Jaguar S-Type
Owners filed 502 complaints across 10 model years of the Jaguar S-Type. The 2000 drew the most (141).
Which Jaguar S-Type years should you avoid?
No Jaguar S-Type year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 90), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Jaguar S-Type model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Equipment › Electrical | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2006 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2003 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2002 | 24 | 2 | — | 4 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2001 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 7 | Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint | Routine | |
| 2000 | 141 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Equipment › Mechanical | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.