Jaguar XJ8

Jaguar Sedan 1998-2009

Verify with official recall databases, service records, a mechanic inspection, and local market data before relying on this summary.

At a glance

Vehicle coverage snapshot

This snapshot uses the current page hierarchy, year-range meta, and vehicle taxonomy only.

Page roleModel Hub
Make
Jaguar
Model
Jaguar XJ8
Year range
1998-2009
Generation
Coverage for this page is given by model year rather than a confirmed generation.
Vehicle taxonomy
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What is on the record for the Jaguar XJ8

Owner complaints for this model most often concern:

  • Engine112 (24.0%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)64 (13.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999.
  • Speed control & accelerator54 (11.6%)

Where a mileage was given (242 reports), it averaged 66,401 miles.

These are counts of records held, not a failure rate: no vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability score can be derived from it.

Explore Jaguar XJ8 problems by model year

Short answer

CarFaultIQ's corrected dataset covers the Jaguar XJ8 for 1998-2009. This page is a structured model hub; issue-specific claims remain evidence-gated.

Key takeaways

  • Supported years: 1998-2009 | Source market coverage: US and Canada | Structured catalogue hub only; no unverified fault claims

Jaguar XJ8 is represented in CarFaultIQ’s corrected vehicle catalogue for 1998-2009, with source coverage for US and Canada.

This catalogue hub is intended to organize verified model-year and configuration data. Recorded fuel categories: Premium Gasoline. Recorded electrification categories: not yet summarized. Recorded drivetrain categories: RWD.

These fields describe structured dataset coverage only. Reliability, common-problem, recall, complaint, repair-cost and drivability claims should be added only when model-specific evidence has been verified.

Structured vehicle data

These fields are read live from the imported v3.1 vehicle tables. They are configuration coverage, not reliability or safety conclusions.

  • Fuel types: Premium Gasoline
  • Electrification: Gasoline
  • Drivetrain: RWD
  • Total structured variants: 21

2009 structured configurations

MarketTrim/source labelFuelElectrificationDriveTransmission
CanadaPremium GasolineNot specifiedNot specifiedAutomatic 6-speed

Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

1 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

  • 06E043000 — model years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

    CERTAIN REPLACEMENT FUEL FILTERS, FRAM BRAND NAME P/N G3727, WITH DATE CODES X52911 THROUGH X60801 SEQUENTIALLY OR X600141 AND A MEXICO COUNTRY OR ORIGIN MARKING ON THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 18, 2005, THROUGH MARCH 21, 2006, SOLD FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES…

Official NHTSA source

Manufacturer communications / TSBs

13 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

  • 10212845 — model years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

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  • 10212844 — model years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

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  • 10212843 — model years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

    Attachment.

Official NHTSA source

Canadian recalls

1 distinct official identifiers · CA

Canadian-market records remain separate from US campaigns. Confirm applicability with Transport Canada and the manufacturer.

  • 1999113 — model years 1999

    On certain vehicles, potential fine cracks may be present between one or more gear teeth of the annulus within the epicycle geartrain inside the automatic transmission. This could result in breakage of the gear teeth with the potential of transmission "lock-up" at speeds below 24km/hr.…

Official Transport Canada source

US owner complaint reports

176 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: 20 reports
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: 18 reports
  • SUSPENSION: 18 reports

A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.

Official NHTSA source

Evidence is served from a locally stored official-source snapshot. No external API is called to render this page. These records do not replace inspection or diagnosis. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Used-car checks

No structured used-car checks are verified on this model hub yet.

Recall/safety notes

No hand-written safety notes have been added to this hub. Official recall, bulletin and investigation records held for this vehicle are listed under documented evidence on this page — the absence of a note here does not mean no records exist. Always confirm by VIN.

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