# NHTSA recall 21V435000

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: 21V435000
- Manufacturer's number: N598
- Manufacturer: Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-06\-08
- Owners notified: 2021\-09\-27
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
- Units potentially affected: 2622
- Part numbers: L8B2\-13405\-DC/DD/DE, L8B2\-13404\-DC/DD/DE

## What is wrong

Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC \(Land Rover\) is recalling certain 2020\-2022 Defender X vehicles equipped with smoked rear light assemblies.  A voltage spike, triggered by a bright light shining on the rear of the vehicle, can cause the turn signals, brake lights, and tail lights to fail.


## What can happen

Turn signals, brake lights, and tail lights that fail to illuminate can reduce visibility to other drivers and increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the rear light assemblies, free of charge.  Owner letters were mailed September 27, 2021.  Owners can contact Land Rover customer service at 1\-800\-637\-6837.  Land Rover's number for this recall is N598.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2622
- Reported remedied: 2557 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 65
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2020 LAND ROVER DEFENDER](/makes/land-rover/defender/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 LAND ROVER DEFENDER](/makes/land-rover/defender/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 LAND ROVER DEFENDER](/makes/land-rover/defender/2022/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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