So I bought a used 2012 XKR-S and it came with a dented growler decal on the driver side air bag. I did not notice it until I drove home.
Long story short - it is fix attached to the airbag, I cannot remove and fix it.

Spoke to my service manager and he said I am not the first to come in with this issue. New airbag is somewhere around a $1,000 or so I was told.

Bought a used airbag on ebay and of course the decal is also dented. Less than mine, you can almost not see it - just feel it.
But I know and I am not going to pay and replace a damaged one with just a less damaged one.

I tried every number on the back of the airbag and cannot come up with anything on Google or any of the part web sites I usually use.


Here is my question does anybody have a solution to get the dent in the decal out? Or have a proper part number for the airbag for an XK so that I can search for a cheaper new replacement.


Found the lowest price of $631 for airbag.
http://www.partswebsite.com/jaguarpa...imagecallout=1

 

Part Number is trim colour and VIN dependent so there's about 20 options!

Is the Airbag colour:
1. Caramel
2. Oyster
3. Slate Blue
4. Warm Charcoal

If you post which it is, I'll do an extract from the Parts Catalogue.

Graham

 

Charcoal, thanks, do you also need the VIN?

 

NO - never worth the risk of posting VIN's on a public forum.

I'll just do all the VIN ranges in Charcoal.

Graham

 

The early Airbags in Charcoal (click on each of the images to enlarge them):



The later including Portfolio:



The XKRS-GT Steering Wheel has no illustration and nothing listed for separately for Airbag:



I therefore assume it's either a complete assembly with Airbag or the Portfolio version fits.

Graham

 

I have one used for a 2008 XK and it looks the same. I also bought the suede steering wheel and the dealer moved the stock airbag so I am pretty sure it is the same in the XKR-S as in the XKs.


Thank you so much

 

Hi,

Several months ago when I bought my 2012 CPO XF my son was the first to notice my dented growler on steering wheel. Wonder why so many people seem to be having this issue?

Ed

 

After a number of reports of this issue, I've contacted Jaguar CRC in the UK (see original message and reply below).

Any individual with a dented decal should send a PM to Mike@Jaguar giving:

1. VIN
2. Name
3. Contact details

Mike will look into this issue.

Graham