1998 Jaguar Xj8l Recalls
No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1998 Jaguar Xj8l. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 18 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the engine and engine cooling. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Complaints by component
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“Related to jaguar service action publication number 303-s514, "throttle closed position operation" this is a known defect for jaguar. In the jaguar service bulletin, jaguar states "under exceptional circumstances this concern could cause the engine to cut out... The engine should restart without…”
“My 1998 jaguar xj8l keeps stalling at highway speeds, very very dangerous. I am almost in an accident on 95 everytime this happens. The dealer has said it is a dirty throttle that may be causing this, but even after servicing it just starts up again...after investigating here on the web I have…”
“This is a second entrance for this complaint. The first entrance was a mistake due to wrong date of purchase. The vehicle was purchased in april 2005. I am the third owner of the vehicle. I have a carfax with the vehicles history. I did have a passenger at the time of the failure and almost had a…”
“1998 jaguar xj8l car would stall while driving, windshield wipers would stop and start,head lights would go off,intermittently. This made the car unsafe top drive. I bought the car used and I didn't know about the problem. When the problem started I thought it was a computer boot problem so I…”
“The timing chain tensioners for my 1998 jaguar xj8l have disintegrated in the engine. Luckily we found the pieces in the oil change before the timing chain broke and caused further damage to the engine. But this is causing me to have to rebuild this area of the engine. Jaguar has all but admitted…”
“1) transmission fault light 2) tow to mechanic 3) transmission replacement at 62,000 miles - 2nd owner - less than 6 months *la”
“The vehicles engine stalled without warning while driving at approximately 60 mph on a 4-lane limited access highway. The instrument panel display read engine stalled. My wife was driving and she was able to coast the car to the side of the road to a safe stop. Fortunately there was no other…”
“The vehicles engine stalled without warning while driving at approximately 60 mph on a 4-lane limited access highway. The instrument panel display read engine stalled. My wife was driving and she was able to coast the car to the side of the road to a safe stop. Fortunately there was no other…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1998 Jaguar Xj8l as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.