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Jaguar XF 2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-K035 · NHTSA communication 10029249 · issued Mar 18, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2009
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Jaguar: vehicles may have been manufactured away from process and in some case the rear differentials may have been supplied with excessive silicon carbide left in the units. This can cause premature wear on the differential pinion head and tail carrier bearings, resulting in unacceptable differential noise and driveline vibration. *pe

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.