Service bulletins for the 2008 Jaguar XJ
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.
78 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| JTB00268NAS3 | 2017-04-18. Service bulletin. FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM; ENGINE. "SITUATION: ON VEHICLES FITTED WITH THE 4.2L NATURALLY ASPIRATED ENGINE ONLY, THE ENGINE MAY EXPERIENCE A ROUGH START OR STALL FOLLOWING A HOT SOAK OF 15-20 MINUTES. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE FUELING CALIBRATION NOT BEING ROBUST FOR WINTER BLEND 10% ETHANOL FUEL." |
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| SSM51717 | 2017-04-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. "ISSUE: COOLANT EXPANSION TANK STUB PIPE LEAKING ON XJ (X350), XK (X150) OR XF (X250) UP TO THE END OF 2009 MY. CAUSE: THE DESIGN OF THE STUB PIPE WAS NOT ADEQUATE AND COULD RESULT IN THE PIPE SPLITTING." |
| SSM39290 | 2017-04-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "HELP WITH DIAGNOSING ANY ISSUES / FAULTS CAN BE GAINED BY PHONING YOUR JAGUAR TECHNICAL HELPLINE TO HELP US WITH OUR ANALYSIS PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AVAILABLE BEFORE CONTACTING JAGUAR CARS: VIN VEHICLE TYPE AND MODEL DATE ACM WAS FITTED TO THE VEHICLE A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS REGULARITY OF OCCURANCE THE SOFTWARE LEVEL AND BUILD DATE COSE OF THE ACM FITTED. WORK PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TO DATE IS THIS A PROBLEM SEEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSTALLATION IS IT PERMANENT HOW DOES THE PROBLEM DEMONSTRATE ITSELF WHAT I-POD IS THE CUSTOMER USING...ETC MANY THANKS FOR YOUR HELP TOPIX - SSM39290 - AUDIO CONNECTIVITY MODULE (ACM) PAGE 1 OF 1 HTTP://" |
| SSM39211 | 2017-04-07. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. "RE-ISSUED DEC 2015. ISSUE: FUEL INJECTORS CLOGGED LEADING TO POOR RUNNING / MISFIRES / ENGINE DETONATION ON AJ-V8 ENGINES. CAUSE: POOR FUEL QUALITY OR FUEL CONTAMINANTS BLOCKING THE HOLES IN THE FUEL INJECTOR." |
| SSM37157 | 2017-04-07. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. "RE-ISSUED DEC 2015. PLEASE NOTE THAT AS YET JAGUAR VEHICLES WITH BULB FAILURE MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR TRAILER LIGHT FAILURE SENSING ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH TRAILER LIGHT BOARDS THAT HAVE LED BASED ILLUMINATION. AS A RESULT OF THIS THE LED LIGHTING ON THE TRAILER BOARD MAY FLICKER DURING THE SENSING FUNCTION. (THIS ISSUES WILL ALSO PRESENT ITSELF IF FITTING LED REAR LIGHT CLUSTERS AVAILABLE IN THE AFTERMARKET(NON-JAGUAR APPROVED ACCESSORY) BASED UPON THIS WE RECOMMEND THAT TRAILER LIGHT BOARDS WITH STANDARD INCANDESCENT BULBS ONLY ARE FITTED." |
| JTB00305NAS1 | 2017-03-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. "SITUATION: THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) MAY BE ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P0729 TO P0735, P0783, AND P2702 TO P2704 ARE STORED IN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY DEGRADATION AND FAILURE OF THE LEAD-FREE BUSH CAUSING TRANSMISSION DEGRADATION AND FAILURE." |
| SSM71361 | 2017-03-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE: DA-DONGLE/DA-VINA/DA-ST512 - J2534 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE DEVICE (VCI) SOFTWARE REQUIRES UPDATING TO THE LATEST LEVEL. DA J2534 SOFTWARE DRIVER LEVEL – V4.0 (MUST BE UPDATED TO THIS LEVEL ON ALL SDD MACHINES THAT USE THIS DEVICE) DA APP HUB LEVEL – V2.4.0 (MUST BE UPDATED TO THIS LEVEL ON ALL SDD MACHINES THAT USE THIS DEVICE) DA FIRMWARE LEVEL – V57. (ONLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ONCE TO EACH DEVICE, BECAUSE THIS IS HELD ON THE DEVICE ITSELF)" |
