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Service bulletin SSM-66297

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 id10079121
Published by NHTSA2016-09-02
Manufacturer's numberSSM-66297
Manufacturer's date2013-06-13
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD

NHTSA's summary

"ISSUE: REPORTS OF DIFFICULT AND, OR POOR CLOSURE OF BONNET / HOOD. CAUSE: INCORRECT METHOD OF CLOSURE USED. THE BONNET / HOOD SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED BY STANDING AT THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE."

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Body and frame, Latches and locks, Hood latch

Vehicles listed
JAGUAR F-TYPE2013
JAGUAR F-TYPE2014

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