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2022 Land Rover Defender 110
Solid pick. The public record on this car is clean for its age. Inspect it, then negotiate with confidence.
65 owner complaints · 0 recalls · data verified July 14, 2026 · source: NHTSA
Why buy?
Electrical system problems dominate (37% of complaints, typically reported near 18k miles).
Zero recalls, rare for a car this age.
The math, shown
Full methodology →Complaints filed per year
Fading = early teething worked out. Climbing = problems aging in.
How it crashes
NHTSA’s own crash tests, separate from the reliability score above.
NHTSA crash-tested this model year but didn’t publish an overall star rating for it.
Source: nhtsa.gov/ratings. Star ratings compare vehicles within the same class and size, not across every car on the road.
The road ahead
What breaks on a 2022 Land Rover Defender 110, plotted where owners report it happening.
Also reported (mileage varies): Visibility & wipers (14) · Lights (7) · Engine (5)
Mileage medians come from owners who mentioned an odometer reading in their NHTSA complaint, a rough guide, not a schedule.
Electrical system
37%24 complaints · typically near 18k mi · 20 in the last 2 years
“Alternator & DC/DC Converter failure or DC/DC Converter failure that also led to Alternator failure. I will attach letter correspondence sent to Jaguar Land Rover Nort…”
Visibility & wipers
22%14 complaints · 1 in the last 2 years
“Windshield glass started to crack without any impact or driving. Potentially due to temperature change in standard California Bay Area climate.”
Lights
11%7 complaints · 5 in the last 2 years
“The Daytime Running Headlights have gone out once again. This is such a common issue with the Land Rover Defenders yet, the manufactures force the customers to pay $30…”
Engine
8%5 complaints · 2 in the last 2 years
“There were two separate issues. First was the battery dying once 4 months after purchase and again about 12 months after purchase. Both times we were lucky we were not…”
Recalls (0)
No recall campaigns on file for this model year.
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What owners say
Real owners of this exact model-year, shown separately from the NHTSA score. If they disagree, that’s worth knowing.