Jaguar X-Type

Owners filed 315 complaints across 7 model years of the Jaguar X-Type. The 2002 drew the most (116).

Model years7
Complaints315
Recalls6
Fires5
Deaths1

Which Jaguar X-Type years should you avoid?

No Jaguar X-Type year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 70), 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 X-Type model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200713
012Power TrainRoutine
200621
0—5Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
200525
0—2Exterior LightingRoutine
200467
119Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
200372
2—12TiresFatalities reported
2002116
2313Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
20011
1——SteeringRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.