Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1995 Land Rover Defender 90

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition › switch. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 7, 200785,000 milesVA

EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE: DRIVING THE VEHICLE. FAILURE: ONE OIL LINE FROM THE ENGINE TO THE FRONT RADIATOR BURST. CONSEQUENCE: OIL WAS SPRAYED ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. PART REPAIRED / REPLACED: OIL LINE REPLACED BY STRONGER MODELS (BRAIDED TO AVOID OIL SPRAYING IN CASE OF FAILURE) AND ROUTED _AWAY_ FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. WHILE FIRE WAS AVOIDED FOR THIS INSTANCE, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT ALL LAND ROVER 90 AND 110 VEHICLES ARE PRONE TO THIS TYPE OF FAILURE (AND MAYBE LAND ROVER DISCOVERY VEHICLES). A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE VEHICLES HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB UPDATED 06/25/08 *BF UPDATED 06/26/08

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)
Filed May 22, 2000NJ

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP UP IN REVERSE, NOT ABLE TO DISENGAGE SHIFT LEVER. HIT CURB AND WENT OVER IT. TURNED VEHICLE OFF. VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. *AK *ML

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Jul 15, 1999AK

IGNITION FASTNER THAT HOLDS SWITCH TOGETHER FELL APART, CAUSING IGNITION SWITCH TO COME LOOSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19973000Routine
19961000Routine
1995 — this page3000Routine
19940100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.