FaultScore

Worst years for a Jaguar S-Type

Owners have filed 656 complaints about the Jaguar S-Type with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2008. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2003 Jaguar S-Type

152 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2002 Jaguar S-Type

30 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jaguar S-Type year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2008 8 1 1 23,000 Brakes
2007 7 0 0 40,000 Brakes
2006 C 27 6 2 46,500 Electrical System
2005 D 110 20 1 64,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2004 C 39 9 4 48,600 Brakes
2003 F 152 19 1 33,948 Brakes
2002 C 30 4 0 53,460 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 C 105 9 1 61,100 Suspension
2000 D 178 11 2 51,951 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Jaguar S-Type

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2000

Brakes 83 12.7%

Worst in 2003

Worst in 2005

Suspension 64 9.8%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2003

Worst in 2000

Airbags 35 5.3%

Worst in 2000

Equipment & Accessories 17 2.6%

Worst in 2003

Steering 16 2.4%

Worst in 2003

Tires 16 2.4%

Worst in 2003

Lights 15 2.3%

Worst in 2003

Wheels 13 2.0%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Jaguar S-Type

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 49 30.4%
Lower Ball Joint 28 17.4%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 20 12.4%
Engine 14 8.7%
Frontal 12 7.5%
Floor Shift 9 5.6%
Gasoline 9 5.6%
Front 8 5.0%
Side/Window 6 3.7%
Headlights 6 3.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Jaguar S-Type, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2000 peak 17 Jun 2026

Jaguar S-Type problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Jaguar S-Type

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.