- 11037135Aug 21, 2026Engine coolant temperature amber warning is not enabled and not displayed on the instrument panel cluster. The engine coolant temperature amber warning gives the vehicle driver…
- 11037130Aug 21, 2026Jump Start Information Label Missing
- 11037119Aug 21, 2026TCU Activation Failure And InControl App Inoperative After Software Update
- 11037117Aug 21, 2026Air Conditioning Inoperative / Intermittent Operation
- 11035735Jul 22, 2026Intermittent Passive Entry Operation 24MY Or With New Service Smart Key Fob.
- 11035867Jul 17, 2026Car Configuration File (CCF) Update
- 11035859Jul 17, 2026Jump Start Information Label Missing
- 11035734Jul 7, 2026Increased effort required to close one or more vehicle doors.
- 11035730Jul 7, 2026Wireless Device Charger Inoperative Post Software Update
Other or unknown: other model years
Other parts of the 2026 Land Rover Defender
2 complaintsAir bags
1 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsEngine
1 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2026 Land Rover Defender
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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