NHTSA Campaign Id 06V467000; Date: Dec. 7, 2006
The tanks were manufactured with processes that vary significantly from regular production. The durability of these prototype fuel tanks has not been validated and is unknown.
2007 Jaguar S-type
Component: Fuel System, Gasoline:storage:tank Assembly
Manufactured by: Jaguar Cars Ltd
Affected Units:: 9
Certain passenger vehicles were inadvertently released after being assembled with prototype fuel tanks that were produced for test purposes only.
These vehicles have not been released to customers and are located at dealer lots . The fuel tank will be replaced.
Jaguar recall no. R177. Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Dec 13, 2006
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