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Jaguar transmission problems

Across all Jaguar models in NHTSA's complaint database, 199 complaints involve transmission. The S-Type accounts for the largest share (34%). The single worst model year is the 2002 X-Type with 40 transmission complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
199 about transmission, all Jaguar models
Most affected
S-Type 34% of these complaints
Typical mileage
53,000 miles 150 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
13 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Jaguar models

ModelComplaintsShare
S-Type6734%
X-Type6131%
XJ8179%
XK8126%
XF74%
XJ53%
XJ642%
XJ8L42%
XJR32%
XJS32%

Worst model years for transmission

  1. 2002 Jaguar X-Type40 complaints
  2. 2000 Jaguar S-Type35 complaints
  3. 2003 Jaguar S-Type10 complaints
  4. 2003 Jaguar X-Type10 complaints
  5. 2001 Jaguar S-Type8 complaints

Transmission complaints by model year

Jaguar transmission complaints by model year 0 25 50 1991: 1 '91 1993: 1 1994: 3 '94 1995: 1 1996: 3 '96 1997: 4 1998: 20 '98 1999: 8 2000: 46 '00 2001: 11 2002: 49 '02 2003: 20 2004: 16 '04 2005: 6 2006: 3 '06 2009: 6 2010: 1 '10
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19911
19931
19943
19951
19963
19974
199820
19998
200046
200111
200249
200320
200416
20056
20063
20096
20101

Among the 150 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 53,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.