https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Jaguar XJR. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:22:36 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1547426 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT PREMATURE WATER PUMP FAILURE, STRANDED ON HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING. HEAVY WHITE SMOKE FROM ENGINE HOOD BLOCKING VIEW. PREMATURE OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE WHEN TURNING ON THE VEHICLE ON COLD START. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1298564 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT AFTER 15-20 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY SWITCHES INTO "RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE" SHOWING THIS AMBER LIGHT INDICATOR AND AMBER ENGINE LIGHT. SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE DRAWBACK IN SPEED, I HAVE BEEN ALMOST REAR-ENDED. THIS PROBLEM IS PUTTING MY LIFE AND OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY IN DANGER. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR FOR OVER 3 YEARS NOW WITH MANY APPOINTMENTS TO JAGU https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1285780 Sat, 28 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT MAY 29, 2012 AIRBAG DEPLOYED AS CAR WAS BEING UNLOCKED IN A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING, MERELY BEING UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY FOB, AS I ATTEMPTED TO ENTER, THE AIRBAG OF THE DRIVERS SIDE, EMBEDDED IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, BLEW, STRIKING ME IN THE HEAD AND BAGGING MY HEAD AGAINST THE OUTER EDGE OF THE DOOR OPENING. IT IS BELIEVED THAT I PASSED OUT, THEN CAME TO AND WAS FOUND LEANING AGAINST THE https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1171257 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JAGUAR XJR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TACHOMETER, OIL, AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1147521 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JAGUAR XJR. THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL VAPORS EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000. https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1023118 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY AND WE WERE ON THE FREEWAY. SUDDENLY THE 2 WIPERS STARTED TO BEAT WILDLY AND THE LEFT WIPER JUMPED OFF THE WINDSHIELD. THE RIGHT ONE CONTINUED TO WIPE AT HIGH SPEED; THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AS THE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY. SUDDENLY THE LEFT WIPER RESTARTED AND WENT UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT WIPER AND A FEW MINUTES AFTER THAT THE RIGHT WIPER STOPPED COMPLETEL https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1020483 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JAGUAR XJR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE OPENED THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE SEAT CUSHION AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED AND KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT LOST SEVERAL TEETH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AIR BAG WIRE WAS CHAFED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLE https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1012412 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT CAR WENT INTO "FAILSAFE" MODE AND LOST ALL POWER AS I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. THIS LOOKS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS AND ALL THE XJ ... 1998 -2003 X308 MODELS. THE TPS HAS A FAULT AND IS NOT REPLACEABLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT COMES ON WITH NO WARNING AND NO POWER IS AVAILABLE. *JS https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1012413 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT CAR WENT INTO "FAILSAFE" MODE AND LOST ALL POWER AS I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. THIS LOOKS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS AND ALL THE XJ ... 1998 -2003 X308 MODELS. THE TPS HAS A FAULT AND IS NOT REPLACEABLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT COMES ON WITH NO WARNING AND NO POWER IS AVAILABLE. *JS https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-1004893 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 5 LANE FREEWAY AT 65MPH WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING I LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO COAST AT 15MPH. WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR BRAKES I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY DEALER WHO TOLD ME THAT BOTH THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY HAD FAILED. THEY REVIEWED THE COMPUTER FAULT WARNINGS TO CONFIRM THAT NO WARNING WAS EV https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-928270 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT DRIVER'S WIPER CAME LOOSE IN THUNDERSTORM ON INTERSTATE--WIPERS CLASHED AND BENT ARM. LOST FORWARD VISION AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. HAD TO REPLACE ARM LATER. IN JUNE 2012, THE DRIVER'S ARM CAME LOOSE AGAIN AND WAS TIGHTENED. JULY 14, 2012, THE DRIVER'S ARM AGAIN CAME LOOSE DURING RAIN. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN SOME SITUATIONS. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-924445 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT SEAT SUPPORT BRACKET (DRIVER SIDE RIGHT REAR) CRACKED IN HALF CAUSING SEAT TO SHIFT SUDDENLY. CAUSING DRIVER TO MAKE UNINTENDED STEERING INPUTS. SECOND OCCURRENCE SAME AS ABOVE EXCEPT LEFT REAR BRACKET CRACKED IN HALF ON JUNE 10, 2012 *TT https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-896749 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT WHILE MERGING INTO THE FAST LANE ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND I NEARLY GOT REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK . AFTER PRECARIOUSLY MAKING IT TO THE SHOULDER ( ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR )THE CODES ALL CLEARED AND CAR RESUMES AS NORMAL. I TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER AND HE TELLS ME ITS POSSIBLY THE THROTTLE BODY BUT HE IS NOT SURE . LOOKING ONLINE I FIND MANY XJR'S WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-875277 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT JAGUAR IS A GREAT CAR MANUFACTURE BUT I BELIEVE ALL 98-2000 JAGUAR V8'S SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LEMON'S IF THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETROFITTED WITH THE LATEST TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER DESIGN JAGUAR CURRENTLY USES. THESE CARS ARE TICKING TIME BOMB'S IF THEY HAVE NOT. