# Transport Canada recall 2023109

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2023109
- Manufacturer's number: N768
- Reported: 2023\-03\-02
- Component: Seats And Restraints
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 82

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain Defender 130 models, the latch that locks the backrest for the third\-row seat may not have been manufactured correctly. As a result, the seat backrest may not fully lock in place.

Safety Risk:

A seat backrest that isn't locked could move in a crash and increase the risk of injury.

Corrective Actions:

Land Rover will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealership to inspect the third\-row seat, and replace the backrest if necessary. To reduce the safety risk, Land Rover recommends not to use a child car seat that requires a top\-tether in the third\-row seat until the recall repairs have been completed.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2023 LAND ROVER DEFENDER](/makes/land-rover/defender/2023/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [SFCC\_APR2022\_40](/bulletins/10211132.md), 2022-05-06, Service bulletin
- [SFCC\_APR2022\_38](/bulletins/10211130.md), 2022-05-06, Service bulletin
- [SFCC\_APR2022\_37](/bulletins/10211129.md), 2022-05-06, Service bulletin
- [SFCC\_MAR2022\_45](/bulletins/10210010.md), 2022-04-06, Service bulletin
- [SFCC\_MAR2022\_43](/bulletins/10210007.md), 2022-04-06, Service bulletin
- [SFCC\_MAR2022\_41](/bulletins/10210005.md), 2022-04-06, Service bulletin

## 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2023109](/v1/recalls/tc/2023109)

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