NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Jaguar S-Type Recalls
The 2005 Jaguar S-Type has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Jaguar S-Type. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 85
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Jaguar S-Type, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Jaguar S-Type
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 06V418000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 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 S-Type
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006 S-Type, 24 other models
2005 Jaguar S-Type complaints by year
NHTSA has received 85 owner complaints about the 2005 Jaguar S-Type, the newest on December 23, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Jaguar S-Type, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (27%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (26%) and the service brakes (13%).
2 of the 2005 Jaguar S-Type's 3 recalls also concern the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2005 Jaguar S-Type owners gave the mileage (65 complaints), the median was 66,015 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System23
- Fuel System, Gasoline22
- Service Brakes11
- Air Bags7
- Electrical System6
- Parking Brake5
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Jaguar S-Type peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 16. 13% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Jaguar S-Type drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Jaguar S-Type year in the same window: 4th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Jaguar S-Type years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 4/5
The 85 complaints about the 2005 Jaguar S-Type are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jaguar S-Type by model year
Newest record on this page: December 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted