NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Jaguar S-Type Recalls
The 2003 Jaguar S-Type has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 14, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Jaguar S-Type. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 100
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Jaguar S-Type, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Jaguar S-Type
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 04V484000
- Reported
- October 14, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,000
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 S-Type
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 04V488000
- Reported
- October 7, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,181
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 S-Type
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 04V024000
- Reported
- January 8, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 S-Type
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2006 S-Type, 24 other models
2003 Jaguar S-Type complaints by year
NHTSA has received 100 owner complaints about the 2003 Jaguar S-Type, the newest on June 12, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (15%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Jaguar S-Type, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (18%), followed by the power train (16%) and the parking brake (14%).
1 of the 2003 Jaguar S-Type's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2003 Jaguar S-Type owners gave the mileage (79 complaints), the median was 38,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control18
- Power Train16
- Parking Brake14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
- Electrical System11
- Service Brakes9
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Jaguar S-Type peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 21. 47% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Jaguar S-Type drew 2.6× the complaints of the median Jaguar S-Type year in the same window: 1st highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 4/5
The 100 complaints about the 2003 Jaguar S-Type are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jaguar S-Type by model year
Other 2003 Jaguar models
Newest record on this page: June 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted