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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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SSM720412017-03-27. Service bulletin. STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING; STEERING. "ISSUE: SUBMITTING A STEERING SYSTEM NOISE EPQR. CAUSE: UNDER INVESTIGATION"
SSM720372017-03-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE. "ISSUE: IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CUSTOMER IS REPORTING THE ENGINE FAILING TO START, THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING DISPLAYED, OR A COMBINATION OF THESE SYMPTOMS. CAUSE: DTC'S CAPTURED BY THE VEHICLE ELECTRONIC MODULES SHOULD BE USED TO AID INVESTIGATION OF A VEHICLE WITH THIS ISSUE TO HELP IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSE. IN SOME CASES, THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE - C2C35672, THE IN TANK FUEL PUMP - C2D28002 OR THE CONNECTIONS TO THESE PARTS MAY BE AT FAULT."
SSM430552017-03-25. Service bulletin. SEATS; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST. "RE-ISSUED NOVEMBER 2014. ISSUE: SEAT MOVEMENT MAYBE RESTRICTED ON SOME VEHICLES THAT HAS THE SEAT MEMORY FUNCTION. CAUSE: IF AN OBSTRUCTION IS ENCOUNTERED WHILE THE SEAT IS IN MOTION, THE SEAT WILL STOP MOVING AND FURTHER MOVEMENT WILL BE RESTRICTED UNTIL THE SEAT HAS BEEN RESET."
SSM411582017-03-24. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS. "RE-ISSUED NOVEMBER 2014. ISSUE: RUST SPOTS MAY BE NOTICED ON THE REAR BUMPER. CAUSE: PARTICLES OF METAL REMAINING FROM BOOT SEAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS, EXITING THE BOOT APERTURE SEAL."
SSM409132017-03-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE. "RE-ISSUED NOVEMBER 2014. ISSUE: ON INVESTIGATION OF WARRANTY RETURNS IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT THE ENGINE-COMPARTMENT LID LATCH HAS BEEN LUBRICATED. CAUSE: LUBRICANT APPLIED TO THE ENGINE-COMPARTMENT LID LATCH DURING ROUTINE SERVICING OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WILL, OVER TIME, MIGRATE INTO THE AJAR SWITCH AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH."
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."
SSM720342017-03-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE); POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. "CONCERN: THERE IS AN OIL LEAK FROM THE TRANSFER CASE FLANGE, TO FRONT PROP SHAFT PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PICTURES, ON XJ AND XF ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES ONLY CAUSE: ENGINEERING ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND REQUIRE THE FLOWING ACTION."
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."
SSM719662017-03-24. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. "ISSUE: SUBMITTING A BRAKE NOISE EPQR. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO FRONT BRAKE DISC GROOVING CAUSING A NOISE AND /OR JUDDER ISSUE. CAUSE: UNDER INVESTIGATION"
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"
SSM718032017-03-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. "ISSUE THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY (TSD) ALSO KNOWN AS FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE (FCDIM) OR HIGH LEVEL DISPLAY FRONT (HLDF) ON OCCASIONS MAY FAIL TO DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE CORRECTLY FROM SDD RESULTING IN NO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MODULE AND BLANK SCREEN. CAUSE THIS MAY BE AS A RESULT OF LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE OR A BREAK IN CONTINUITY OF DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTION DURING THE DOWNLOAD."
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."
SSM513572017-03-23. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM. "ISSUE: WHEN INVESTIGATING CUSTOMER REPORTS FOR INCORRECT FUEL GAUGE CONCERNS THE DEALER TECHNICIAN MAY DIAGNOSE THAT THE FUEL SENDERS ARE OPEN CIRCUIT. THIS DIAGNOSIS MAY BE INCORRECT DEPENDING ON THE MULTIMETER SETTINGS SELECTED BY THE TECHNICIAN DURING MEASUREMENT. CAUSE: THE MULTI METER RANGE MAYBE SET AT 'AUTO' AND DURING A SWEEP OF THE SENDER FROM 50OHMS TO 998OHMS THE MULTI METER HAS TO CHANGE ITS MEASUREMENT RANGE. FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND, DURING THE RANGE SWITCH OVER POINT, THE MULTI METER DISPLAY INDICATES AN OPEN CIRCUIT. THIS IS INCORRECTLY BEING DIAGNOSED AS A SENDER FAULT"
JTB00280NAS42017-03-23. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. "SITUATION: THE FRONT OVERHEAD CONSOLE LIGHTS MAY TURN ON / OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL INPUTS FROM THE VEHICLE SYSTEM."
SSM720022017-03-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. "ISSUE: LOW COOLANT MESSAGE DISPLAYED. A COOLANT LEAK IS FOUND FROM THE SEAM ON COOLANT PIPE (AJ8 9664). SEE THE ATTACHED FILE FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THE LEAK LOCATION. CAUSE: A PROCESS ISSUE AT COMPONENT SUPPLIER."
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."
SSM719742017-03-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. "ISSUE: A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BMS (BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM) MODULES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WHEN DTC B11DB-87 IS LOGGED, WHEN RETURNED TO THE SUPPLIER FOR ANALYSIS MANY ARE DEEMED “NO FAULT FOUND” CAUSE: INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS"
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."
SSM718032017-03-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY (TSD) ALSO KNOWN AS FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE (FCDIM) OR HIGH LEVEL DISPLAY FRONT (HLDF) ON OCCASIONS MAY FAIL TO DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE CORRECTLY FROM SDD RESULTING IN NO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MODULE AND BLANK SCREEN. CAUSE THIS MAY BE AS A RESULT OF LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE OR A BREAK IN CONTINUITY OF DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTION DURING THE DOWNLOAD."
SSM715382017-03-21. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. "ISSUE: CUSTOMER MAY REPORT DOOR LOCK CYLINDER COVER MISSING. CAUSE: CYLINDER COVER MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY FITTED AT PDI OR AFTER EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENTRY."
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"

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