Owners have filed 203 complaints on the Jaguar I-PACE, covering 2019–2024. The system named most often is Electrical System (146 reports). Worst years by volume: 2019, 2020, 2024; cleanest: 2021, 2023, 2022. 3 reports describe a crash, 4 a fire. On average the car was 4.4 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Jaguar I-PACE
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 203 I-PACE complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Electrical System 146 Read
On february 12, 2020, I left the house around 9:15 a.m. To attend a yoga class at 9825 carroll centre road, suite 400, san diego. The yoga studio is located in a commercial district and as I was early, the entire parking lot was empty except for one other vehicle at approximately 9:30 am that morning. So I drove…
EV battery caught fire after vehicle had been parked for 5 days in an interior level of an open air parking garage. Vehicle was a total loss
Jaguar I-Pace was being charged, at home, using the 220v charging system. The charging unit had been in use with this vehicle for 5.5 years. On July 4, 2024 at 11:53 am, white smoke was observed coming from underneath the car. The charger was disconnected from the car. The fire department arrived and moved the car…
Power Train 15 Read
On three separate occasions, two with my wife, and once with me, the car suddenly accelerated as if the accelerator was depressed to the floor even though our feet were no on the accelerator. With my wife driving, she was pulling into parking spaces going 5mph or slower. I was coasting downhill at 40mpg when the car…
SAFETY INCIDENTS 1. Highway Limp Mode Failure — May 2026 & June 2026 While driving on the highway in summer conditions with my infant in the vehicle, the car has entered limp mode twice without warning, reducing speed to a maximum of 2mph. This left us stranded in live traffic lanes, creating immediate and serious…
2195 miles, and only driving it for 60 days. Thankfully I was driving slowly, when the car's brakes stopped working, the car started shuddering violently. When finally was able to stop car, the I-pace would not go into or out of gear, and the emergency parking brake would not release. Incredibly scary. I can only…
Fuel/propulsion System 9 Read
Several battery cells have failed and have required replacement on at least 3 occasions in this vehicle. I believe there is a fire risk and that the affected vin range of recall H484 was too narrow. Please consider widening the range of the recall to include the batch used in this vehicle as they are clearly defective…
I am filing a complaint regarding a 2020 Jaguar I-PACE with a documented history of repeated high-voltage battery and charging system failures. The vehicle has experienced multiple “traction battery fault” warnings, repeated inability to charge, and required replacement of high-voltage battery modules. Despite these…
Jaguar Land Rover issued a safety mandate stating my vehicle is a spontaneous fire hazard and must be parked away from structures. However, JLR corporate is actively refusing to provide a safety loaner car or rental accommodation while forcing a weeks-long paperwork audit, leaving me with a known fire hazard in an…
Service Brakes 6 Read
I was exiting a parking spot and I had my foot on the brake to start the vehicle and again to put the car in reverse. I backed out of my parking spot and turned 90 degrees to exit the parking lot. As I pushed down on the brake to stop and shift to drive, the pad that covers the brake pedal fell off, causing my foot to…
Total brake system failure. Vehicle would not stop with two feet applied to the brake pedal. Third time this has happened. Jaguar has previously repaired
Electric system did not start (happens repeatedly) but now got a warning that brake function was impaired. Attempting to backup did not trigger backup camera nor were rct sensors activated. The rear traffic sensors not working has happened multiple times and once, it showed all clear and then suddenly a car appeared…
Steering 6 Read
Was driving vehicle downhill on a small hill in Palm Springs when multiple error messages appeared in rapid succession on the information display, including 'traction battery fault - safe to drive with caution'. This was immediately followed by "pull over and stop the car" but before I had the chance to do so ALL the…
24-volt battery failed, causing the steering column to lock up and all components to malfunction. All doors were locked, and I could not get out of the vehicle. I had to call my husband to let me out through the vehicle's truck manually. This has caused me a great deal of anxiety. There was no indication prior to this…
35mph limit road, moderate traffic, speed of 30-35mph suddenly car shows an error message on screen with regards to electrical fault of traction battery and reduced feel of brakes. On a contrary, brakes became extremely hard and unresponsive (zero braking efficiency) - car moving 30mph, no change in forward motion…
Lane Departure 2 Read
How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? On multiple occasions, the vehicle crossed solid white lines during active traffic, made illegal turning maneuvers at intersections without yielding properly, and consistently camped in the passing lane at speeds below the flow of traffic. This forced other…
As we were on our way to jaguar dealership, oddly enough, after we received an update 2 days ago, the front collision alarms go off with no vehicle in front or side of the vehicle. It did this 3 times just on the way to dealership. The vehicle was in motion on the city road . No other vehicles near vehicle to the…
Visibility/wiper 1 Read
No heat or defroster or fan on automatic when you override fan only cold air no way to heat car or reduce snow and ice on car
Engine 1 Read
Vehicle: Jaguar I-PACE Model Year: 2019 VIN: [XXX] Mileage at incident: ~63,000 miles Dealers Involved: Jaguar Land Rover Ft. Myers (FL), Jaguar Land Rover Naples (FL) Incident Dates: June–September 2025 Complaint Summary: Between June–September 2025 my Jaguar I-PACE experienced warranty and service obstruction tied…
I-PACE years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Electrical System | — | — | |
| 2023 | Visibility/wiper | — | — | |
| 2022 | Electrical System | — | — | |
| 2021 | Electrical System | — | — | |
| 2020 | Electrical System | 1 | — | |
| 2019 | Electrical System | 2 | 4 |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 71 |
| Average complaints per series | 2.9 |
| Worst single series | 14 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 4.4 years |
A model average of 2.9 hides a worst series at 14. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the I-PACE?
By complaint volume, 2019, 2020, 2024 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which I-PACE years are the cleanest?
2021, 2023, 2022 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Jaguar I-PACE have?
203 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2019–2024. Of those, 3 describe a crash and 4 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.