Vehicle recall R/2016/068

Jaguar XE recall: Driver's seat-belt pre-tensioner may not deploy as intended

DVSA recall R/2016/068 names the Jaguar XE. It was launched 5 May 2016. It covers vehicles built 22 September 2015 to 23 March 2016.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2016/068
Launched: 5 May 2016
Issued by: JAGUAR
Manufacturer reference: J064
Vehicles: 924 across the lines below

What can go wrong

On certain vehicles the Restraints Control Module may have been incorrectly connected. As a result the driver's seat belt pretensioner may not deploy

The fix

On affected vehicles rewire the connector to the Restraints Control Module

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. Vehicle numbers are DVSA figures for each line.
Model	Built	Vehicles
Jaguar XE	22 September 2015 to 23 March 2016	924

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Other recalls for these models

R/2016/037 Engine may cut out and fail to restart 24 March 2016, Jaguar XF, Jaguar XE
R/2017/004 Seat belt pretensioner may not deploy 31 December 2016, Jaguar F-Type, Jaguar XE
R/2016/297 Fuel may leak 9 February 2017, Jaguar XE
R/2017/143 Fuel hose may leak 19 May 2017, Jaguar XE, Jaguar F-Pace, Jaguar XF
R/2017/291 Instrument cluster may intermittently go blank 31 October 2017, Jaguar XJ, Jaguar XE, Jaguar XF and others
R/2018/035 Fuel may leak 29 March 2018, Jaguar XF, Jaguar XE, Jaguar E-Pace and others

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

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