2005 JAGUAR XJ8 — Complaint #1269419
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:SPRINGS/BAGS filed March 21, 2016
NHTSA complaint #1269419 (ODI reference 10850758) concerns a 2005 JAGUAR XJ8 and was filed on March 21, 2016. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 16, 2015. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:air suspension:springs/bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JAGUAR XJ8 cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:springs:air suspension:springs/bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 JAGUAR XJ8 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JAGUAR XJ8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SUSPENSION LOWERED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR SUSPENSION SUDDENLY DEFLATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, IT MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER AND BRAKE. UPDATED 04/27/16.*JB UPDATED 05/10/16*LJ *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1269419 |
| ODI Number | 10850758 |
| Date Filed | March 21, 2016 |
| Failure Date | November 16, 2015 |
| VIN | SAJWA79C55S |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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