2024 Land Rover Defender Consumer Reviews
Pricing
90 P300 S - $57,875 MSRP
Edmunds suggests you pay
$50,846Prices based on sales in AZ thru 8/18/25
Final assembly in Slovakia
We have a limited number of reviews for the 2024 Defender, so we've included reviews for other years of the Defender since its last redesign.
The beauty and the beast together
Fred&Gaby, 10/04/2023
2023 Land Rover Defender 90 P400 X-Dynamic SE 2dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Twincharger gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Very smooth to drive, very elegant and very rustic at the sane time
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Engine replacement
RP Ma, 12/18/2024
2024 Land Rover Defender 110 P300 S 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
8 of 12 people found this review helpful
I have a 2024 defender 110 it just reached a year and 14000 miles and needs a new engine. Customer service for Land Rover is the worst
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Defender Trophy
Lee , 10/24/2024
2023 Land Rover Defender 90 P400 X-Dynamic SE 2dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Twincharger gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
It is definitely different from other manufacturers. Still getting used to the high technology. Worked out the software updates issues and low battery messages. Otherwise, very pleased.
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Defender is great inside - misses on the outside
Defender hopeful, 10/28/2023
2024 Land Rover Defender 110 P300 S 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
8 of 29 people found this review helpful
I tested out the Defender, and was hoping to buy one. The interior was perfect. If your goal is mostly highway driving and around town, Defender is terrific - it was smooth and with air suspension, everyone will be happy, for sure. I have no negatives for on-road driving experience - it even has a plug in the trunk for your coffee maker - perfect inside. If you plan to do all that, plus some adventure driving, then I did find some drawbacks. I found the outside to be a confused mess. Is Defender a Range Rover trim? Or is it supposed be be a luxury family adventure SUVs? Defender's exterior styling shows JLR is confused as to why Defender shouldn't just be a RR with a different hood decal. If the Defender stays on the pavement, the sleek exterior has no negatives & looks great. If you plan on driving off road for a bit, then the sleek style exterior is not ideal because it's unlikely to be kept that way. I'm holding off on buying, hoping JLR fixes a few problems I had with it. First, the Defender has a glass roof. This is great for many, but not for me, given I load the roof. JLR offers no choice on the glass roof, and Defender is effectively a fish bowl on wheels. I'm not sure why JLR wouldn't want to configure a family adventure type SUV with a solid and reinforced metal roof? I'm not suggesting everyone would want that, but why not offer a solid roof to those that do? The second hesitation was the rim size. A Defender with 21" rims is an rolling oxymoron, as the only off road feature you'd use would be a tire inflater. Low profile tires are great on the highway, but an immediate problem to pretty much everything you'd encounter on an adventure trip. Even with the 19" rims, tire selection is limited. An 18" rim would allow for more tire options. But to offer 18" rims and bigger wheel arches - to allow for bigger tires like the Goodyear AT KO2s, JLR would have to make a few changes to Defender. Will JLR? Who knows, but experience shows many cars that get stuck in snow get that way due to poor tire selection. It's not that the engine has no power - it's that the tires don't give you the traction you need to get unstuck. As anyone who drives in snowy places knows, snowbanks along the road can be hazards if you get too close - tire choice is important. All the fancy technology is fantastic on Defender - the low gearing and locking differential programs will keep you moving over anything, I don't doubt it. But my hesitation was not on the tech side, but the reality that ultimately it's all reliant upon the rubber beneath it. If you can't increase the durability of tire and sidewall height, you'll never find yourself in a spot where using the traction control is necessary (as you'll be stuck long before you max out the tech side of Defender). Going beyond the technical capability of the Defender is not likely, and so you have to wonder what surface is below the Defender that requires such capable off road programming? What type of scenario requires the Defender to lock a rear differential? Whatever is suggesting you lock, I don't think you'd want to be on low profile street treads. That's the point - if you're locking, the ground below is telling the computer that Defender needs to, and whatever is under the tires it's not the smooth and traction available pavement. The off road technology is so far ahead of the basic rubber on the road, that it's more likely the tires give out way before any of the off road tech. This is one area I think JLR can improve upon - making Defender ready for 18" rims so that tire choices for consumers can be expanded. Doing this would still allow for 19", 21", or bigger tires - for those that prefer the larger rims. Large rims are already available; its the smaller rim that would dramatically expand tire choices for owners. There's a huge segment of tire choices that are not manufactured for the 19" rims (they are better on 17&18" rims). Looking at how JLR wants to configure and sell Defenders, it seems built to be spectacular on the road ways. The driving and handling was fantastic. The driver's visibility, and interior space for passenger stuff (water bottle, coffee cup, iPhone) was amazing. Everything can fit in Defender. Nothing better than Defender on the inside. One stand-out feature of Defender, something that no competitor has, is the height available to passengers inside the cabin - if you want vertical height, Defender is the leader. But taking a RR silhouetted SUV off road - and this is the same issue as with the tires - it looks to me like a costly choice, as dents will be apparent on the sleek shell. The other item I've read about concerns the windshield - JLR may have undersized it, making it susceptible to cracks (from rocks flung up on the road). If you're going to bang up your SUV on an adventure trip, you want something ready for the dings. I suspect JLR will eventually make Defender more ready for adventure drivers. If the goal is totally on road, Defender was fantastic. You don't need 18" rims on the highway, and if you don't load your roof, maybe you don't care about glass tops. The luxury family adventure SUV market is likely small, so I do get why Defender is not suited to all types of buyers initially. The bigger market is on road driving, and for that, it's a home run. But the family adventure SUV buyer is out there, and at some point, maybe Defender will be trimmed for some light - and perhaps even intentional - misuse :)
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Nicer than a Jeep or a Bronco
C.D, 02/26/2025
2023 Land Rover Defender 90 P400 X-Dynamic SE 2dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Twincharger gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Fun little 4x4 , great on road or off.
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Bought a similar one
3ms, 12/27/2024
2024 Land Rover Defender 110 P300 S 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Only had the vehicle for a week, so far I am really impressed. The frame feels sturdy and the finishes don’t feel cheap.