Defender no power steering and lane assist not available fix

Facing power steering issues with your Land Rover Defender L663? Lucky8 is here to guide you through a quick fix for your electronic power steering assist. Whether you're an automotive enthusiast or a seasoned mechanic, our step-by-step tutorial will provide you with all the insights and tips you need to get your Defender back on the road with enhanced steering performance.

[@sj6292]

That actually happened to me about 3 weeks ago. I thought the disconnect the battery option may work but also the JLR dealer is about an hour away so either way it needs to get to the dealer. As it was under warranty, I just had them tow it in and then they had to pay for my Uber the next day to pick it up. But this is great to know in case there is a similar issue.

[@JoseVillanueva-su1ck]

Good to know. Thanks!

[@lforgue8]

Heard from JLR that there is now a fix for the MY 24 vehicles experiencing the loss of power steering. MY 23 hopefully by end of April! See your local dealer! lol

[@Lucky8]

Thank you for the update

[@chinoyhouse8247]

Hi guys, do you use your auto start/stop in your defender? It seems that the culprit is the battery which is being undercharged by the alternator when using start/stop function. The software and algorithm isn’t finely tuned so when a significant amount of start/stop cycles on short city driving the battery isn’t fully charged causing accelerated cell degradation making the battery refusing to accept more charge causing it to throw error codes on some modules even at just 12.0Volts.

[@Lucky8]

I am not a fan of that function. I have used the Gap tool to disable it in all of my Rovers.

[@lforgue8]

Justin no real communicated fix yet from JLR. I’ve been told they are working on it but not yet. 24’s first then 23’s. Just my 2 cents

[@Lucky8]

Love the update thank you for letting us know. At least for now we got the simple fix.