2001 Land Rover Defender

Routine

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

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Most common 2001 Land Rover Defender problems

1 of the 1 complaints (100%) are about the visibility.

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear

Filed Jul 31, 2001CO

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE THE SUNROOF GLASS SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED AND BROKE, GLASS WAS PROPELLED ON TOP OF THE CAR AS WELL AS THROUGHTOUT THE INSIDE, THERE WERE NO INJURIRES. NLM

All 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2023

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2026	6	3	0	Routine
2025	13	2	1	Routine
2024	27	8	1	Routine
2023	89	10	0	Routine
2022	76	7	0	Routine
2021	42	10	0	Routine
2020	58	8	1	Routine
2003	1	0	0	Routine
2002	3	0	0	Routine
2001 — this page	1	0	0	Routine
1999	1	0	0	Routine
1995	1	2	1	Routine
1994	0	1	0	Routine
1993	2	1	1	Routine
1992	0	1	0	Routine
1990	1	0	0	Routine

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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.