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Jaguar XF 2012–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin K161NAS2 · NHTSA communication 10096405 · issued Dec 19, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2013
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

"situation: an issue has been identified on a number of xf (x250), xj (x351), and xk (x150) vehicles where the residual torque on the steering gear pinion bolt could be below the lower specification and in some cases the customer may experience a knocking noise from the steering gear. The latter will only be the case if the early steering degradation is ignored by the customer."

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.