Exterior lighting: headlights (Jaguar)
Vehicle recall 76V-003. NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Jan 12, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Jan 12, 1976. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: headlights.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: JAGUAR CAMPAIGN NO A216.POSSIBILITY THAT EXCESSIVE DEFLECTION OF THE HEADLAMPMOUNTING PLATFORM CAN OCCUR DURING HEADLAMP AIMING AND ADJUSTMENT.IN THISCONDITION VEHICLE FAILS TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO.108.THE ABOVE CONDITION ALSO CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING PROPER HEADLAMPAIM AND INABILITY TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM ADJUSTMENT AS SPECIFIED.(CORRECT BYINSPECTING AND INSTALLING MODIFIED MOUNTING PLATFORMS WHERE REQUIRED).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 351 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Jaguar XJSand 1976, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by JAGUAR CARS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.