Model-year matrix

Jaguar XK
which year?

Compare every Jaguar XK model year the EPA recorded, 2007 to 2015. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Jaguar XK year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Jaguar XK?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Jaguar XK years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2007

15 indexed complaint reports; vehicle speed control is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2007 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2008

5 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2008 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2014

3 indexed complaint reports; wheels is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2014 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Jaguar XK model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2014 Jaguar XK

NHTSA complaint allegations: 3
Combined EPA economy: 17–19 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $4,000–4,450
Fuel labels: Premium Gasoline

Most-reported component labelswheels 2electronic stability control (esc) 1equipment adaptive/mobility 1

Open the 2014 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2015 Jaguar XK

NHTSA complaint allegations: 2
Combined EPA economy: 17–19 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $4,000–4,450
Fuel labels: Premium Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsair bags 1fuel/propulsion system 1

Open the 2015 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2015 has 1 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2014.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Jaguar XK by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Jaguar XK model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2015	2	air bags 1fuel/propulsion system 1	17–19	4	$4,000–4,450	Dossier →
2014	3	wheels 2electronic stability control (esc) 1equipment adaptive/mobility 1	17–19	4	$4,000–4,450	Dossier →
2013	2	fuel system, gasoline 1structure 1	17–19	4	$4,000–4,450	Dossier →
2012	2	electrical system 1engine 1	17–19	4	$4,000–4,450	Dossier →
2011	3	air bags 1engine and engine cooling 1fuel system, gasoline 1	17–19	4	$4,000–4,450	Dossier →
2010	3	fuel system, gasoline 1service brakes, hydraulic 1vehicle speed control 1	17–19	3	$4,000–4,450	Dossier →
2009	2	electrical system 1engine 1service brakes 1	19	2	$4,000	Dossier →
2008	5	electrical system 1exterior lighting 1power train 1	19	2	$4,000	Dossier →
2007	15	vehicle speed control 5electrical system 3structure 2	19	2	$4,000	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.