Recall Register

1995 Land Rover Defender: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1995 Land Rover Defender. The newest campaign is 96V108000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Jun 1996. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 96V108000, in the NHTSA record

Owners will be mailed a battery warning label with instructions for the placement of such labels and a letter informing them that they can also bring the vehicle to any dealer and have the label installed for them free of charge.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 4,409 units in total.

  1. 96V108000Received . 4,254 units.

    Electrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The "hazardous substance label" warning was not installed on the batteries in these vehicles.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Personal injury could occur if these batteries are handled incorrectly.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Owners will be mailed a battery warning label with instructions for the placement of such labels and a letter informing them that they can also bring the vehicle to any dealer and have the label installed for them free of charge.

    Report filed by RANGE ROVER NA., INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 95V099000Received . 155 units.

    Power Train / Axle Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    At port of entry, a quality overcheck of the differential pinion shaft torque was performed. This check required the removal of the driveshafts. When the driveshafts were reinstalled, the wrong sized nuts were used.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The nuts can loosen, ultimately causing the disconnection of one or both of the driveshafts resulting in loss of control of the vehicle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the hardware on the involved vehicles with hardware of the appropriate specifications.

    Report filed by RANGE ROVER NA., INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1995 Land Rover Defender: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
22 Jul 2016

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1995 Land Rover Defender, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2016, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19900
  2. 19921
  3. 19931
  4. 19941
  5. 19952
  6. 19990
  7. 20010
  8. 20020
  9. 20030
  10. 20207
  11. 20219
  12. 20226
  13. 20239
  14. 20247
  15. 20251
  16. 20263

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1995 Land Rover Defender: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/land-rover/defender/1995/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
RANGE ROVER NA., INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1995 Land Rover Defender?
4,409 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Land Rover Defender have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Land Rover Defender, model years 1990 to 2026. 2 of them name the 1995 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1995 Land Rover Defender name most often?
Engine: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1995 Land Rover Defender open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.