Service bulletins for the 2020 Land Rover Defender
A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.
554 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| SSM75160 | 2020-12-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; STRUCTURE:BODY; EQUIPMENT. Water Ingress after Wading |
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| JLRTB02052NAS1 | 2020-10-07. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; EQUIPMENT. REAR DOORS DIFFICULT TO OPEN |
| SSM75038 | 2020-10-07. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY; EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. Tapping Wind Noise from A-Pillar Area |
| N472NAS1 | 2020-09-09. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. An issue has been identified on a limited number of Land Rover vehicles within the listed Affected Vehicle Range where a tapping sound may be heard, on one or both sides of the vehicle, from the A-pillar area at speeds of approximately 37-75mph (60-120 km/h). |
| NAS20.06.003 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY. A potential issue has been identified on a limited number of Land Rover vehicles within the listed Affected Vehicle Range where a tapping sound may be heard, on one or both sides of the vehicle, from the A-pillar area at speeds of approximately 37-75mph (60-120 km/h). |
| SSM75002 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. Secondary door seals are visually showing signs of creasing-kinked on rear door apertures. |
| SSM74962ATT5 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. Rear door seal catching at the top of the rear quarter glass panel (6th light glass). Seal catches while opening the door and makes the opening more difficult and noisy. |
| SSM74962ATT4 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. Rear door seal catching at the top of the rear quarter glass panel (6th light glass). Seal catches while opening the door and makes the opening more difficult and noisy. |
| SSM74962ATT2 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. Rear door seal catching at the top of the rear quarter glass panel (6th light glass). Seal catches while opening the door and makes the opening more difficult and noisy. |
| SSM74962ATT1 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. Rear door seal catching at the top of the rear quarter glass panel (6th light glass). Seal catches while opening the door and makes the opening more difficult and noisy. |
| SSM74962 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. Rear door seal catching at the top of the rear quarter glass panel (6th light glass). Seal catches while opening the door and makes the opening more difficult and noisy. |
| SFCC_AUG2020_35 | 2020-09-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. A customer may report the rear door is difficult to open. |
| SSM74826_Attach | 2020-05-29. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; EQUIPMENT. Tapping like wind noise may be noticed from the A-pillar area on one or both sides at around 60 to 120 kmph |
| SSM74826 | 2020-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY. Tapping like wind noise may be noticed from the A-pillar area on one or both sides at around 60 to 120 kmph |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.