Jaguar is recalling 2,842 E-Pace vehicles over a faulty brake pad wear warning light. It believes that the entire population of this recall suffers from a condition where the light won’t illuminate properly. Now, it wants owners to come in for a quick update that should fix the issue and reduce the chances of driving on pads that are past their usage case.
Jaguar doesn’t say what precisely led to the issue but in the recall it says it found the problem on November 17th, 2023. Between then and March 7th, 2024, it investigated the problem and concluded that a recall was in order.
When the brake pad wear indicator is tripped it should illuminate a light in the dash. Since it doesn’t in the case of these 2,842 cars, it fails to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. As such, the vehicles in question need to have the problem fixed.
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The problem comes from an incorrect setting in the Car Configuration File says Jaguar. Dealers will simply update this file and the owners should have no issue thereafter. It might seem strange to need a brake pad wear indicator light to tell if your brakes are getting low but Jaguar does a nice job of limiting noise in the cabin so squeaky brakes might be harder to hear.
The issue affects E-Pace models from 2021 through the 2024 model year. Jaguar didn’t specify if a unique trim or feature package indicated inclusion in the recall population. It does say that it’ll mail owner notification letters by May 10th of this year and that they can contact customer service about the issue at 1-800-452-4827. Alternatively, owners can find recall information about their vehicle by entering their VIN number at NHTSA.org.
Hopefully, this software fix is far more reliable than those currently plaguing the I-Pace. That model is suffering from another round of recalls related to batteries that might burn up. Initially, it offered a software fix but more recent documents suggest that they’ll need all new batteries to be safe.
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