# NHTSA recall 16V229000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 16V229000
- Manufacturer's number: J065
- Manufacturer: Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
- Reported: 2016\-04\-20
- Owners notified: 2016\-05\-05
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 5

## What is wrong

Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC \(Jaguar\) is recalling certain model year 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 XF vehicles manufactured February 6, 2008 to October 20, 2014.  In the affected vehicles, the driver frontal air bags may be missing a chemical enhancer required for the second stage deployment, resulting in the second stage deploying improperly in certain crashes.


## What can happen

An air bag that inflates improperly increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Jaguar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver frontal air bag module, free of charge.  The recall began on May 5, 2016.  Owners may contact Jaguar customer service at 1\-800\-452\-4827.  Jaguar's number for this recall is J065.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5
- Reported remedied: 3 \(60%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 JAGUAR XF](/makes/jaguar/xf/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-06 to 2014\-10\-20.
- [2011 JAGUAR XF](/makes/jaguar/xf/2011/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-06 to 2014\-10\-20.
- [2012 JAGUAR XF](/makes/jaguar/xf/2012/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-06 to 2014\-10\-20.
- [2015 JAGUAR XF](/makes/jaguar/xf/2015/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-06 to 2014\-10\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [SSM71832](/bulletins/10095949.md), 2017-03-20, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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