Land Rover Announces Largest U.S. Recall Ever: More Than 170,000 SUVs Affected by Electrical

Jaguar Land Rover has announced what is already being described as the largest recall in the company’s history. According to available information, more than 170,000 vehicles in the U.S. alone are affected. The issue is not mechanical, but electrical: on certain mild-hybrid SUVs, a fault in the system could cause the vehicle to suddenly lose power.

A JLR spokesperson told Auto Express that the DC-DC converter module may not operate as intended under certain conditions. When this happens, drivers receive a warning instructing them to safely pull over. If the warning is ignored and driving continues, the vehicle’s operation could be disrupted.

The company’s wording about “certain customers” may sound mild, but documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration make the scale clear—this involves tens of thousands of vehicles. Models built between November 2022 and January 2024 are included, and the issue affects nearly the entire JLR lineup.

The list includes the Jaguar F-Pace and the smaller E-Pace, along with the Land Rover Defender, Discovery, Discovery Sport, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Velar, Range Rover Sport, and the full-size Range Rover.

For now, the recall officially applies only to the U.S., but sources inside JLR told Auto Express that similar complaints have also been reported by owners in the UK. Because of that, further action from Britain’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency or the European Commission may follow in the near future.

The company says customer support remains its top priority and recommends that anyone experiencing the issue contact an authorized JLR service center. At this stage, no stop-drive order has been issued, and there have been no reported crashes, injuries, or deaths linked to the defect.

For JLR, this is another setback after a difficult year. U.S. deliveries in 2025 were already under pressure because of large-scale import tariffs introduced by President Trump, and in September 2025 the automaker was hit by a cyberattack that halted vehicle production for three weeks.

The broader economic damage to the UK is estimated at roughly $2.4 billion.