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE FORUMS AND VARIOUS JAG ENTHUSIAST WEB SITES JAGUAR NEVER PUT OUT A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER; RUMOR HAS IT THA https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-875278 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT JAGUAR IS A GREAT CAR MANUFACTURE BUT I BELIEVE ALL 98-2000 JAGUAR V8'S SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LEMON'S IF THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETROFITTED WITH THE LATEST TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER DESIGN JAGUAR CURRENTLY USES. THESE CARS ARE TICKING TIME BOMB'S IF THEY HAVE NOT. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE FORUMS AND VARIOUS JAG ENTHUSIAST WEB SITES JAGUAR NEVER PUT OUT A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER; RUMOR HAS IT THA https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-875279 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT JAGUAR IS A GREAT CAR MANUFACTURE BUT I BELIEVE ALL 98-2000 JAGUAR V8'S SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LEMON'S IF THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETROFITTED WITH THE LATEST TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER DESIGN JAGUAR CURRENTLY USES. THESE CARS ARE TICKING TIME BOMB'S IF THEY HAVE NOT. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE FORUMS AND VARIOUS JAG ENTHUSIAST WEB SITES JAGUAR NEVER PUT OUT A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER; RUMOR HAS IT THA https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-629438 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT ENGINE DEFECT - INABILITY OF JAGUAR MAINTENANCE TO REPAIR: THE 1999 JAGUAR XJR WHICH WAS PURCHASED JUNE 2002 WITH 21,715 MILES ON IT FOR $40,000.00. VEHICLE WAS LEMON FROM BEGINNING. ENGINE STALLED AT HIGH SPEEDS, SHOWED ITSELF TWICE AS EARLY AS JANUARY 2003, ONLY TO CONTINUE SHOWING ITSELF 3 MORE TIMES IN 2003, 2 MORE TIMES IN 2004, 1 MORE TIME IN 2005, AND ONE MORE TIME IN 2006,. THEN, https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#recall-06E043000-jaguar-jaguar-xjr-2001 Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN REPLACEMENT FUEL FILTERS, FRAM BRAND NAME P/N G3727, WITH DATE CODES X52911 THROUGH X60801 SEQUENTIALLY OR X600141 AND A MEXICO COUNTRY OR ORIGIN MARKING ON THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 18, 2005, THROUGH MARCH 21, 2006, SOLD FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE AND ON CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES. (TO SEE THE SCHOOL BUS ENGINE SIZES, CLICK ON "DOCUMENT SEARCH" AND THEN "BUS A https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-483526 Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING.*MR (NAR) *CB https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-466510 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SIDE SEAT ATTACHMENT BROKE AT THE LEFT REAR. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE SEAT TILTED TO THE LIFT SIDE OF THE DOOR. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SEAT TRACK AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-458186 Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT THIS INCIDENT STARTED IN NOV. OF 2003 IT IS STILL ONGOING AS I WRITE. I WISH THE INCIDENT DATE INCLUDED CONTINUS.EVEN AFTER MY 60K TUNE UP A WEEK AGO, THE FAILURE STARTED AGAIN. VEHICLE LOOSES POWER ON A DOWN GRADE AND I MUST PULL OVER AND START THE CAR AGAIN.ALSO CAR HOLDS BACK POWER AND THEN WITHOUT NOTICE STOPS AND THEN BUCKS FORWARD. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND BECAUSE THE CAR STOPS WIT https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-456002 Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT 1999 JAGUAR XJR, THE CAR STALLED WHILE CRUISING BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH 3 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS. THE ENGINE WOULD QUIT. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL I PULLED OVER PUT IT IN PARK AND STARTED IT. THIS MEANT A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES POSSIBLY FAILING IF THEY WERE USED TO MUCH. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED ON 2-16-04. THE THROTTLE BODY HAD DEVELOPED A GROVE WHERE THE THROTTLE PLATE CONTACTS THE BOR https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-435477 Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT CAR LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELLING ON HIGHWAY. ALL WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING RED. *LA https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-429834 Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE THE BRAKES WERE BEING PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE AND VIBRATE HEAVILY. THE DRIVER CONTACTED WITH THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK *NLM https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-395864 Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT EXHAUST GAS LEAKAGE INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF JAGUAR XJ6 AND XJR (1995-1997)SEDAN FROM CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. THESE CRACKS ARE A VERY COMMON FAULT ON THESE VEHICLES. THE CRACKS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE BECAUSE OF HEAT SHIELDS. JAGUAR HAS NO UPGRADED PART . RELACEMENT MANIFOLDS CRACK IN 20,000MILES.*JB https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-391833 Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE SHUT DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. PLEASE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-391834 Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE SHUT DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. PLEASE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-381444 Fri, 08 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL#99V138000 POWER TRAIN TRANSMISSION. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. TS https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-338200 Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT ENIGINE FAILS WHILE DECELERATING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN WEATHER IS COLD AND DAMP. OCCURRED 5 TIMES. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr https://plaincars.com/make/jaguar-xjr#complaint-337805 Thu, 07 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN DECELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER WHO NOTED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED TO COME EVERY SO OFTEN TO GET THROTTLE LINKAGES AND CONTROL CLEANED SO VEHICLE WILL STOP STALLING. *AK DEALER STATED THAT THROTTLE BODY GETS STUCK ON DECELERATION AND NEEDS TO BE CLEANED EVERY 5-10 THOUSAND MILES. *SLC