| SSM63597 | 2017-03-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; COMMUNICATION: VEHICLE TO VEHICLE. "ISSUE: JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA SERVICE DIAGNOSTICS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ALL SDD USERS AWARE OF AN EMERGING CONCERN BEING TRACKED VIA THE EPQR SYSTEM. USERS REPORT DVD133 IS UNABLE TO FULLY COMMUNICATE WITH PCM ON LEGACY JAGUAR VEHICLES, AND REGARDLESS OF PCM STATUS ICON DISPLAYED ON NETWORK SUMMARY SCREEN, SDD MAY NOT DISPLAY DTC’S FROM THE PCM CAUSE: THIS ISSUE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THE UK AND WILL BE ADDRESSED ON A FUTURE SDD SOFTWARE UPDATE." |
| JTB00344NAS1 | 2017-03-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. "SITUATION: AN EARTH STUD MAY BE BROKEN OR CROSS THREADED. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY DAMAGE IN PRODUCTION OR DURING A REPAIR." |
| JTB00258NAS2 | 2017-03-09. Service bulletin. TIRES; STEERING. SITUATION: A STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY MAY BE EVIDENT DURING THE PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION (PDI) ROAD TEST DUE TO TEMPORARY FLAT SPOTS ON THE ROLLING SURFACE OF THE TIRE. CAUSE: TEMPORARY FLAT SPOTS NATURALLY DEVELOP ON THE ROLLING SURFACE OF A TIRE WHEN THE WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE ARE STATIONARY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. |
| SSM-72805 | 2016-09-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY RAISE A CONCERN OF THEIR VEHICLE NOT PASSING STATE INSPECTION IN CALIFORNIA AND THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHT OR OTHER SUGGESTION OF A FAULT. |
| JTB00344NAS1 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| JTB00268NAS3 | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. "SITUATION: ON VEHICLES FITTED WITH THE 4.2L NATURALLY ASPIRATED ENGINE ONLY, THE ENGINE MAY EXPERIENCE A ROUGH START OR STALL FOLLOWING A HOT SOAK OF 15-20 MINUTES. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE FUELING CALIBRATION NOT BEING ROBUST FOR WINTER BLEND 10% ETHANOL FUEL." |
| JTB00208NAS2 | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| JTB00268NAS2 | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| JTB00268NAS1 | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| K134NAS1 | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 6-202USA | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| JTB-00344-NAS1 | 2014-11-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. JAGUAR: DAMAGE DURING A REPAIR OR TIME OF PRODUCTION, CAUSED THE EARTH STUD, ON SOME VEHICLES, TO BECOME BROKEN OR CROSS THREADED. MODEL 2003-2009 XJ (X350), 206/ONWARDS XK (X150), 2010/ONWARDS XJ (X351), 2014/ONWARDS F-TYPE (X152). *PE |
| SB-6-202 | 2013-08-21. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. JAGUAR: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (IC) NEEDS REPLACING DUE TO A FAULT WITH AIR SUSPENSION UNIT SPIKING AND CAUSING INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TO STAY AWAKE AND DRAIN BATTERY. MODELS 2005-2009 XJ. *PE |
| K-124-NAS-1 | 2013-08-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. JAGUAR: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACE DUE TO FAULT IN PREVIOUS INSTALLED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT CAUSES A DRAINAGE IN BATTERY, APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30 MINUTES, IN CERTAIN VEHICLES. MODEL 2005-2009 XJ. *PE |
| SSM-46817 | 2011-10-31. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. JAGUAR: VEHICLE WOULD ALLEGEDLY STALL OUT AS REPORTED. *PE |
| JTB-00208 | 2011-05-18. Service bulletin. PARKING BRAKE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. JAGUAR: ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE RE-CALIBRATION PROCEDURE. *RM UPDATED 10/17/14. *PE |
| JTB-00180 | 2011-05-10. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. JAGUAR: VEHICLES WITH CLIMATE CONTROLLED SEATS MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE WHEN SITTING IN THEM. *RM |
| UPS-2110-2B | 2011-04-30. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. JAGUAR: THERE ARE NEW PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION ITEMS FOR ALL XJ MODELS. *RM |
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