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Service bulletin SSM71811

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10226627
Published by NHTSA2022-11-28
Manufacturer's numberSSM71811
Manufacturer's date2014-04-16
NHTSA componentSTEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

NHTSA's summary

Steering Gear Transfer Pipe change

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Steering, Steering gear

Vehicles listed
JAGUAR F-TYPE2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
JAGUAR XF2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
JAGUAR XJ2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
JAGUAR XK2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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
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."
SSM-718112014-11-26. Service bulletin. JAGUAR: THE POWER STEERING GEARS ARE LEAKING FLUID DUE TO AN O RING IN TRANSFER PIPES CAN, DEFORM IN SOME CASES, RESULTING IN LEAKAGE FROM MATING SURFACE BETWEEN STEERING GEAR AND TRANSFER PIPES. MODEL XK (X150), F-TYPE (X152), XJ (351), XF (X250). *PE
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
SA-K-1612013-04-09. Service bulletin. 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