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2023 Land Rover Defender vs 2024 Land Rover Defender

Two adjacent model years of the Land Rover Defender, side by side. Every figure is a raw NHTSA/EPA count — not normalised by how many were sold.

Side by side: 2024 Defender has fewer recorded recall campaigns (6 vs 9), and no recorded owner complaints for either. 2024 Defender carries more NHTSA investigations (1 vs 0). Neither has NHTSA crash ratings, and neither has EPA fuel-economy data in our dataset.

Metric2023 Land Rover Defender2024 Land Rover Defender
Recall campaigns96
Owner complaints00
NHTSA investigations01
NHTSA crash ratingNot ratedNot rated
EPA fuel economy

How to read this

  • A green check marks the lower raw count — fewer recorded issues, not a declared winner.
  • Complaint totals are not normalised by vehicle population; a big-seller shows more of everything.
  • Where a rating or EPA record is absent, that is missing data — not evidence of safety.