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Service bulletins for the 2012 Jaguar XF

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.

492 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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SSM720352017-03-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "CONCERN: JAGUAR LAND ROVER AND THE SUPPLIER HAVE INSPECTED 101 WARRANTY CLAIMS FOR HEATED OXYGEN SENSORS (HO2S). 23% WERE FOUND TO HAVE NO DEFECTS. CAUSE: ONE POSSIBLE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT ALL HO2S SENSORS ARE REPLACED WHEN ONLY ONE IS UNSERVICEABLE."
SSM720222017-03-24. Service bulletin. SEATS; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: SEATS NOT MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION / ONE AXIS CAUSE: MOTOR CONNECTIONS NOT FULLY LATCHED"
SSM720132017-03-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED THAT A WARNING TRIANGLE APPEARS ON THE TOUCH SCREEN AND IF TOUCHED A SYMBOL, LIKE A SPEEDO / REV COUNTER APPEARS. (SEE ATTACHED FILES FOR CLARIFICATION OF WHICH WARNING SYMBOL IS MEANT) CAUSE: THIS IS INTENTIONAL AND IS TO INFORM THE DRIVER THAT THERE IS A WARNING MESSAGE FOR THEIR ATTENTION AND THE MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED IN THE CLUSTER."
SSM720122017-03-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. "ISSUE THE WRONG COMPONENT MAYBE REPLACED WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN CAR. CAUSE THE FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE (TOUCHSCREEN) HAS NO EFFECT ON BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY IN THE CAR AND AS SUCH MAY BE INCORRECTLY DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED AS THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE."
SSM719662017-03-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. "ISSUE: SUBMITTING A BRAKE NOISE EPQR. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO FRONT BRAKE DISC GROOVING CAUSING A NOISE AND /OR JUDDER ISSUE. CAUSE: UNDER INVESTIGATION"
SSM715382017-03-23. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; EQUIPMENT. "ISSUE: CUSTOMER MAY REPORT DOOR LOCK CYLINDER COVER MISSING. CAUSE: CYLINDER COVER MAY BE DAMAGED OR HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY FITTED AT PDI OR AFTER EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENTRY."
SSM720002017-03-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. "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."
SSM719982017-03-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. "ISSUE CUSTOMERS MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE WITH IPHONES 6 AND 6PLUS, AS WELL AS IPHONES THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO IOS8. THE ISSUE IS COMMON ACROSS ALL MANUFACTURERS. SYMPTOMS WHEN THE APPLE DEVICE IS CONNECTED TO THE CAR SYSTEM AND A CALL IS RECEIVED THERE IS NO OPTION TO ANSWER OR REJECT THE INCOMING CALL ON THE SYSTEM. THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS ALSO HAVE NO EFFECT. THE TOUCH SCREEN CONTINUES TO DISPLAY THE PHONE SCREEN. THE POP-UP SCREEN TO ANSWER OR REJECT THE CALL IS NOT SHOWN."
JTB00379NAS12017-03-22. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING; EQUIPMENT. "SITUATION: CONDENSATION / MIST MAY APPEAR ON THE INSIDE OF FRONT AND/OR REAR EXTERIOR LAMPS. CAUSE: CONDENSATION/MIST IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON WHICH CAN OCCUR WHEN THERE IS A TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE LAMP UNIT. THIS CONDENSATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE AS A RESULT OF NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND REPLACING THE LIGHT UNIT WILL NOT CORRECT THIS SYMPTOM. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF CLEAR LENSES CONDENSATION IS LIKELY TO BE MORE NOTICEABLE BUT DOES NOT AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LAMP. CONDENSATION WILL CLEAR WHEN THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON FOR SOME LENGTH OF TIME AND IN WARMER AMBIENT TEMPERATURES."
JTB00311NAS22017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. "SITUATION: AN ODOR MAY BE PRESENT WHEN THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM IS SWITCHED 'ON'. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY MOLD SPORE ACCUMULATION / BUILD-UP IN THE EVAPORATOR CORE."
