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Land Rover Defender 2020–2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin SFCC_APR2021_24 · NHTSA communication 10191870 · issued Apr 23, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020–2021
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Intermittently, the passive unlock feature does not work unless the smart key is in the customer's hand.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.