2011 Jaguar Xjl

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Oct 17, 201734,062 milesCA

MY JAGUAR DISPLAY COOLANT FLASHED AND STATED THAT THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW. SO ON SATURDAY MORNING I CHECKED MY JAGUAR COOLANT LEVEL RESERVOIR AND SURE ENOUGH MY COOLANT WAS VERY LOW. I ALWAYS KEEP A GALLON OF COOLANT ON HAND IN MY GARAGE. SO I TOPPED OFF THE RESERVOIR WITH THE WHOLE GALLON OF COOLANT AND LEFT FOR THE DEALERSHIP. NOW PENSKE JAGUAR AND LAND ROVER WHICH IS ABOUT 14 MILES FROM MY HOME. SO I GOT ON THE 405 FWY SOUTH TO THE 710 LONG BEACH FWY NORTH TO THE 91 FWY SOUTH TO THE 605 FWY SOUTH EXCHANGE TO THE SOUTH STREET EXIT TOWARDS THE DEALERSHIP. BUT DURING THE EXCHANGE TO THE 605 FWY SOUTH MY JAGUAR COOLANT LIGHT IN THE DASHBOARD CAME ON STATED THAT COOLANT LEVEL IS LOW. SO LIKE YESTERDAY I ASSUMED THAT I COULD GO THE EXTRA MILE OR SO TO THE JAGUAR DEALER WHICH AT THAT POINT WAS JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. NOW FROM THE 91 FWY EXCHANGE TO THE SOUTH STREET EXIT IS ABOUT ROUGHLY 1/2 TO 3/4 MILES. BUT I DIDN'T MAKE TO THE SOUTH STREET. MY JAGUAR STOP RUNNING ON THE OFF RAMP TO SOUTH STREET ABOUT 35 TO 50 YARDS FROM SOUTH STREET STOP LIGHT BLOCKING TRAFFIC. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED WORKORDER 81458 AND PHOTOS. CAUSE OF OVERHEATING THE ENGINE IS DUE TOO A PLASTIC OUTLET PIPE. WHICH WHEN IT RUPTURES OR CRACKS IT WILL LEAK ALL OF THE RETURN COOLANT COMPLETELY BEFORE IT REACHES THE ENGINE. AND ALSO THIS WILL CAUSE THE FUEL LINE TO RUPTURE AND CONTINUALLY PUMP OUT FUEL UNLESS YOU TURN OFF THE IGNITION. I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE HAVING THE FOUR-WAY FLASHERS ON AND THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN IT R

Electrical System
Filed Jul 27, 2016TX

THERE IS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THE DASH, A/C AND MENU DISPLAY. THE DASH GAS GAGE WOULD FLASH EMPTY WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULL. THE A/C USNI WOULD CUT OFF AND BACK ON AFTER A WHILE. THE DISPALY MEUN WOULD FLASH OFF EVEN WHEN THE RADIO IS STILL PLAYING. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING. THE CAR WAS SERVICED SEVERAL TIME BY THE JAGUAR SERVICE CENTER BUT THE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NO SERVICE WAS PERFORMED.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2012
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20125000Routine
2011 — this page2000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.