Records only
Land Rover Defender: year-by-year record
Review the federal complaint, recall, crash-test, and fuel-economy record across Defender model years, then open a year for the supporting evidence.
| Year | Complaints | Per 100k | Recalls | Severity | Crash | Evidence note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Still new | 12 | — | 2 | 17 | Not rated | Still new |
| 2024Still new | 21 | — | 6 | 10 | Not rated | Still new |
| 2023 | 76 | — | 9 | 0 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2022 | 66 | — | 6 | 8 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2021 | 34 | — | 9 | 0 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2020 | 48 | — | 7 | 13 | Not rated | No production count |
Raw totals and, when NHTSA production exposure is available, complaints per 100,000 produced. A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. Open a year to see what the evidence supports. Complaints build up over a car's life. Newer model years often look quieter because they have spent less time on the road. We mark them "still new" instead of treating them as better years.