https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Jaguar XJ. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:36:00 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2169962 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT In 2019, I purchased a Jaguar Land Rover vehicle. Over the past four to five years, the Y-pipe for the coolant system has repeatedly cracked and broken after being replaced by the Jaguar dealership. This is a significant safety concern that leads to coolant leakage, triggering a warning light and causing panic to remove the vehicle from the road to prevent overheating, head gasket failure, or pote https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2165378 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH, the steering wheel unexpectedly seized with no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that as a result of the failure, the vehicle hydroplaned and collided with a jersey wall. The contact sustained back and neck injuries; however, no medical treatment was received. A police report was filed. T https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2165379 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH, the steering wheel unexpectedly seized with no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that as a result of the failure, the vehicle hydroplaned and collided with a jersey wall. The contact sustained back and neck injuries; however, no medical treatment was received. A police report was filed. T https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2129725 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Sudden loss of power steering while driving at 40 to 50 mph followed by engine stalling on highway https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2128754 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2014 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated while driving approximately 40-55 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering assist, and then stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, who was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2128755 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2014 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated while driving approximately 40-55 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering assist, and then stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, who was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2104873 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT About 2 years ago, I paid close to $4,000 to repair the coolant system in my Jaguar XJ. I now have the same issue. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2081332 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2011 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while driving at undisclosed speeds, there was a fuel-burning odor coming from the vehicle. The contact had to roll down the windows while driving due to the odor. The contact stated that when the vehicle was refueled at the gas station, the odor of gasoline was very strong. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was n https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2069309 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2011 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated while driving 75 MPH, the vehicle began to decelerate independently, prompting the contact to pull over to the shoulder of the roadway to have the vehicle towed. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the engine. The contact was informed that the engine nee https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2069317 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2011 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle decelerated independently. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the roadway and had the vehicle towed. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the engine. The contact was informed that https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2040331 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2006 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle abruptly decelerated, after which the contact became aware that the parking brake had been applied. The parking brake warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the electronic parking brake control module. The vehicle was not repaired. After investi https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2017450 Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact's husband owned a 2011 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while her husband was attempting to park in a parking space and the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact attempted to decrease the vehicle's speed by going over a bump however the vehicle continued to independently accelerate. The brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard and then lifted hi https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2017451 Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact's husband owned a 2011 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while her husband was attempting to park in a parking space and the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact attempted to decrease the vehicle's speed by going over a bump however the vehicle continued to independently accelerate. The brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard and then lifted hi https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-2017452 Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact's husband owned a 2011 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while her husband was attempting to park in a parking space and the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact attempted to decrease the vehicle's speed by going over a bump however the vehicle continued to independently accelerate. The brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard and then lifted hi https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1942998 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT The headlights turn themselves off while I’m driving at night. It’s very scary for a minute or two but I manage to get them back on by manipulating the switch. I mentioned this to the service rep at the Jaguar dealership and his response was “ that’s typical of that car”. It’s been doing this since a purchased the car but is getting worse and dangerous. