NHTSA recall 20V683000
NHTSA advises: park outside, away from buildings, until the repair is done.
A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
|---|---|
| Campaign number | 20V683000 |
| Manufacturer's number | N503 |
| Manufacturer | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| Reported | 2020-11-05 |
| Owners notified | 2020-12-08 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE |
| Units potentially affected | 3048 |
| Part numbers | K8D2 14B227 AL |
| Report | Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2025-10-30 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 3048 |
| Reported remedied | 2959 (97%) |
| Reported unreachable | 89 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Land Rover) is recalling certain 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque MHEV vehicles. The 48 volt electrical system may experience an overload event, causing a failure of the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) and result in a DCDC converter electrical short-circuit.
What can happen
An electrical short-circuit increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Land Rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the vehicle software, free of charge. Owners are advised to exit the vehicle when it is parked and park outside away from buildings or structures until the repair is complete. The recall began December 8, 2020. Owners may contact Land Rover customer service at 1-800-369-1000. Land Rover's number for this recall is N503.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2020 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT | |
|---|---|
| 2020 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| SSM75814 | 2023-10-06. Service bulletin. Weather and Park & Pay Apps disappear after PIVI update |
|---|---|
| SSM76022 | 2023-07-11. Service bulletin. JLR is investigating reports of vehicles being released to customers without the TCU Telematic Control Unit SOS Emergency Call being activated. |
| SSM75855 | 2022-10-07. Service bulletin. UNABLE TO COMPLETE PDI DUE TO TELEMATICS INCONTROL ACTIVATION FAILING |
| SSM75805 | 2022-10-07. Service bulletin. NO COMMUNICATION WITH IMPA VIA TOPIX CLOUD |
| SSM70258 | 2022-01-18. Service bulletin. Software Update. |
| SFCC_NOV2021_25 | 2021-12-07. Service bulletin. Post 21A Update Apple CarPlay® Navigation Voice Guidance Not Heard |
| SFCC_NOV2021_24 | 2021-12-07. Service bulletin. Improvements/Fixes – Improvement in system stability – Improvements in acoustic reliability / Audio loss – Graphical Improvements – Flickering cluster for media info – Improved Speech support for features like Weather, Nav – Poor Speech recognition – Improvement in stability of personalization features – Introduction of IP oriented Sirius XM functionality – Improvement in Tow Bar functionality – Robustness in SW Performance post SOTA Update – Robustness in firmware updates post SOTA update – Navigation improvements – Improved Wi-Fi / Hotspot Functionality |
| SFCC_NOV2021_19 | 2021-12-07. Service bulletin. Affected vehicles will require software updates to the TCU & ICCM using Pathfinder to enable future SOTA updates and to install the latest PIVI IP31 software |
| SFCC Jul20_26 | 2020-08-07. Service bulletin. 20B Software Delay until July 15th Software was delayed to include software fix for L551 APIX cable issue Audio popping noise iOS13 Bluetooth improvements Additional improvements |
| SSM74813_Attach | 2020-05-29. Service bulletin. JLR is investigating an issue on Incontrol Touch (NLI) infotainment systems, where the ‘Browse’ and Track list’ tiles are greyed out (see attachment) when streaming music on Bluetooth with Apple handsets using iOS 13.0 and above. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.