2024 Jaguar I-Pace: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace
On the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace, the failure owners report most often is other electrical problem, with 8 reports on file. Overall it scores 64 out of 100, high risk for a 2024.
High risk for a 2024 — 209th riskiest of the 226 2024 vehicles we can rate. 24 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork.
What breaks on the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace
Owners have reported 10 named failure modes on the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace, and the three most-reported carry 54% of everything filed.
Other electrical problem leads with 8 reports and about 7.5 per 1,000 vehicles.
Lane keep or steering assist fault follows with 3 reports.
Fuel pump failure follows with 2 reports.
By system, the reports fall mostly into electrical (8), adas (3) and engine (3).
When these failures get reported
Too few of the reports on this year carry an odometer reading to describe the timing: 0 of them do. The mileages quoted elsewhere on this page come from the modes that have enough of them.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What happens when these parts fail
Nothing in the reports on the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace mentions a crash, a fire or an injury. That is the ordinary case and it is worth stating: most defect complaints are about a car that stopped working, not one that hurt somebody.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 3.25, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.
What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: other electrical problem at $250–$2,000, lane keep or steering assist fault at $200–$1,600, fuel pump failure at $600–$2,600 and loss of braking at $400–$3,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
17% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other electrical problem | electrical | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 7.5 | $250–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Lane keep or steering assist fault | adas | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.8 | $200–$1,600 | High |
| Fuel pump failure | fuel | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.9 | $600–$2,600 | High |
| Loss of braking | brakes | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.9 | $400–$3,000 | Critical |
| Other engine problem | engine | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.9 | $300–$4,000 | High |
| Oil leak | engine | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.9 | $250–$2,200 | Moderate |
| Backup camera failure | infotainment | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.9 | $250–$1,200 | Moderate |
| Seat belt or retractor failure | airbag | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.9 | $200–$900 | High |
| Other powertrain problem | transmission | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.9 | $400–$4,500 | High |
| Other steering problem | steering | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.9 | $350–$2,400 | High |
| Unclassified problem | other | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.9 | — | Moderate |
Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.
How often, against how many were built
Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace draws about 22 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 95th percentile of complaint rates among 2024 vehicles we can rate.
That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound.
The working figure is 1,070 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2024 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.
Recalls on the 2024 model year
NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns covering the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace, affecting an estimated 1,573 vehicles. A recall is a different kind of evidence from a complaint: it is the regulator and the manufacturer agreeing that something has to be fixed, and the fix is free for as long as the car exists.
The campaigns cover exterior lighting:turn signal and electrical system:propulsion system:traction battery. Whether the work was actually done on the car in front of you is a question only the VIN can answer, and the manufacturer or NHTSA will answer it free.
Recalls also distort complaint counts. Publicity about a campaign reminds owners that complaining is possible, so reports for a recalled component often spike after the recall rather than before it.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
2,015 vehicles 2024-02-22- Defect
- Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Jaguar) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Jaguar I-Pace vehicles. In the event that one of the turn signals stops working, the turn signal flash rate frequency will not adjust to warn the driver that a turn signal is not working correctly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- Consequence
- Inoperative rear turn signals may not notify other drivers of a turning vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will update the Car Configuration File (CCF) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 8, 2024. Owners may contact Jaguar customer service at 1-800-452-4827. Jaguar's number for this recall is H475.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
6,422 vehicles 2023-05-25- Defect
- Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (Jaguar) is recalling certain 2019-2024 Jaguar I-PACE vehicles. The high-voltage battery may overheat.
- Consequence
- The high-voltage battery overheating increases the risk of a fire.
- Remedy
- Owners are advised to park and charge vehicle outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. The battery energy control module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) update. In addition, battery modules will be replaced as necessary. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 18, 2023. Owners may contact Jaguar's customer service at 1-800-452-4827. Jaguar's number for this recall is H441.
Recall work is free at a franchised dealer regardless of the car's age. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before assuming it was done.
How it ranks in the 2024 field
The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.
Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.
- Left fewer and less serious reports
- Right more, or worse
- Marker this vehicle
Where 2024 sits in the model line
High risk for a 2024 — 209th riskiest of the 226 2024 vehicles we can rate. Because the ranking is against the same model year only, age cancels out of it.
Across the 3 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2024 comes out best at 64 and 2019 worst at 80, with 2024 itself at 64.
No other year of this model scores meaningfully better than 2024, so if this generation is what you want, the year is not the lever.
Within the 2019–2024 generation specifically, 2024 is the strongest year at 64 and 2019 the weakest at 80.
Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.
Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.
Within the 2019-2024 generation, 2024 Jaguar I-Pace scores best at 64 and 2019 Jaguar I-Pace worst at 80.
The limits of complaint data
24 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.
Of those 24 reports, 0 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 0% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".
Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.
And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.
Questions this page answers
What are the most common problems with the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace?
The most-reported failures are other electrical problem (8 reports), lane keep or steering assist fault (3 reports) and fuel pump failure (2 reports). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.
Is the 2024 Jaguar I-Pace reliable?
It scores 64 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 209th riskiest of the 226 2024 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2024 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.
Which year of the Jaguar I-Pace is best?
Within the 2019–2024 generation, 2024 scores best at 64 out of 100 and 2019 worst at 80. Same body, same engines, different luck.
Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.
What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed