1991 Jaguar Xjs

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
010
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery1
010
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor1
000
Electrical System › Ignition1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Electrical System › Ignition92V009000
Filed Jan 23, 199211,000 vehiclesJaguar Cars

Defect. THE HIGH TENSION LEAD FROM THE IGNITION COIL CAN MOVE FROM THE PRODUCTION LOCATION CLOSER TO THE #4A FUEL INJECTOR HOSE. THIS COULD LEAD TO THE OUTER AND INNER INJECTOR HOSES CRACKING OR SPLITTING FROM OZONE DETERIORATION.

Risk. SPLITTING OF THE INJECTOR HOSES WOULD CAUSE EXPULSION OFFUEL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OFIGNITION.

Remedy. REPLACE THE HIGH TENSION LEADS WITH SHORTER HIGH TENSION LEADS. REPLACE BOTH THE FUEL INJECTOR AND THE #4A FUEL INJECTOR HOSE AS NECESSARY.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension › Front
Filed Sep 11, 2000IL

WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEED, A LOUD THUNK IS HEARD FROM THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION, INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE TOP OF THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER HAD BROKEN AWAY, THE INNER END OF THE CONTROL ARM WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE CAR. NLM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor
Filed Sep 9, 1999IN

VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT AND STALL OUT COMPLETELY DUE TO DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER SAID THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › DeliveryFire
Filed May 10, 1999TX

FUEL LINE FAILURE CAUSED VEHICLE TO CAUGHT FIRE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *YC

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection SystemFire
Filed Mar 19, 1999CA

JAGUAR HAS BEEN AWEAR OF FREQUENT ENGINE FIRES IN THE V12 MODEL CARS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAS RUN OUT OF REPLACEMENT IGNITION HARNESSS WORLD WIDE B/C OF THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE A FAULTY DESIGNED LIGHT DISTRIBUTOR CAPS WHICH HAVE LEAD TO THE FIRES ALL THE DEALS AND EXPERT MECHANICS ARE AWEAR OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY WIL NOT ADMIT OR CORRECT IT! I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON OTHER REPORTS TO START A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGANST THEM!!

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 25, 1998TX

HAD JUST SHIFTED VEHICLE INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT, WHEN VEHICLE TOOK OFF. HAD FOOT ON BRAKES AT THE TIME. THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AT THE TIME. DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Mar 3, 1998IL

DESIGN/LOCATION OF IGNITION COIL COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE COIL TO MOVE CLOSE TO FUEL INJECTOR HOSE, RESULTING IN FIRE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 2, 1997NJ

VEHICLEPULLS STRONGLY TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Sep 14, 1995FL

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VEERS TO THE RIGHT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20011000Routine
19981000Routine
19967110Routine
19956100Routine
19946110Routine
19931110Routine
19924220Routine
1991 — this page8120Routine
199015320Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jan 23, 1992. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.