Jaguar XK8 Sports Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 5 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Jaguar XK8 Sports (1998–1999). The most-complained-about year is 1998.

Pick your Jaguar XK8 Sports model year

• 1998
• 1999

What Jaguar XK8 Sports owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA. The 1998 model year has the most, with 3.

• Power train: automatic transmission2
• Engine and engine cooling: gasoline1
• Engine and engine cooling: belts and associated pulleys1
• Service brakes, hydraulic1
• Unknown or other1
• Vehicle speed control1
• Electrical system1

All Jaguar XK8 Sports recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Jaguar XK8 Sports, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Automatic transmission (power train)

   NHTSA 99V138000 Reported June 2, 1999 189 vehicles potentially affected JAGUAR CARS

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

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the automatic gearbox.

   Model years: 1998, 1999

Other Jaguar models

• S-Type483 complaints
• XF394 complaints
• X-Type315 complaints
• I-PACE238 complaints
• XJ8176 complaints
• F-PACE137 complaints
• XJ134 complaints
• XJ6127 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.