AutoUtility currently tracks 11 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2021 Land Rover Range Rover Velar. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 3 complaints (27.3% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 1 cites a fire, 1 reports one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 11 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (3 reports • 27.3% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Engine & Cooling (2), Air Bags & Restraints (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
11
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
1
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2021 Land Rover Range Rover Velar

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 27.3% of complaints

Electrical System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
🔥 1 fire report
#2 Problem Area 18.2% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🔥 1 fire report
#3 Problem Area 18.2% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 18.2% of complaints

Steering System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 9.1% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2021 Land Rover Range Rover Velar

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11755757
Filed: 08/09/2026

"RECALL REMEDY FAILURE-DEALER DENIED SAFETY REPAIR On 7/31 vehicle would shut off after cranking up. Eventually got a check engine light. I was out of town at the time and it was 630pm. I was able to take vehicle to a Advanced Auto so they could do a quick diagnostic check. Codes P0505--Idle Air..."

Incident Date: 08/04/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11754538
Filed: 08/03/2026

"The backup camera on my 2021 Velar has stopped functioning. Service confirmed not a wiring issue and claims it is the NFSM Module not functioning correctly. There are several recalls on the module that include the model and year of my Velar. Although my VIN number is not included in the recall, it..."

Incident Date: 07/15/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11752315
Filed: 07/23/2026

"The contact owns a 2021 Land Rover Range Rover Velar. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V248000 (Electrical System). The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired due to parts not being available. The manufacturer was notified of the..."

Incident Date: 07/23/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11735387
Filed: 05/03/2026

"Seatbelt is not catching or latching"

Incident Date: 03/13/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SEAT BELTS
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11715636
Filed: 02/04/2026

"My seatbelt malfunctioned and does not latch. The part that the seat belt goes into is not catching"

Incident Date: 02/02/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SEAT BELTS
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Land Rover Range Rover Velar

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2018–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 0 0 0 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 0 0 0 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 13 0 2 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Land Rover Range Rover Velar Current Page 11 1 2 Current
2022 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 8 1 3 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 5 0 2 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 2 1 3 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 0 0 0 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2021 Land Rover Range Rover Velar

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 9 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 2 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 1 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 1 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (11). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

1 CLOSED

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
CLOSED Defect Petition (DP) ODI Action #DP22005
Opened: 2023-01-27 • Closed: 2023-08-07

Pedestrian alert sounds

Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM

NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight ra...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 22V063000 Official NHTSA File →
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.