1999 Land Rover Defender

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Jan 8, 200780,000 milesFL

I PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES IN SEPT (LAST YEAR). AFTER 2000 MILES, I BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. WHEN GETTING IT REPAIRED, THE SHOP SAID 2 OF THE REMAINING TIRES SHOWED BULGES INDICATING POSSIBLE FUTURE FAILURE OF THE SIDEWALL. THEY BLAMED IT ON POTHOLES AND WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM. *JB

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2023
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20264300Routine
202513210Routine
202425610Routine
202381900Routine
202273600Routine
202139900Routine
202055710Routine
20031000Routine
20023000Routine
20011000Routine
1999 — this page1000Routine
19951210Routine
19940100Routine
19932110Routine
19920100Routine
19901000Routine

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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.