Total Complaints
1 filings
JAGUAR JAGUAR · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1992JAGUARJAGUAR carries 1 consumer safety complaint in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 1 fire, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1992 JAGUAR is electrical system with 1 filings. Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 2 investigation files overlapping the 1992 JAGUAR. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE NOT RECALLED THE 1989-1994 JAGUAR XJS V12S WITH THE MARELLI IGNITION SYSTEM. THE FIRES THEY CAUSE ARE FAMOUS.........MARELLI FIRES......DO A GOOGLE SEARCH. IT HAPPENED TO MY DAD'S 1992 XJS & BESIDES ESCAPING WITH HIS LIFE HE HAD TO PAY ABOUT $6000 FOR A WHOLE NEW EXHAUST AND REPAIR OF ALL THE FIRE DAMAGE. EVERY TIME A FIRE OCCURS THE INSURANCE COMPANY JUST TOTAL THESE CARS..........PEOPLE ARE REALLY BEING TAKEN OF ADVANTAGE OF BY JAGUAR BECAUSE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.