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2020 Land Rover Defender

Model year 2020: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.

NHTSA’s recall lookup, on nhtsa.gov

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The short answer

From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 27, 2026.

A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.

Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?

No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.

17 letters and numbers, at the bottom of the windshield on the driver’s side. VINs never use I, O or Q.

Source:

The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.

What recalls name it?

7 recalls for the 2020 Land Rover Defender in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.

None carries NHTSA’s advice not to drive it or to park outside.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 17, 2026. Electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter

NHTSA counts 23,677 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Feb 4, 2020 to Jun 28, 2024.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-599

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jun 12, 2026. Air bags: frontal

NHTSA counts 250,857 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Oct 16, 2019.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-389

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Apr 17, 2026. Electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter

NHTSA counts 170,169 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Oct 16, 2019.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-248

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Feb 2, 2023. Engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication

NHTSA counts 6,724 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-044

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jul 29, 2021. Child seat: vehicle latch anchor; equipment: other: owners/service/other manual

NHTSA counts 7,027 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-584

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jun 8, 2021. Exterior lighting: turn signal; exterior lighting: brake lights; exterior lighting: tail lights

NHTSA counts 2,622 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-435

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jun 3, 2021. Electrical system: software; power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

NHTSA counts 163 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-424

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

What have owners told NHTSA?

58 complaints to NHTSA, received from Aug 13, 2020 to Oct 24, 2026.

  • 1 complaint told of a crash, and 1 complaint of a fire.
  • Together they report 1 person injured and no deaths.
  • Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
Source:

NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How did it do in crash tests?

NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2020 Land Rover Defender in its 5-Star Safety Ratings. That says nothing about how it would do.

Source:

NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
  • How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).

    Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.

    Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.

    Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Source:

Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 27, 2026.

How to read a record

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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