Air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Vehicles affected
12
Reported to NHTSA
2020-09-12
Owners notified
2020-10-07
Defect description
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Jaguar) is recalling certain 2010-2011 and 2017 XJ vehicles. The Restraint Control Module (RCM) software may cause the frontal air bags to deploy improperly in the event of a frontal impact crash.
Safety risk
Failure of the air bags to deploy properly increases the risk of injury in a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Jaguar will notify owners, and dealers will update the RCM software, free of charge. The recall began October 7, 2020. Owners may contact Jaguar customer service at 1-800-369-1000. Jaguar's number for this recall is H294.
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Jaguar) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Jaguar XF and F-Pace, 2016-2017 Jaguar XJ and 2018 Jaguar XE vehicles. The instrument cluster (IC) may intermittently go blank.
Safety risk
A blank instrument cluster will not show important information like vehicle speed, increasing the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Jaguar will notify owners, and dealers will update the vehicle software, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin December 19, 2017. Owners may contact Jaguar customer service at 1-800-452-4827. Jaguar's number for this recall is H056.
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
Manufacturer
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Vehicles affected
16
Reported to NHTSA
2016-12-29
Owners notified
2017-02-09
Defect description
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Jaguar) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Jaguar XJ vehicles manufactured September 12, 2016, to October 26, 2016. The affected vehicles have a front passenger air bag inflator initiator that may fail to ignite during a crash, preventing the air bag from deploying.
Safety risk
In the event of a crash of sufficient severity, the front passenger air bag may not deploy as required, increasing the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
Jaguar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 20, 2017. Owners may contact Jaguar customer service at 1-800-452-4827. Jaguar's number for this recall is J080.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
Component
Complaints
Median mileage
Electrical system
1
16,000 mi
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
1
4,500 mi
Exterior lighting
1
4,500 mi
The 2016 model has about a quarter as many complaints as this one. The 2018 model has about 1.5 times as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.