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Land Rover Defender 2020–2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin SFCC_MAY2021_45 · NHTSA communication 10199084 · issued Jun 8, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2020–2022
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

A customer may report a ratcheting sound when folding/ unfolding the second row seats.

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.