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1985 Jaguar XJ6 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 20, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 12, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Jaguar XJ6. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Fuel system
Filed Feb 20, 2007

GAS TANK LEAK, AND RADIO HAS SHORT IN IT SO IT DRAINS THE BATTERY, WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED AND ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN CHECKED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10183103
Incident
Feb 19, 2007
Fuel system
Filed Sep 19, 2005

RIGHT FUEL TANK IS LEAKING ON 1985 JAGUAR XJ6. WHEN FUEL FILLER CAP WAS REMOVED, LOTS OF PRESSURE INSIDE GAS TANK WAS RELIEVED, AND RATE OF FUEL LEAK SLOWED, BUT DID NOT STOP. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 1995 JAGUAR XJS FOR A SEEMINGLY IDENTICAL PROBLEM, RECALL CAMPAIGN 90V123000. I SUSPECT THAT THE XJ6 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM OWNER OF AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE FACILITY, AND THIS REPORT IS FOR A CAR OWNED BY A CUSTOMER. CAR OWNER TELLS ME THAT HE HAS HAD CHRONIC FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, AND HAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE LEFT FUEL TANK ON THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR A LEAK. LOOK AT HTTP://WWW.JCNA.COM/FORUMS/VIEW.PHP?VFNUM=150&VTHREAD=1732 FOR A BRIEF THREAD ABOUT ANOTHER XJ6 WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM. *JB

NHTSA ID
10136988
Incident
Sep 16, 2005
Fuel system
Filed Jan 3, 2001

WE COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE THE CAR HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP, YET THESE PEOPLE WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY KNOWINGLY SOLD US A LEMON

NHTSA ID
738701
Incident
Dec 29, 2000
Fuel system
Filed May 12, 2000
Fire reported2 injuries reported

THIS 85 XJ6 JAGUAR WAS BROUGHT TO MY SHOP FOR REPAIR.THE LEFT REAR GAS TANK STARTED TO LEAK AFTER I PUT 2.00 IN GAS IN THE TANK. MY SHOP WAS HIRERD TO REPAIR THE TANK. THE LEAK WAS IN THE (SEAM) OF THE TANK. I NOTICED THIS CAR HAD VERY BIG GAS DRAIN PLUGS IN THERE TANKS,ABOUT 2.5 INCH ACROSS WITH A ENTER PLUG 1.5 INCHES,A DOUBLE PLUG SYSTEM.EVERY CAR I HAVE EVER WORKED ON , HAS NEVER HAD A GAS DRAIN PLUG IN THERE TANK BIGGER THEN A 1/2 INCH. ON 5/6/98 I STARTED TO DRAIN THIS TANK ,THE GAS CAME OUT FASTER THEN WHAT I COULD CATCH IT, CAUSEING A GAS SPILL AND A FIRE THAT INJURED 2 AND DESTROYED MY TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE STORE.I FEEL THIS DRAIN PLUG SYSTEM WAS VERY POURLY DESIGNED AND THE REASON FOR MY SHOP FIRE AND ACCIDENT ,WHICH END UP PUTTING ME IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 22 DAYS AND DESTROYING MY BUSSNESS. *AK

NHTSA ID
722574
Incident
May 6, 1998

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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