Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Recalls/TSBs, Jaguar
Jaguar XF recalled twice in December... so far
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The Jaguar XF has earned its status as a true Jaguar now that it's been recalled... twice. In bang-up British car fashion, at least one of the problems is electrical. The XF's instrument panel is supposed to offer audible feedback for a variety of functions like turn signals, safety belt warnings and basically anything that dings. Wires that power the instrument cluster's integral speaker can fracture, rendering the panel mute. The fix is apparently little more than a reconfiguration of some software – we wonder if the panel's software will pipe its audio to the stereo instead – that strikes us as one of the slick things you might be able to pull off with CAN.
The other XF recall involves a rear seat belt that could have been improperly installed. The outboard rear seat belts may have an improperly installed D-Ring that could fail to rotate properly, which would hinder occupant protection in the event of a crash. The fix for the rear belts is to inspect and correct the problem. Welcome to the family, XF!
[Source: GoodCarBadCar, Recalls.gov - 1 and 2]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Trent 6:01PM (12/08/2008)
i don't care. it's still a BAMF. =D
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Yaroukh 6:20PM (12/08/2008)
Well, IMO it is rather FAMB.
JDMlover 7:11PM (12/08/2008)
You dont care about being safe in your car? Your safety? Or even others aound you?
Yikes....
well be my guess..for me..it can be someones else's BAMF...I'll pass
Deontic 4:38PM (12/09/2008)
As an owner of the XF SC, there are more problems then are reported here. My car has spent more time at the dealer then in my garage. I have had the car since Oct 1/08
First, 3 very visible paint defects that amazed me, how could the car have left the factory like this? These are in plain view on the rear shoulders at the C pillar, and you could pick part of them off with your finger.
Next the hood alarm sensor was defective and needed to be replaced, the car just sat there sometimes chirping that something was wrong ... that took 2 visits for the dealer to figure out.
Next, when I went to get the snow tire and wheel package put on, they couldn't remove the lock nut (only one wheel had such a nut) cause Jag doesn't put lock nuts on the wheels and no one at Jag knew how it got there. It spent another night at the dealer while they spent hours drilling it out.
The bluetooth won't hold a connection to my cell phone, and it is not a cell phone issue, as I have tried a Blackberry, Palm and Samsung ... it connects for a few minutes then disconnects, so you have to manually reconnect it. In a fifteen minute trip I reconnected 8 times! And don't get me started on the address book that shows up from my BB, The contact name is a phone number, so I have no idea who is who in the address book so I can't use it ... of course Jag blamed RIM ... Palm and Samsung ...
And the voice nav. you have to keep repeating requests as the software gets the instruction wrong, for example, "Phone, dial name", response, "Phone, delete Phonebook" yikes!
I bought this car to replace my BMW 5 series, oh what a mistake.
So, yes it is a beautiful car, and the power is incredible, and yes ... it is a Jag.
Kumail 6:01PM (12/08/2008)
and yet, it still looks beautiful.
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Stingers 6:57PM (12/08/2008)
You don't see beeping. That said, I agree. The XF is a wonderful car.
Torrent 6:01PM (12/08/2008)
Not good for Jag's newly regained reputation. Hopefully that's the last of the recalls, because this is a truly awesome vehicle.
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Bomchickawahwah 6:02PM (12/08/2008)
Ahhhh sweet ol' Jaguar
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Josh 6:06PM (12/08/2008)
At least they aren't as bad as italian cars...
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Shiftright 6:20PM (12/08/2008)
Was that sarcastic? If not, it's such a lame and predictable stereotype.
stealthebeatles 9:32PM (12/08/2008)
And the stereotype of British cars having electrical problems isn't?
P.V. 6:09PM (12/08/2008)
This can't be good for Jaguar's reputation for reliability. If a brand-new car is having these issues, I can't see how Jaguar can convince customers to buy the products on the premise of reliability.
By the way, I really like the new look (of this site). I hope the commenting system is better though. One change I would make is to replace the star system with the Highest-Lowest Ranked system again. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer the relative ranking scale to the absolute ranking scale.
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carcomptoy 6:19PM (12/08/2008)
Brand name has a lot to do with it. People will pay a premium just to have the name on their purchases.
Shiftright 6:11PM (12/08/2008)
Wow, that's a cheap shot since Jaguar has consistently been at thetop of reliability and customer satisfaction surveys the last few years. The XJ came out on top pf the mighty S class often, and dead even with the Lexus LS in some surveys.
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Kitko 8:13PM (12/08/2008)
Name one reliability study that had Jaguar on the top. One.
Not "customer satisfaction" surveys where people make their decisions based on whether the coffee they were offered was made on Krups machine or from Nescaffe instant formula....
When retrolutionized XJ came on the market in the early 90s, it's built quality was substandard, even British car magazines had to admit that.... Jag is now just one of the many, there's nothing special about those cars. X-type was European Ford Mondeo, they even shared some body parts. Mondeo was a great car but Jag managed to screw it up.
Still, if I buy a Jag I want it to be perfect and unique. And it's neither. It may be pretty, but to me, that's not enough. Put it this way, if my dentist had a Jag, I'd find another dentist with a Lexus on their driveaway.
Duders 11:33PM (12/08/2008)
@ Kitko
You and all the other old men with their trophy wives can stick to their lexus's. When you don't want to feel the road you buy a lexus, and the people who usually don't want to feel the road are on their second hip replacement.
So in a cars first year of production with a totally brand new model, it has had two recalls. And they aren't oil sump recalls or anything related to the reliability of the car. They are two easily fixed issues. Big deal, jaguars made leaps and bounds in the past decade or so and easily outclass every other car in this segment(the XFs midsize).
The jag cannot be beat, for every 40 people out their driving the ES there will be one driving an XF. Popularity does not equate to how good something is. And for the driver of the jag that's a good thing.
Paul C 6:20PM (12/08/2008)
wow....and its only December 8
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ebm14 6:23PM (12/08/2008)
What a shame. Mr. Tata has had a very bad year, first his hotel and now lame quality problems. He should should sell Jaguar back to the Brts and worry about more domestic issues.
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Shiftright 6:23PM (12/08/2008)
I say give them a break. These are minor issues. Anyone remember all the first year production Porsche Boxsters that needed the engines replaced?
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BoxerFanatic 6:24PM (12/08/2008)
I dunno, those seem pretty thin recalls. Good that they are made, but hardly deal breakers....
Wheel hubs falling off might be a problem, but re-arranging a rear seat belt D-ring hardly seems like a problem.
The dash issue will likely get rectified by the sub-assembler, if it hasn't already, and a software fix is quite an easy repair, compared to paying for new dash components, and their installation.
Kudos for their honesty to admit these issues, and thankfully they are pretty darn small.
Some days I wish my dash dinging will SHUTTIE, just for a little context.
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