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Jaguar XJ 1997–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 50142 · NHTSA communication 613494 · issued Jun 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
1997–1999
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

On a customer complaint basis only, in the event of a concern of poor performance of seat heater pads, it is possible to fit to certain earlier vehicles the seat heater pads as fitted from the commencement of 2000 modelyear production. *tt

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.