Service bulletin 6-236NAS

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10057552
Published by NHTSA	2015-06-09
Manufacturer's number	6-236NAS
Manufacturer's date	2015-01-14
Replaces	SB-6-236USA-2
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

JAGUAR 2013 MODEL YEAR XF: TSB CONTAINS OWNER NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHARGE AIR COOLER DUCT BOLT. A PERFORMANCE MESSAGE & MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ARE DISPLAYING ONLY ON 2.0L ENGINE. *LJ UPDATED 6/19/2015. *PE

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
JAGUAR XF	2013

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

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SSM72307	2017-03-30. Service bulletin. "ISSUE THE MESSAGE ""RADAR SENSOR BLOCKED"" APPEARS IN INSTRUMENT PACK DISPLAY. IF BLOCKAGE OCCURS WHILE ACC IS BEING USED, “DRIVER INTERVENE” AND/OR ""RADAR SENSOR BLOCKED"" MESSAGE WILL APPEAR ON THE CLUSTER AND DTC C1A67-97 IS ALSO SET. BLOCKAGE CAN ALSO OCCUR WHEN ACC IS NOT BEING USED. CAUSE ""RADAR SENSOR BLOCKED"" INDICATES THAT THE ADAPTIVE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM'S VISIBILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED DUE TO AN OBSTRUCTION. ACC CONTINUALLY SCANS FOR OBJECTS AHEAD AND, IF IT SEES NO OBJECTS I.E. VEHICLES, ROAD SIGNS, LAMPPOSTS, GUARD RAILS ETC, IT WILL INDICATE A BLOCKAGE EVEN IF THE ACC IS NOT USED. THE C1A67-97 DTC FLAGS A RADAR BLOCKAGE SITUATION AND NOT A SYSTEM FAULT."
SSM72000	2017-03-22. Service bulletin. "ISSUE THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE FUNCTION DOES NOT OPERATE. THE INSTRUMENT PACK WILL SHOW A YELLOW WARNING TRIANGLE AND THE MESSAGE ""RADAR SENSOR BLOCKED” ALSO ON INTERROGATION OF THE MODULE THE FOLLOWING CODE WOULD BE LOGGED C1A67-97, “FORWARD LOOKING SENSOR OBSTRUCTED OR BLOCKED”. CAUSE THE RADAR IS LOCATED BELOW THE FRONT NUMBER PLATE PLINTH ON THIS MODEL. IF THE INCORRECT SIZE NUMBER PLATE OR MULTIPLE NUMBER PLATES ARE FITTED THIS CAN OBSTRUCT THE RADAR."
6-236NAS	2017-03-21. Service bulletin. "DESCRIPTION AN ISSUE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF 2013 MODEL YEAR JAGUAR XF (X250) VEHICLES, FITTED WITH THE 2.0L GTDI ENGINE ONLY, WHERE A 'RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE' MESSAGE AND A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ARE DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER."
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