Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure on the 2010 Jaguar XF
When fuel tank, filler or evap failure gets reported
Owners of the 2010 Jaguar XF report fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure at a median of 65,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 90,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 45,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 95,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 52,000 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
9% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45,000 miles | 52,000 miles | 63,000 miles | 92,410 miles | 97,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $250–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure, every year of the Jaguar XF
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
While sitting static for a number of hours the fuel tank leaks fuel. This problem is on the 2010 4.2 liter engine xf model. Every morning I noticed a small puddle of fuel under the passenger side near the rear tire. Additionally, when trying to start the vehicle the engine struggles to start (as if not getting enough fuel). After lifting the vehicle up fuel can be seen coming from the top of the tank.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jaguar xf. The contact stated that the odor of fuel was present inside and outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the fuel tank outlet flange was cracked and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 12v521000 (fuel system). The contact stated that the vehicle experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 45,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jaguar xf. The contact stated that there was a odor of fuel present inside the garage where the vehicle was parked. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the flange connected to the fuel tank had cracked causing fuel to leak out. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 88,000. Updated 12/20/16*lj
Also reported on the 2010 Jaguar XF
Fuel leak or fuel odor
Other fuel system problem
Fuel pump failure
Airbag inflator rupture
Other engine problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 16 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does fuel tank, filler or evap failure happen on the 2010 Jaguar XF?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 65,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 90,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is fuel tank, filler or evap failure on the 2010 Jaguar XF?
16 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 2.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
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