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
| Defender_N815_20SEP24 | 2024-10-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Near Field Sensing Module (NFSM) Wired Updates |
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| Defender_N811_20SEP24 | 2024-10-07. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Door Zone Module - Quiescent Drain |
| SFCC_SEP2024_52 | 2024-10-07. Other. VISIBILITY/WIPER. A customer may report that the windshield wipers stop up on the windshield when turned off. |
| SFCC_SEP2024_43 | 2024-10-07. Other. POWER TRAIN. 'Stop Safely Electrical Fault Detected' warning message on the instrument panel. |
| SFCC_SEP2024_25 | 2024-10-07. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. A concern has been identified where certain vehicles are failing to complete Software Over The Air (SOTA) updates, specifically Vehicle Domain Controller (VDC) PIVI and Gateway Module A (GWM). These vehicles have now been stopped from further SOTA attempts and require a wired intervention. A software update to the TCU and GWM is required |
| N869 V1 | 2024-10-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Software Updates |
| N796 - 06SEP24 | 2024-10-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Software Updates |
| JLRTB02052NAS5 | 2024-10-04. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Rear Doors Difficult To Open |
| DEFENDER 811 | 2024-09-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Door Zone Module - Quiescent Drain |
| SSM76173 | 2024-09-06. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MHEV DCDC internal failure with warning message |
| SSM76166 | 2024-09-06. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Front/Rear Door Latch – Silicon Contamination Causing Doors To Not Operate As Expected |
| SFCC_AUG2024_46 | 2024-09-06. Other. POWER TRAIN. Electrical system fault on instrument cluster or noise from engine. |
| Defender_N811_19JUL24 | 2024-08-08. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. A potential concern has been identified where customer could be left with a nonfunctioning vehicle as a result of a depleted battery State of Charge due to the door modules staying awake. Retailers will perform a software update to all door modules |
| EVA2 SOTA 4.2.0 | 2024-08-07. Over-the-air update. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Improvements to SOTA (Software Over The Air) capability. |
| N811 v2 | 2024-08-07. Service campaign. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Customer could be left with a vehicle that can not be unlocked or the engine started as a result of a depleted battery State of Charge. The risk is increased if the vehicle is left for a period of time without driving or the daily Drive Cycle is low mileage and may not sufficiently recover the battery. The customer may experience Low Battery Warning. |
| JLRTB02052NAS4 | 2024-08-07. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. When opening either of the rear doors, the door seal contacts the rear quarter window and makes opening the doors more difficult and sometimes noisy. |
| SSM76143 | 2024-08-07. Other. SUSPENSION. Certain vehicles are experiencing split/damaged accessory drive belts and worn/damaged accessory drive belt tensioners and pulleys, resulting in abnormal noises coming from the engine bay. |
| SFCC_JUL2024_41 | 2024-08-07. Other. POWER TRAIN. Low coolant light on or smell of coolant from engine area. |
| SFCC_JUL2024_30 | 2024-08-07. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PIVI SOTA - FAULT DIAGNOS IS AND RESOLUTION |
| N811 DEFENDER | 2024-07-08. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Door Zone Module - Quiescent Drain |
| N796 DEFENDER | 2024-07-08. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOFTWARE UPDATES |
| SFCC_JUN2024_56 | 2024-07-08. Other. STEERING. A customer may report that the vehicle loses steering power assist after starting the vehicle from static. |
| SFCC_JUN2024_45 | 2024-07-08. Other. POWER TRAIN. Low coolant light on or smell of coolant from engine area. |
| N811-DEFENDER | 2024-06-07. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. A potential concern has been identified where customer could be left with a nonfunctioning vehicle as a result of a depleted battery State of Charge due to the door modules staying awake. Retailers will perform a software update to all door modules. |
| N796-DEFENDER | 2024-06-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. A concern has been identified where certain vehicles are failing to complete existing Software Over The Air (SOTA) updates for the Vehicle Domain Controller (VDC), PIVI and Gateway Module A (GWM). These vehicles have now been stopped from future SOTA attempts and require a wired intervention. A software update to the TCU and GWM is required |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.