After hearing similar stories about the Defender and meeting one woman who wound up in a 2022 RR from the Dealer took back their '24(!), I decided against the Defender. I'd consider LR again when (if?) they recover from this rut they appear to be in. The four that I had, 2010 through 2021, before this car have been fine so I'll admit to being a bit surprised at the recent and apparently steep decline in reliability.