NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE06-030: FUEL TANK LEAKAGE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE06-030 on August 16, 2006 and closed it on October 18, 2006. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Jaguar XJ and XJ Sedan for it and links recall 06V-358 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE06-030 (also written PE06030)
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
- Status
- Closed October 18, 2006
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 06V-358: FUEL TANK SEALS, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- Jaguar XJ and XJ Sedan
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE06-030.
THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED PE06-030 BASED ON THREE COMPLAINTS ALLEGING LARGE QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE LEAKAGE FROM THE FUEL TANKS (NOT FROM THE FILLER PIPES) OF MODEL YEAR (MY) 2006 JAGUAR XJ VEHICLES. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2006, FORD MOTOR COMPANY SUBMITTED A DEFECT NOTICE (PART 573) TO NHTSA DESCRIBING A DEFECT CONDITION THAT COULD RESULT IN LEAKAGE FROM ONE OR MORE OF THREE SEALED APERTURES ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLIES IN APPROXIMATELY 6,199 MY 2006-2007 JAGUAR XJ VEHICLES BUILT AT THE BROWNS LANE AND CASTLE BROMWICH (UK) ASSEMBLY PLANTS AND SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES AND FEDERALIZED TERRITORIES. ACCORDING TO FORD, ?SOME OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY CONTAIN A FUEL TANK THAT WAS NOT MADE TO SPECIFICATION. THIS MAY RESULT IN ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL), A FUEL ODOR, OR FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL DELIVERY MODULE (FDM), JET PUMP MODULE (JPM) AND/OR CLUSTER VALVE (CV) SEALS. FUEL LEAKAGE IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ONLY AFTER A FUEL TANK HAS BEEN FULLY FILLED WITH FUEL.? FORD'S DATA SHOWED A TOTAL OF 52 COMPLAINTS RELATING TO THE DEFECT CONDITION, CONSISTING OF 9 CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, 27 DEALER FIELD REPORTS OF FUEL LEAKS, 15 TECHNICAL HOTLINE SERVICE REPORTS AND 1 FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER REPORT OF A VISIT TO A CAR DEALERSHIP FOR THE FUEL TANK LEAK CONDITION.IN ADDITION, FORD'S WARRANTY DATA SHOWED 265 CLAIMS ?WHERE LEAKS AND FUEL ODOR WERE REPORTED, OF WHICH 156 [WARRANTY] CLAIMS INCLUDED CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OF [GASOLINE] LIQUID LEAKS.?THIS PRELIMINARY EVALUATION HAS BEEN CLOSED, AS JAGUAR IS RECALLING THE AFFECTED VEHICLES TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANKS (RECALL 06V-358).
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE06-030. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Jaguar
All Jaguar recallsWhat an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE06-030
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.