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Land Rover powertrain Control Module (PCM) may unexpectedly switch off while the vehicle is in motion, resulting in an engine stall with no warning.

NHTSA campaign 21V-424 · Reported June 3, 2021 · 163 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Land Rover Defender
VEHICLES AFFECTED
163
REMEDY
The Connected Diagnostic Services (CDS) and the Over-the-air (OTA) diagnostics functionality will be disabled, either by a dealer or through an OTA update, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC reported a problem with the electrical system software. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The Powertrain Control Module (PCM) may unexpectedly switch off while the vehicle is in motion, resulting in an engine stall with no warning.

WHY IT MATTERS

An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

The Connected Diagnostic Services (CDS) and the Over-the-air (OTA) diagnostics functionality will be disabled, either by a dealer or through an OTA update, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 21V-424.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2020–2021Land Rover Defender

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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