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Service bulletins for the 2011 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.

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

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SSM721532017-03-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE: FOR THE MODELS IDENTIFIED ABOVE, A CONCERN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE LATEST TCM SOFTWARE RELEASED ON DVD 139 PATCH 15. CAUSE: CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH JLR ENGINEERING."
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."
SSM718532017-03-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE THE REMOTE FUNCTION ACTUATOR (RFA) ALSO KNOWN AS THE KEYLESS VEHICLE MODULE (KVM), MAY FAIL TO CORRECTLY DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE ON OCCASIONS. THIS CAN RESULT IN SDD REPORTING THAT THE RFA IS OFF BUS BY DISPLAYING A RED CROSS IN THE NETWORKS INTEGRITY SCREEN AND SDD NOT BEING ABLE TO RECOVER THE MODULE. CAUSE THIS MAY BE AS A RESULT OF LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE OR A BREAK IN CONTINUITY OF DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTION DURING THE DOWNLOAD OR A CORRUPTED SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD FILE."
SSM713612017-03-20. 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)"
SSM635972017-03-20. 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."
SSM717962017-03-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "ISSUE: CUSTOMER MAY NOTICE THAT THE INSTRUMENT PACK (IPK) / TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY TSD AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKER MOMENTARILY. CAUSE: DURING ACTIVE DIAGNOSTICS OF THE DUAL BATTERY SYSTEM VOLTAGE CAN PEAK ABOVE 16V DUE TO AN INTERNAL MODULE SOFTWARE ISSUE."
SSM728752017-03-13. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. ISSUE: HOMELINK UNIVERSAL TRANSMITTER NOT WORKING
SSM-706982016-09-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. "ISSUE: A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT THAT THEIR PHONE, DISCONNECTS DURING OR AFTER PHONE CALLS, SHOWS AS PAIRED BUT NOT AVAILABLE, IS NOT SHOWING AS PAIRED BUT IS AVAILABLE, IS DIFFICULT TO PAIR, AUDIO FRAGMENTS WHEN STREAMING MUSIC AND/OR OTHER UNEXPECTED BEHAVIOR. CAUSE: THIS CAN BE A RESULT OF REDUCED PHONE POWER DUE TO THE FOLLOWING:- • BATTERY LIFE SOFTWARE UPDATE ON THE CUSTOMERS DEVICE, • OTHER APPLICATIONS RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE CUSTOMERS DEVICE (SUCH AS GAMES, SOCIAL MEDIA APPS, SEARCHING FOR NUMEROUS PAIRED DEVICES). • A BREAK IN THE LINE OF SIGHT FROM THE IAM TO THE CUSTOMER DEVICE (E.G. DEVICE IN POCKET CAUSING ATTENUATION BY THE HUMAN BODY). • ANOMALIES INTRODUCED WITH SOFTWARE UPDATES OF DEVICE THAT MAY REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER DEVICE AND THE VEHICLE. NOTE: THESE ISSUES ARE WELL DOCUMENTED ON OFFICIAL PHONE MANUFACTURERS “SUPPORT” WEB SITES."
SSM-690782016-09-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. "ISSUE: APPLE IOS, AND ANDROID PHONE ISSUES AFTER SOFTWARE UPDATES. THE CUSTOMER MAY REPORT A RANGE OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR PHONE CONNECTION, AUDIO QUALITY OR PHONEBOOK WHICH HAVE STARTED TO HAPPEN AFTER THE PHONE WAS MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY SOFTWARE UPDATED. THE CUSTOMER MAY NOT BE AWARE OF AN AUTOMATIC UPDATE SO THIS SSM IS RECOMMENDED ON ANY BLUETOOTH PHONE ISSUES EXPERIENCED. CAUSE: PHONE SOFTWARE IS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF JAGUAR LAND ROVER AND ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH OUR SYSTEMS CAN ONLY BE TESTED AND APPROVED / DISAPPROVED ONCE RELEASED BY THE PHONE COMPANY. PHONES CAN SWITCH FROM WORKING WELL TO EXTREMELY POOR PERFORMANCE OR VICE VERSA AFTER AN UPDATE."
JTB-00218-NAS-22016-09-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "SITUATION: A 'NO PLAYABLE VIDEO' MESSAGE MAY BE DISPLAYED ON THE HIGH LEVEL DISPLAY FRONT (HLDF) TOUCH SCREEN AND DVD VIDEO DISCS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE PLAYED. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE A RESULT OF HLDF SOFTWARE UPDATING AND THE AUDIO CONTROL MODULE (ACM) INCORRECTLY DETECTING FIVE CAR CONFIGURATION CODE (CCF) DVD REGION CODE CHANGES, CAUSING THE ACM TO PERMANENTLY SET THE LAST REGION CODE VALUE AS THE DEFAULT CODE. THE CORRECT DVD REGION CODE FOR NORTH AMERICA IS '1'."
DVD 135 – 032016-05-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
DVD 134 –V132J2016-05-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
DVD 134 – 092016-05-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SSM718532016-05-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SSM-653372016-05-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "CONCERN A CUSTOMER MAY REPORT WHILE UTILIZING THE NAVIGATION MAP OR WHILE UNDER ROUTE GUIDANCE, THE VEHICLE’S TOUCH SCREEN SWITCHES OFF MOMENTARILY, AND RESETS AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE JUST STARTED. A TELL TALE SYMPTOM MIGHT INCLUDE "THE SYSTEM WENT BLANK MOMENTARILY, THEN THE JAGUAR LEAPER APPEARED, AND A FEW SECONDS LATER THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL AGAIN." A SHORT 45 SECOND VIDEO OF THE CONCERN HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO HELP VALIDATE THE SPECIFIC CUSTOMER’S CONCERN. CAUSE THE SOFTWARE IN THE VEHICLE’S TOUCH SCREEN HAS A LIMITED BUFFER SIZE FOR NAVIGATION/MAP INFORMATION. IF THE TOUCH SCREEN’S BUFFER IS EXCEEDED, THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WILL RESTART AS DEPICTED IN THE ATTACHED VIDEO. THE CONCERN IS LOCATION AND TRAFFIC DENSITY DEPENDENT, AND CAN BE REPLICATED AT WILL WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE SPECIFIC AREA."
JTB00218NAS22016-05-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
J038NAS32016-02-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE. JAGUAR: THE SDD SOFTWARE IS A CONDITION IDENTIY ON 2010-2012 MODEL THAT MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON BUT WILL NOT AFFECT THE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE, INSTEAD IT MIGHT DECREASE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL TAILPIPE EMISSIONS. *MA
AB-3-274NAS2011-05-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. JAGUAR SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. CERTAIN 2011 XJ MODELS WILL REQUIRE A NUMBER OF MODULE SOFTWARE UPDATES. *RM UPDATED 6/30/11. *PE UPDATED 11/8/11. *PE
TB-K-0642011-05-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. JAGUAR: CERTAIN 2011 XJ MODELS REQUIRE SOFTWARE UPDATES. *RM UPDATED 11/8/11. *PE

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