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1936559 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT Passenger front door will not open from outside the car or from inside. Dealership had to replace 2-cables, actuator & cable, and latch. The Jaguar forum has several complaints about this problem. It can be a computer issue in some cases but usually a cable or cables that fail. Essentially the door will not open leaving the passenger to either evacuate through the window or over the large center c https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1929939 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT My wife and I are drivers with 50+ years of driving experience each, with clean driving records. Recently two incidents occurred while driving my 2008 Jaguar XJ that frightened us, where we have been left with no feasible explanation. There were no messages, warning lamps, or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. The first incident occurred in early December, 2022, with mileage of a https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1876420 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was jerking and hydroplaning. The contact made a local dealer aware of the failure; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact then stated that the failure reoccurred and that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle hydroplaned, ran off the freeway, and cras https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1852134 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT I was driving through Kroger shopping center and I drove between two cars and my car suddenly accelerated and I had to stand on the brakes to avoid hitting a man loading groceries into his car.This was a frightening experience, which I'm afraid will happen again and I won't be so luck.I purchased the car Oct 14 2022 and supposedly have a power train warranty after 1 month and 1000 miles.My name i https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1848762 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT I have a 2011 Jaguar XJL Supercharged with 65,000 miles that has a knocking noise and is in restricted performance mode. The timing chain and tensioner were replaced by a shop, but that did not fix the issue and I’ve been told there is internal engine damage. The internal engine damage has not been identified. The car itself is in excellent shape, but I don’t know how to proceed to address the int https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1832840 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT Tire size 275/40/ZR 19. Unexpected tire wear. Have replaced twice in one year. Each set lasting about 5k miles. Current set lost air without puncture. All tread gone. verified proper inflation and appropriate driving style on AWD vehicle. Front tires are different size and appear to have held up better. Last incident led to flat tire and the need to change to spare on the side of a highway https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1776515 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT The engine has issues where there is a jerk while accelerating at times. I was told of a misfire issue that Jaguars have and have not been corrected. I was driving my 2012 Jaguar XJ on the interstate when it started slowing down. The engine light than appears on the dash and it starts to jerk as I try to speed up to get off the highway it goes from 60mph to 45mph. I take my foot off the gas and pr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1776516 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT The engine has issues where there is a jerk while accelerating at times. I was told of a misfire issue that Jaguars have and have not been corrected. I was driving my 2012 Jaguar XJ on the interstate when it started slowing down. The engine light than appears on the dash and it starts to jerk as I try to speed up to get off the highway it goes from 60mph to 45mph. I take my foot off the gas and pr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1765813 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2014 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the low coolant warning light would appear on the instrument panel. The contact stated that she had initially taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with a coolant leak. Despite the repair, the failure immediately recurred. The vehicle was next taken to a dealer where the damaged coo https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1751162 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2012 Jaguar XJ. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the vehicle stalled. The contact performed a diagnostic himself and found that the fuel pump wires were melted and caused the wires to fuse together and caused a short circuit. The contact replaced the fuel pump. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 67,894. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1740201 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AND A FRIEND WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL CAR TOLD ME ABOUT A RECALL ON THEIR CAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM . THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY PADDING INSTALLED FOR SOUND PROOFING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH TRAPS DIRT AND MOISTURE AND CAUSES THE BRAKE LINES TO PREMATURELY RUST WHICH I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. AFTER HAVING THE PANELS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1740235 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT CAR STOPPED WORKING IN THE FREEWAY WARRANTY DETECTED,AFTER I HAD TO PAY $1200 TO TEAR ENGINE, THAT A HOSE BEHIND ENGINE WAS DISCONNECTED WHICH CAUSED OVERHEATING OF ENGINE. NO SENSOR WARNING ALERTS SHOWN. CAR HAS 64K MILEAGE SOLD WITH 41K. WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER DEALER WILL START CHARGING ME FOR STORAGE. CAR WITH DEALER SINCE 11/20 WARRANTY JUST CHECKED ON MARCH 2021 https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1729290 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT A SERIS OF ISSUES PLAQUE THIS MODEL. CHANGED THROTTLE BODY TWICE BUT CAR KEEP SHOWING STABILITY CONTROL NOT AVAILABLE, THROTTLE BODY ACTUATION ISSUES WITH P2119,P2118 CODES AMONG SEVERAL OTHERS. CAR SHAKES AND SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. AT IDLE, THE CAR REV METER GOES UP AND DOWN AND THEN SHUTS OFF. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO GALPIN JAGUAR OVER 5 TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND EACH TIME T https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1729291 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT A SERIS OF ISSUES PLAQUE THIS MODEL. CHANGED THROTTLE BODY TWICE BUT CAR KEEP SHOWING STABILITY CONTROL NOT AVAILABLE, THROTTLE BODY ACTUATION ISSUES WITH P2119,P2118 CODES AMONG SEVERAL OTHERS. CAR SHAKES AND SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. AT IDLE, THE CAR REV METER GOES UP AND DOWN AND THEN SHUTS OFF. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO GALPIN JAGUAR OVER 5 TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND EACH TIME T https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xj#complaint-1729292 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT A SERIS OF ISSUES PLAQUE THIS MODEL. CHANGED THROTTLE BODY TWICE BUT CAR KEEP SHOWING STABILITY CONTROL NOT AVAILABLE, THROTTLE BODY ACTUATION ISSUES WITH P2119,P2118 CODES AMONG SEVERAL OTHERS. CAR SHAKES AND SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. AT IDLE, THE CAR REV METER GOES UP AND DOWN AND THEN SHUTS OFF. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO GALPIN JAGUAR OVER 5 TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND EACH TIME T