NHTSA Complaint #11030846 — 2011 JAGUAR XF

TAKATA RECALL - I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT DUE TO THE POOR HANDLING OF THIS RECALL BY JAGUAR CORPORATE. ON 7/29/16 WE RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING THE RECALL, AND INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD BE FOLLOWING UP WITH A 2ND LETTER AND INSTRUCTIONS. ON 12/6/16, NO LETTER RECEIVED, I CALLED AND S/W "KADAR" IN THE CORPORATE CALL CENTER, AND WAS TOLD A LETTER WOULD BE RECEIVED BY "Q4 2016". NO LETTER RECEIVED BY 1/12/17, AND I CALLED AND SPOKE WITH "KADAR" AGAIN - AND SHE OFFERED ME A "LIKE FOR LIFE" REPLACEMENT - WHICH MEANT REPLACING THE FAULTY AIRBAG WITH ANOTHER FAULTY (BUT NEWER) AIRBAG - TAKATA SUPPLIER HAS NOT GIVEN THEM A DATE ON WHEN THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BACK AGAIN. ON 10/2/17, WE REACHED OUT TO JAGUAR TO FIND OUT THE STATUS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS SHIPPED TO THE DEALERS OVER 2 MONTHS AGO, AND READY TO REPLACE. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE POOR COMMUNICATION ON THIS. IF WE HAD NOT REACHED OUT TODAY ON THIS, WE WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT. NO ONE AT THE JAGUAR CORPORATE OFFICE SEEMED TO CONCERNED WITH THIS WHEN I COMPLAINED TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO FILE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT ON THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND VERY POOR HANDLING OF THIS SITUATION BY JAGUAR. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT DUE TO THE DELAYED RESPONSE BY JAGUAR.