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2009 Jaguar XF Engine Problems

Complaints
8about this part
Share
9%of 90 total for the year
Median mileage
74,200miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 8 complaints about the engine of the 2009 Jaguar XF, 9% of the 90 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 74,200 miles.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Takata recall the transmission slips out of gear all the time. Now my shiftier is stuck in gear.the car will be still and it gets stuck. I've had this car for almost five years and towards the end it has given me hell. Transmission always failing while driving no matter on highway or street. There's also a lag when driving above 50mph.”

NHTSA complaint #11143511, filed 2018-10, 139,000 miles

“I was notified by my dad that picked up my car from the yard that he heard rattling when he saw my vehicle. Before I shipped my car it wasn't making any rattling noises. I'm not sure what's going on because I wasn't there to see anything but he end up towing the car because he didn't want to drive the car running with a rattling sound. It was stationary but already running when he first approached it and noticed the rattling. How can this case be resolve?”

NHTSA complaint #10897234, filed 2016-08, 83,000 miles

“Inside car interior lights comes on and off while driving on it's own. Even at night while driving the interior light will come and off by themselves for apparent reason. I've google an seen a lot of complaints on Jaguar website about the same issue been reported since 2011 with no recall to fix the issue an as of today I'm still experiencing this issue. Engine makes a ticking noise while idling and worse after acceleration. As if something is lose put in shop a few time they checked the timing chain, lifters, and used an stethoscope to find the problem still can't. …”

NHTSA complaint #11351320, filed 2020-08, 13,400 miles

“This happened for the first time on 09/04/2016. I was going in highway at 70mph the car suddenly stopped for 0.5 second and turned on by itself. All the electrical system restarted at that time. I did not take it seriously at that time and it started to come again and this time it is in the local road where I was going at 30 MPH. This time the car stopped and the steering is struck. I changed the car to park mode and started the car again. The same thing happened several times after that and the car started automatically. …”

NHTSA complaint #10906139, filed 2016-09, 40 miles

“The most recent incident occurred as I was pulling out of my garage. I turned the car on, rotated the shifter to d (I had backed into the garage), and as I depressed the accelerator the speed increased to a higher speed then the pressure I was using to accelerate. I depressed the brake as hard as I could to slow the car down and was able to turn the car off in the process by pressing the start button. When I restarted the car the car drove normally. This happened once before as I was slowly pulling in to my garage. The accelerator engaged but I was able to avoid driving through my house.”

NHTSA complaint #10915035, filed 2016-10, 104,000 miles

Related service bulletins

Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2017120%
2016120%
2015526%
2014436%
20131029%
20121334%
2011911%
20101211%
200989%

Other parts of the 2009 Jaguar XF

Air bags
20 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
17 complaints
Electrical system
14 complaints
Other or unknown
11 complaints
Vehicle speed control
10 complaints
Body and structure
9 complaints
Fuel system
7 complaints
Brakes
5 complaints
Engine cooling
5 complaints
Electronic stability control
4 complaints
Exterior lighting
4 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2009 Jaguar XF

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology