Vehicle recall 87V105000 · July 15, 1987

Jaguar Vanden Plas and XJ6

Cruise control may fail to disengage in a normal manner upon application of the brakes, and the rear brake lamps may fail due to malfunction of brake lamp microswitch assembly.

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Cruise control may fail to disengage in a normal manner upon application of the brakes, and the rear brake lamps may fail due to malfunction of brake lamp microswitch assembly.
Consequence: Possible loss of stop lamps and failure of cruisecontrol to disengage in the normal manner may result in an accident.
Remedy: Install a modified microswitch in all vehicles.
Notes: System: electrical/brake lamp switch.vehicle description: passenger cars.

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 87V105000
Reported to NHTSA: July 15, 1987
Filed by: JAGUAR CARS
Owner notification: July 17, 1987
Vehicles potentially affected: 3,500
Initiated by: the manufacturer
Components: Exterior lighting › Brake lights

Recall 87V105000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

Vehicles covered

As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.

Jaguar Vanden Plas (1988): 1988
Jaguar XJ6 (1988): 1988

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