Service bulletins for the 2025 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.
190 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| E004v2 - 08JUL26 | 2026-08-04. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. A printed circuit board fault within the smart key may be present. The printed circuit board fault can cause a smart key battery drain which affects the functionality of the smart key. |
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| SSM76404 - 12MAY26 | 2026-06-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Vehicles may exhibit a ‘clicking’ noise from the rear of the vehicle. The noise may be heard from one or both sides of the vehicle when moving forwards or backwards. Action: |
| N892v3 - 01MAY26 | 2026-06-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Arduous customer drive cycles have been found to accelerate the degradation of engine oil, leading to generation of engine oil sludge deposits in high pressure engine oil galleries of the engine and inside the Continuous Variable Valve Lift (CVVL) unit. |
| 252602.027 - 12FEB26 | 2026-03-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Once the vehicle is powered down via ignition cycle, it may not restart depending on remaining residual charge. |
| D048 - 18NOV25 | 2025-12-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Jump Start Information Label Missing |
| JLRTB02133NAS | 2025-07-06. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. Tapping Noise From A-Pillar Area |
| D006-06MAY25 | 2025-05-14. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. A potential concern has been identified on certain 2022 model year to 2025 model year Range Rover, 2023 model year to 2025 model year Range Rover Sport and 2021 model year to 2025 model year Defender and Discovery vehicles where the transfer case clutch and / or All Wheel Drive (AWD) lock cannot perform as designed. This may show as a reduction in torque to the front axle during driving or as an inability to apply the AWD lock. |
| D001 - 09APR25 | 2025-05-05. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Automatic Pressure Maintenance Unit (APMU) Hose Clearance to Heatshield |
| N961 - 23JAN25 | 2025-02-07. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Blanking Connector - Install |
| N952 UPS5524-1 | 2025-02-07. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Towing Eye Bezel Missing |
| N892v2 | 2024-12-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Engine Oil and Filter Change |
| UPS2924-1 | 2024-07-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Engines may have been supplied with an oil filter housing which has been manufactured with the incorrect material. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.