Yeah, its pretty much a standard issue on most X Types. Mine's the same too. I had the rattle-y defroster vent problem too, so I just removed the vent cover on the driver's side. Defroster still works just fine, no more rattles. Meh.

 

How many different steering wheels were supplied with the X? Mine is completely different with the radio buttons on the left "arm" and the cruise
on the "right". There are no button "pods" off the wheel. The airbag cover is roughly round in shape and doesn't have any "extension" that is pulling away from the steering wheel.

'05 US version
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Jaguar: Grace, Pace, and Space - Sir William Lyons

 

The style of the steering wheel changed at the 2004.25 model year. The style previous to that was more prone to heat warping.

 

My steering wheel looks the same too really.

 

I fixed my vents with Loctite super glue gel. Both of mine popped off. The glue holds them very nicely and being a gel it fills in any gaps so there is good contact. As far as the airbag cover. I wanted my dealer to replace the piece, he refused even if I paid for it. The service manager said, we don't take those off unless there is a problem with the airbag. I said to him, so what you are saying is you have no one qualified to remove a airbag cover. He just looked at me with a strange look. F Jaguar. On this mornings Public Radio news they had a report on Consumer Reports car reliability survey the Scion was number one for reliability and guess who was dead last? Jaguar. The XF, and XJ were the worse for reliability.