2007 Jaguar X-Type: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2007 Jaguar X-Type
On the 2007 Jaguar X-Type, the failure owners report most often is overheating, with 8 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 30,000 miles. Overall it scores 71 out of 100, high risk for a 2007.
High risk for a 2007 — 115th riskiest of the 365 2007 vehicles we can rate. 27 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model.
What breaks on the 2007 Jaguar X-Type
Owners have reported 11 named failure modes on the 2007 Jaguar X-Type, and the three most-reported carry 56% of everything filed.
Overheating leads with 8 reports and about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles.
Stalling while driving follows with 4 reports, median 65,000 miles.
Alternator or charging system failure follows with 3 reports.
By system, the reports fall mostly into cooling (8), engine (4) and electrical (3).
When these failures get reported
11 of the reports on the 2007 Jaguar X-Type came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 30,000 miles.
Cumulatively, 55% by 50,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed.
The busiest stretch is between 0 and 10,000 miles, which alone holds 27% of the dated reports.
55% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles, which is early enough that a fair number of these cars were still under a factory warranty when the owner complained.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
How reports accumulate
Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the median reported mileage
Severity, and what it costs
Across the named modes, 2 mention a crash and 1 a fire. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 5.30, 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: overheating at $400–$3,500, stalling while driving at $300–$2,500, alternator or charging system failure at $450–$1,600 and other powertrain problem at $400–$4,500. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
59% 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, so more than half of what owners complained about here is expensive.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overheating | cooling | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.6 | $400–$3,500 | High |
| Stalling while driving | engine | 4 | 4 | — | 66k | — | 0.3 | $300–$2,500 | Critical |
| Alternator or charging system failure | electrical | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.2 | $450–$1,600 | High |
| Other powertrain problem | transmission | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.2 | $400–$4,500 | High |
| Differential or transfer case failure | drivetrain | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $900–$4,200 | High |
| Cruise control failure | adas | 1 | 1 | — | 5k | — | 0.1 | $200–$1,400 | High |
| Other brake problem | brakes | 1 | 1 | — | 15k | — | 0.1 | $300–$1,800 | High |
| Other steering problem | steering | 1 | 1 | — | 3k | — | 0.1 | $350–$2,400 | High |
| Other wheel or tire problem | wheels | 1 | 1 | — | 3k | — | 0.1 | $200–$1,500 | High |
| Other speed control problem | adas | 1 | 1 | — | 32k | — | 0.1 | $250–$2,000 | Critical |
| Other body or interior problem | body | 1 | 1 | — | 88k | — | 0.1 | $200–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Unclassified problem | other | 2 | 1 | — | 74k | — | 0.2 | — | Moderate |
This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model. 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 2007 Jaguar X-Type draws about 2.1 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 75th percentile of complaint rates among 2007 vehicles we can rate.
That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model.
The working figure is 12,936 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2007 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.
Stalling while driving
On two separate occasions (1/27/12 and 3/23/12) the vehicle was traveling 65-70 MPH on an interstate highway and the engine stalled. The vehicle could not be restarted and was towed to the dealer. For the 1/27/12 event, the vehicle stalled out in the passing lane and I had to make it to the right shoulder. The dealer did not determine the cause after an exhaustive diagnosis. It also included driving the vehicle over 400 miles, most of them at a high speed, in an attempt to duplicate the problem. It did stall-out once, and the vehicle restarted after 30 minutes. The second event was a merge from one interstate to another with the vehicle stopping on an exit ramp bridge leaving little room between the car and bridge wall on one side and the exit ramp on the other. This resulted in the recommendation to replace the two fuel pumps - which I have in my possession. I do want to point out that in both events we were in great fear for our safety. I assume this is not a common problem, since there has been no recall of the fuel pumps. I did want to report it in case there is an emerging problem. *tr
The engine stalled out when we were traveling in the passing lane at speed on an interstate highway. We had to move to the right side shoulder of the highway in front of another vehicle we had just passed and other traffic coming close behind. Definitely a scary situation for us and the other drivers. We were towed to the nearest jag dealer. The dealer had our car for two weeks. They replaced the fuel pump. The service tech's told us that they had never heard of a fuel pump going bad in an x-type. When I questioned the cost of the job, about $1450, I was told that the fuel tank had to be removed to replace the fuel pump. Since that time, we have had a battery replaced, the second for this car since we have owned it, and had to have brake pads replaced, at which time, we were told that the rear brakes had a problem in the calipers that caused the pads to sit further from the discs than they should. This brake problem causes us to use extra pedal travel when braking the car. Then, on dec 9, 2013, the rear differential fell out of the bottom of our car. We were only doing about 20 MPH so there was no accident, but we had to be towed…
How it ranks in the 2007 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
How 2007 compares with the other years
High risk for a 2007 — 115th riskiest of the 365 2007 vehicles we can rate. Every score on this site is a rank inside its own model year, which is what makes a 2004 and a 2019 comparable at all.
Across the 6 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2005 comes out best at 59 and 2004 worst at 77, with 2007 itself at 71.
If the model year is negotiable, 2005 and 2006 score lower than 2007 by a margin worth acting on. Same body, same engines, different luck — usually a supplier change or a mid-cycle fix, which the complaint data can show but never explain.
Within the 2001–2007 generation specifically, 2005 is the strongest year at 59 and 2004 the weakest at 77.
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 2001-2007 generation, 2005 Jaguar X-Type scores best at 59 and 2004 Jaguar X-Type worst at 77.
Where these figures stop being useful
27 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model. 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 27 reports, 11 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 41% 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".
The failure modes are assigned by software reading the owner's own words, which is accurate in bulk and wrong in individual cases. A mode with a handful of reports may contain a misfiled one.
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 2007 Jaguar X-Type?
The most-reported failures are overheating (8 reports), stalling while driving (4 reports, median 65,000 miles) and alternator or charging system failure (3 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 2007 Jaguar X-Type reliable?
It scores 71 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 115th riskiest of the 365 2007 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2007 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 X-Type is best?
Within the 2001–2007 generation, 2005 scores best at 59 out of 100 and 2004 worst at 77. 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