SSM676972017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. "ISSUE: JAGUAR ENGINEERING HAVE BEEN MONITORING REPORTS FOR LACK OF COOLING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON SOME HIGHER TIME IN SERVICE VEHICLES, WHERE INSUFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. COMPRESSOR PART NO. C2D2790 & C2Z4345 ACTION: THE COMPRESSOR SUPPLIER IN CONJUNCTION WITH JAGUAR ENGINEERING HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMPRESSORS TO IMPROVE THEIR SERVICE LIFE AND RELIABILITY, AND TWO IMPROVED COMPRESSORS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED TO PARTS OPERATIONS"
SSM648572017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT A CONCERN THAT WHEN AN IPOD/IPHONE IS CONNECTED TO THE IN CAR ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM USING THE IPOD/IPHONE USB CABLE ONLY, THE PLAYBACK SOUND MAY BE DISTORTED OR JUMPS/SKIPS. CAUSE: UNKNOWN, CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION."
JTB00280NAS32017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; INTERIOR LIGHTING; EQUIPMENT. "SITUATION: THE FRONT OVERHEAD CONSOLE LIGHTS MAY TURN ON / OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL INPUTS FROM THE VEHICLE SYSTEM."
SSM718962017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL). "ISSUE THE COMPLETE GEAR SHIFT MODULES (GSM) ARE BEING REPLACED WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A CLAIM REPORTED OF AN APPEARANCE DEFECT WITH THE ROTARY GEAR SELECTOR (ROTARY CONTROL KNOB) , WITH ISSUES SUCH AS PEELING CHROME AND ROUGH EDGES. THE ROTARY GEAR SELECTOR CAN BE REPLACED INDEPENDENTLY USING A SERVICE KIT SERVICE KIT C2D38186 IS AVAILABLE FOR XK150 12MY ONWARDS & XJ351 10MY ONWARDS SERVICE KIT C2Z8728 IS AVAILABLE XK150 & XF250 PRE 12MY SERVICE KIT C2Z29872 IS AVAILABLE ON XF250 12MY ONWARDS CAUSE ROTARY CONTROL KNOB BEING REPLACED DUE TO POOR APPEARANCE NOTE: THE ROTARY CONTROL KNOB SHOULD ONLY BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IF THE APPEARANCE IS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT"
SSM676972017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE: JAGUAR ENGINEERING HAVE BEEN MONITORING REPORTS FOR LACK OF COOLING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON SOME HIGHER TIME IN SERVICE VEHICLES, WHERE INSUFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. COMPRESSOR PART NO. C2D2790 & C2Z4345 ACTION: THE COMPRESSOR SUPPLIER IN CONJUNCTION WITH JAGUAR ENGINEERING HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMPRESSORS TO IMPROVE THEIR SERVICE LIFE AND RELIABILITY, AND TWO IMPROVED COMPRESSORS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED TO PARTS OPERATIONS C2D2790 SUPERSEDES TO C2D38105 C2Z4345 SUPERSEDES TO C2D38106 PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE LATER PART NUMBER IS FITTED TO ANY VEHICLE THAT IS SUFFERING FROM LACK OF COMPRESSOR PERFORMANCE."
SSM670972017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUE A NUMBER OF FASCIA SWITCH PACKS(FSP)ARE BEING RETURNED THROUGH THE WARRANTY PARTS RETURN SYSTEM WITH NO FAULT FOUND. SEE ATTACHMENT SHOWING SWITCH PACK. CAUSE SWITCH PACKS ARE BEING INCORRECTLY REJECTED FOR STICKING SWITCHES , THE ACTUAL ROOT CAUSE FOR THE DEFECT IS DUE TO A TOLERANCE STACK UP ON THE FASCIA APERTURE RESULTING IN UNDUE PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE SWITCHES."
JA14PA-112017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. "PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WATER PUMP PART NUMBERS C2Z21781, C2Z28248, AND C2Z29189 -- 3.0L V6 / 5.0L V8 -- COME WITH FOUR (4) MOUNTING BOLTS. PRIOR TO INSTALLING THIS PART, INSPECT THE PACKAGING AND MAKE SURE ALL FOUR (4) BOLTS ARE PRESENT."
SSM718382017-03-20. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. "ISSUE:- CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED THAT THE DIMMING OF INTERIOR ILLUMINATION, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT OF ILLUMINATION AND NIGHT TIME MODE SWITCHING OF SATELLITE NAVIGATION DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. CAUSE:- THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE INSTRUMENT ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND DAY NIGHT MODE SWITCHING IS NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD."
SSM718222017-03-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "ISSUED MAY 2014: ISSUE DURING A RECENT MARKET VISIT IT WAS NOTED THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DEALERS HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT PDI’S AND THEN RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO A STORAGE COMPOUND WITHOUT REFITTING THE TRANSIT RELAY OR RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO TRANSIT MODE. TRANSIT MODE / TRANSIT RELAY ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE CUSTOMER’S BATTERY UP TO THE POINT OF DELIVERY. ALL VEHICLES IN STORAGE MUST HAVE THE TRANSIT RELAY IN PLACE OR BE IN TRANSIT MODE. ACTION: VEHICLES FITTED WITH A TRANSIT RELAY IF A NEW VEHICLE IS RETURNED TO A STORAGE COMPOUND FOLLOWING PDI THE TRANSIT RELAY MUST BE REFITTED TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEVICE MUST REMAIN ON THE VEHICLE UNTIL 72 HOURS PRIOR TO CUSTOMER DELIVERY. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TRANSIT MODE. IF A NEW VEHICLE IS RETURNED TO A STORAGE COMPOUND FOLLOWING A PDI IT MUST BE RETURNED TO TRANSIT MODE. THE VEHICLE MUST REMAIN IN TRANSIT MODE UNTIL 72 HOURS PRIOR TO CUSTOMER DELIVERY."
JTB00352NAS12017-03-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. "SITUATION: THE RADIO FM1 PRESETS MAY BE INOPERATIVE AND THE RADIO MAY BE 'STUCK' ON THE AM WAVEBAND WHILE THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS 'FM1'. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY HOW RADIO PRESETS ARE STORED IN THE HD RADIO™ MODULE."
JTB00342NAS12017-03-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "SITUATION: ON START-UP, THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM MAY EXPERIENCE EITHER AN INTERMITTENT OR PERMANENT CONCERN AS DESCRIBED BELOW. A. INTERMITTENT: - THE CURRENT VEHICLE POSITION DISPLAYED IS 'WASHINGTON D.C.' AND NOT THE ACTUAL CURRENT POSITION. ONCE A GPS SIGNAL IS ACQUIRED, THE CURRENT VEHICLE POSITION WILL THEN BE CORRECTLY DISPLAYED. - ROUTE GUIDANCE IS NOT AFFECTED DURING THIS INTERMITTENT FAULT MODE; IF THE ISSUE OCCURRED DURING ROUTE GUIDANCE, THE CURRENT ROUTE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISPLAYED. B. PERMANENT: - THE CURRENT VEHICLE POSITION DISPLAYED IS 'WASHINGTON D.C.' AND NOT THE ACTUAL CURRENT POSITION. THE CURRENT VEHICLE POSITION WILL CONTINUE TO BE INCORRECTLY DISPLAYED AS 'WASHINGTON D.C.' FOLLOWING AN IGNITION CYCLE ('OFF' / 'ON'). - ROUTE GUIDANCE IS AFFECTED DURING THIS PERMANENT FAULT MODE; IF THE ISSUE OCCURRED DURING ROUTE GUIDANCE, THE CURRENT ROUTE WILL NOT RESUME AND THE DESTINATION WILL BE CANCELLED. - ALL PREVIOUS DESTINATIONS WILL BE DELETED (BUTTON 'GRAYED OUT'). CAUSE: THESE MAY BE CAUSED BY A SOFTWARE ISSUE OR HARD FAULT WITH THE INTEGRATED AUDIO MODULE (IAM)."
JTB00176NAS22017-03-17. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. "SITUATION: THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY; IT PROVIDES ACCEPTANCE STANDARDS RELATING TO THE LEVEL OF HEADLAMP INTERNAL CONDENSATION. CAUSE: CONDENSATION OR 'MISTING' ON THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE HEADLAMP LENS MAY BE CAUSED BY NATURAL CONDENSATION THAT CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER CERTAIN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. CERTAIN LEVELS OF CONDENSATION ARE DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY JAGUAR."
SSM717942017-03-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. "ISSUE: FM1 PRESET CEASES TO OPERATE. (TUNER IS STUCK IN AM BAND WHILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS FM1) CAUSE: NO ERROR HANDLING OF FREQUENCY BEING STORED IN HD RADIO MODULE."
JTB00278NAS22017-03-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. "SITUATION: THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM EXPANSION TANK MAY FALL BELOW THE MINIMUM LEVEL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME OR A ‘LOW COOLANT LEVEL’ MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED IN THE MESSAGE CENTER. UPON INSPECTION, A LEAK MAY BE FOUND TO BE FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE-DRIVEN COOLANT PUMP, TOGETHER WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE COOLANT PUMP BEARING."
SSM729262017-03-15. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; EQUIPMENT. ISSUE: CUSTOMER MAY REPORT ERRATIC AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE READINGS OR DEFAULT SETTING (IE.-40°) APPEARING.

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