Factory specifications, fluid capacities, torque values, EPA fuel economy and the federal safety record for the 2025 Defender 90.
The 2025 Land Rover Defender 90 currently presents a modest reliability footprint with 12 total owner complaints and 2 recalls, its profile largely shaped by issues within the visibility and wiper category. Viewed against the model's full complaint history spanning 1994 to 2024, this year's figures represent a dramatic drop from the 75 complaints that made 2023 the highest year on record. By landing far closer to the historic low of a single complaint in 1996 than to recent highs, the 2025 Defender 90 occupies a reassuringly stable position in the model's timeline, indicating improved initial build quality for researchers to monitor.
Replacement part sizes and factory part numbers — battery, bulbs, filters and belts.
From the factory this vehicle uses a BCI 49 · 720 CCA battery. Each part links to every other vehicle that shares it, so a part you already stock may fit more of your fleet than you'd expect.
Engine, drivetrain, dimensions and economy.
| Overall length | 170.5 in |
| Overall width | 79.1 in |
| Overall height | 77.6 in |
| Wheelbase | 102 in |
| Curb weight | 4835 lb |
| Track (front / rear) | 67.3 / 66.9 in |
| Weight distribution (front / rear) | 50/50 |
Capacities, torques and tune-up values from the factory service manual.
| Standard BCI Group Number | 49 |
| Standard BCI Cranking Performance | 720 cca |
Owner-reported issues, recalls, investigations and service bulletins on record with NHTSA — an unfiltered look at what owners actually experience.
The 2025 model year caps the modern generation in this dataset, following a 2022–2024 arc in which complaints peaked at 75 in 2023 before dropping sharply to 21 in 2024, recalls cycled between 6 and 9 annually, TSBs declined steadily from 456 to 222, and a single investigation emerged in 2024. For 2025 specifically, federal data records zero crash complaints and one fire complaint, with Visibility/Wiper representing the largest complaint area at seven reports, alongside one report each in the grouped Steering, Power Train, Electrical System; Power Train, Electrical System, Engine; and Unknown Or Other categories. The provided year-by-year record does not include a 2025 entry for total complaints, recalls, investigations, or TSBs, so these targeted figures offer a limited snapshot rather than a full annual defect tally. Set against the prior downward trend in complaints and service bulletins, that snapshot reveals no systemic spike beyond the noted visibility and fire issues, making 2025 a relatively favorable year to buy provided the vehicle’s history confirms any early-run concerns have been addressed.
All 12 complaints on record, top 6 components.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database.
No recall campaigns on record with NHTSA for this vehicle as of the last data refresh.
Showing 5 of 176 bulletins on record with NHTSA.
| Bulletin | Date | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM76462 - 22JUN26 | 2026-06-22 | Unknown Or Other | Software Update |
| N961 Defender 16JUN26 | 2026-06-16 | Unknown Or Other | A junction box blanking connector is missing. |
| D048 Defender 16JUN26 | 2026-06-16 | Unknown Or Other | Jump Start Information Label Missing |
| SSM76457 - 26MAY26 | 2026-05-26 | Power Train | Amber MIL being displayed on the Instrument Panel Cluster on vehicles equipped with a… |
| SSM76457 - 21MAY26 | 2026-05-21 | Power Train | Amber MIL being displayed on the Instrument Panel Cluster on vehicles equipped with a… |
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