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NHTSA recall 99V138000

Power train › Automatic transmission

Jaguar XJV8 and 1 more

Reported Jun 2, 1999189 vehicles affectedJAGUAR CARSMaker’s number R478

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. fine cracks within one or more of the gear teeth with in the gear train, inside the automatic transmission gearbox.

The risk

This can result in breakage of the gear teeth potentially causing the transmission to "lock up" at speeds below 15 mph.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the automatic gearbox.

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Vehicles in this recall

Jaguar XJV8
19981999
Jaguar XK8 Sports
19981999

Notes

Owner notification began july 1, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact jaguar at 1-201-818-8500. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).