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Service bulletin SA-K-161

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10051748
Published by NHTSA2013-04-09
Manufacturer's numberSA-K-161
Manufacturer's date2013-01-11
NHTSA componentSTEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

NHTSA's summary

JAGUAR: STEERING GEAR HAS KNOCKING NOISE DUE TO RESIDUAL TORQUE ON STEERING GEAR PINION BOLT IS BELOW LOWER SPECIFICATION AND IF IGNORED, CAUSES STEERING DEGRADATION. MODELS XF, XJ, XK. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

The document

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Components

Steering, Steering gear

Vehicles listed
JAGUAR XF2013
JAGUAR XJ2013
JAGUAR XK2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SSM718112022-11-28. Service bulletin. Steering Gear Transfer Pipe change
K161NAS22017-03-27. Service bulletin. "SITUATION: AN ISSUE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A NUMBER OF XF (X250), XJ (X351), AND XK (X150) VEHICLES WHERE THE RESIDUAL TORQUE ON THE STEERING GEAR PINION BOLT COULD BE BELOW THE LOWER SPECIFICATION AND IN SOME CASES THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING GEAR. THE LATTER WILL ONLY BE THE CASE IF THE EARLY STEERING DEGRADATION IS IGNORED BY THE CUSTOMER."
6-195NAS2017-03-27. Service bulletin. AN ISSUE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A NUMBER OF XF (X250), XJ (X351), AND XK (X150) VEHICLES WHERE THE RESIDUAL TORQUE ON THE STEERING GEAR PINION BOLT COULD BE BELOW THE LOWER SPECIFICATION AND IN SOME CASES THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING GEAR. THE LATTER WILL ONLY BE THE CASE IF THE EARLY STEERING DEGRADATION IS IGNORED BY THE CUSTOMER."
TB-5-161-NAS12013-04-09. Service bulletin. JAGUAR: RESIDUAL TORQUE ON STEERING GEAR PINION BOLT IS BELOW LOWER SPECIFICATION AND WILL EXPERIENCE A KNOCKING NOISE FROM STEERING GEAR WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY EARLY STEERING DEGRADATION. MODELS 2013 XF, XJ, XK. *PE