Service bulletins for the 2023 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.
406 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
By type
By component
| Defender_N815_18OCT24 | 2024-11-08. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. NEAR FIELD SENSING MODULE (NFSM) WIRED UPDATES |
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| SSM76208ATT | 2024-11-08. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Oil leak from rear of the vehicle |
| SSM76208 | 2024-11-08. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Oil leak from rear of the vehicle |
| SSM76206ATT | 2024-11-08. Other. STEERING. Steering Gear Noisy - Request For Information |
| SSM76206 | 2024-11-08. Other. STEERING. Steering Gear Noisy - Request For Information |
| SSM76192 | 2024-11-07. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IDMA screen blank on vehicle start |
| SSM76149 | 2024-11-07. Other. ENGINE. Fuel Pump Driver Module Inoperative |
| SFCC_OCT2024_45 | 2024-11-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Customer may report a concern with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto function after recent updates to their mobile device. |
| SFCC_OCT2024_53 | 2024-11-07. Other. POWER TRAIN. MIL lamp on the instrument cluster |
| SFCC_OCT2024_52 | 2024-11-07. Other. ENGINE. Oil filter housings installed on Ingenium I6 3.0L Diesel and Ingenium I6 3.0L Petrol engine variants, manufactured during a specific period, may crack causing a possible high pressure oil leak. |
| SFCC_OCT2024_47 | 2024-11-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. IDMA 10 ” SCREEN BLANK ON START UP - NO AUDIO / IPC FUNCT ION LOSS |
| N918 - 01OCT24 | 2024-11-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Gasoline Catalytic Converter Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) |
| SSM76186 | 2024-10-07. Other. SERVICE BRAKES. Clicking Ticking Noise from Front Axle While Turning Left or Right and Full Lock at Low Speeds |
| SSM76149 | 2024-10-07. Other. ENGINE. Fuel Pump Driver Module Inoperative |
| Defender_N846_20SEP24 | 2024-10-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Belt Integrated Starter Generator (BISG) Charging Inoperative on First Startup |
| Defender_N815_20SEP24 | 2024-10-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Near Field Sensing Module (NFSM) Wired Updates |
| 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 |
| N892FollowUp Owner Letter | 2024-10-04. Other. ENGINE. Engine Oil and Filter Change |
| N869 V1 | 2024-10-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Software Updates |
| JLRTB02052NAS5 | 2024-10-04. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Rear Doors Difficult To Open |
| DEFENDER 846 | 2024-09-07. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Belt Integrated Starter Generator (BISG) Charging Inoperative on First Startup |
| 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 |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.