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.
By type
By component
By trouble code
| SSM74891ATT2 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers may report the EDT (Electrically Deployable Towing) harness (LR137796) may be supplied with a fixing which does not match the body and cannot be secured. |
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| SSM74891ATT1 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers may report the EDT (Electrically Deployable Towing) harness (LR137796) may be supplied with a fixing which does not match the body and cannot be secured. |
| SSM74891 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers may report the EDT (Electrically Deployable Towing) harness (LR137796) may be supplied with a fixing which does not match the body and cannot be secured. |
| SSM74889_ATT3 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers or customers reporting that rear mudflaps VPLEP0388, may exhibit distortion on the inner flange. |
| SSM74889_ATT2 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers or customers reporting that rear mudflaps VPLEP0388, may exhibit distortion on the inner flange. |
| SSM74889_ATT1 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers or customers reporting that rear mudflaps VPLEP0388, may exhibit distortion on the inner flange. |
| SSM74889 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Retailers or customers reporting that rear mudflaps VPLEP0388, may exhibit distortion on the inner flange. |
| SSM74888_ATT2 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. The fixing nuts which attach the raised air intake to the fender are being over tightened and are pulling out. |
| SSM74888_ATT1 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. The fixing nuts which attach the raised air intake to the fender are being over tightened and are pulling out. |
| SSM74888 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. The fixing nuts which attach the raised air intake to the fender are being over tightened and are pulling out. |
| SSM74874ATT3 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. Brake noise felt through the floor during braking. |
| SSM74874ATT2 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. Brake noise felt through the floor during braking. |
| SSM74874ATT1 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. Brake noise felt through the floor during braking. |
| SSM74874 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. Brake noise felt through the floor during braking. |
| SSM74839ATT | 2020-07-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Pivi Pro navigation map data fails to install from USB device to vehicle |
| SSM74839 | 2020-07-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Pivi Pro navigation map data fails to install from USB device to vehicle |
| SSM74838ATT | 2020-07-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Roof opening panel (ROP) will bounce back (anti-trap activating) when closed by one touch (soft close). This can occur when ROP is closing from tilt or hen panel contacts wind deflector. |
| SSM74838 | 2020-07-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Roof opening panel (ROP) will bounce back (anti-trap activating) when closed by one touch (soft close). This can occur when ROP is closing from tilt or hen panel contacts wind deflector. |
| SSM74826ATT | 2020-07-09. Service bulletin. 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 | 2020-07-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Tapping like wind noise may be noticed from the A-pillar area on one or both sides at around 60 to 120 kmph |
| SFCC_JUN2020_31 | 2020-07-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Unable to install Nav files from USB device at PDI |
| SFCC_JUN2020_32 | 2020-07-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Unable to close sunroof with one touch |
| BIG5_JUN_42 | 2020-07-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. EFFECTIVE JUNE 10TH 2020 . N451 AND H291 CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE NEW SOFTWARE IS MISSING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CALIBRATION WHICH WILL RESULT IN UNSUCCESSFUL DOWNLOADS. |
| BIG5_JUN_48 | 2020-07-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Affected vehicles require a software update to the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) to prevent radiator fans running continuously |
| 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 |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.