1998 JAGUAR XJ8 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JAGUAR XJ8. THE CONTACT DETECTED A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VALES TO BEND. THE PISTONS AND CONNECTING ROD WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A NEW ENGINE WOULD BE NEEDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNEXPECTED, AND THE VEHICLE'S ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS UP-TO-DATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 63,000. *AK THE CONSUMER PROVIDED REPAIR INVOICES FOR VEHICLE AND VARIOUS INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT WEBSITES PERTAINING TO THE SAME DEFECT. UPDATED 06/26/07 *TR

I HAVE A 1998 JAGUAR XJ8. THE VEHICLE STALLS AT HIGH SPEEDS, GENERALLY AFTER I ACCELERATE OVER 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND CAN ONLY BE RESTARTED IF YOU BRING IT TO A STOP. I HAD THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN CA. I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. JAGUAR DEALER, SANTA MONICA,REPAIRED AS CYL BURN OUT. MECHANIC TOLD ME STALLING HAPPENED FREQUENTLY WITH THIS MODEL. A FEW YEARS LATER,SAN ANTONIO TX ON THE 183 HIGHWAY RUSH HOUR. CAR STALLED CAUSING ME TO SWERVE NEXT TO CENTER MEDIAN RIPPING OFF THE ENGINE COVER ON DEBRIS. JAGUAR FIXED THROTTLE BODY NOT ENGINE COVER.SERVICE BULLETIN, DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. CAR RAN POORLY THEREAFTER. STALLED AGAIN YEAR LATER. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR. $3,000 TO FIX.. RECENTLY DISCOVERED CONSUMERS WORLD WIDE HAVE SAME PROBLEM. SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR ONLY SHORT TERM FIX. JAGUAR BLOG IN THE UK -CONSUMER DISCOVERED FROM A JAGUAR MECHANIC , MOST THROTTLE BODIES NEEDED TO BE CLEANED PERIODICALLY AS THE LINING BAD AND BUILD UP OR DEPOSITS WOULD FORM ON THE WALLS OF THE THROTTLE BODY AND CAUSE IT TO MALFUNCTION. MY MECHANIC HAD HEARD OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I CALLED SEVERAL JAGUAR DEALERSHIPS. I WAS TOLD, OFF THE RECORD, THAT I COULD CLEAN THE THROTTLE AND GET BY, BUT CERTAIN CLEANERS WOULD CAUSE THE LINING TO DETERIORATE. I WAS TOLD THE REPLACEMENT WAS A RIP OFF, OFF THE RECORD. USING THE APPROPRIATE CLEANER, THE ASSEMBLY WAS CLEANED WITHOUT REMOVAL. WHEN WE TURNED ON THE VEHICLE SMOKE BILLOWED OUT OF THE EXHAUST FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN SUBSIDED. THE VEHICLE NOW RUNS PERFECTLY. JAGUAR IS PROFITING FROM REPLACEMENT OF PARTS THAT COULD BE CLEANED AND NEED TOP BE CLEANED REGULARLY. REPLACEMENTS EFFECTIVE SHORT TERM ONLY. YOUR FORM ALLOWS ONLY "S" TYPE EQUIP". THIS IS A XJ8. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT STEERED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON BRIEFLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHOUT RESISTANCE. *AK UPDATED 03/28/07.

TL* - THE CONTACT'S STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON AUGUST 30TH 2006, AND HAD PROBLEMS WITH LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ABOUT 100 TIMES WHILE DRIVING65 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL JAGUAR DEALER FOR A CHECK UP. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATES THAT ON NOVEMBER 20, 2006, WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH DUE TO LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER AND DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. THE CONTA CT'S VEHICLE STRUCK THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO POLICE. AFTER THE CRASH, THE CONTACT STATES TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ON FILE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ,AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED IN NOVEMBER 2004. ALSO , WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND SO THE COSTS OF REPAIRS WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIRS SINCE THE RECALL PROBLEMS HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED IN 2004. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS 1998 JAGUAR XJ8 HESITATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. ONCE THE VEHICLE'S SPEED ROSE TO 20 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE FINE CRACKS WITHIN THE GEAR TEETH. THE CONTACT FELT THAT VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER NHTSA RECALL ID CAMPAIGN 99V138000 SINCE THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME INCIDENT AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL.*AK THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS OUT OF RANGE FOR THE RECALL. UPDATED 02/06/07. *JB

VEHICLE STALLS AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. THROTTLE BODY REPAIRED BY DEALER TWICE BUT PROBLEM NOT FIXED. JAGUAR MAILED OUT LETTER CALLING FOR CAR TO BE CHECKED BY DEALER WHICH I DID. FIX LASTED 35K MILES NOW PROBLEM BACK! VERY DANGEROUS! DEALER WILL NOT HONOR REPAIR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. ONCE THE VEHICLE SPEED ROSE TO 20 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE FINE CRACKS WITHIN THE GEAR TEETH.

1998 JAGUAR XJ8L CAR WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP AND START,HEAD LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF,INTERMITTENTLY. THIS MADE THE CAR UNSAFE TOP DRIVE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED I THOUGHT IT WAS A COMPUTER BOOT PROBLEM SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THE PROBLEMS SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR. I FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD COME AND GO AND WAS SO INTERMITTENT IT COULD NOT BE PICKED UP WHILE AT THE CAR SHOP, DOWNTOWN JAGUAR IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. I AM A CONTROLS ENGINEER AND THOUGHT THAT I WOULD TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED FROM THE INTERNET THE ELECTRICAL SCHEMATICS FOR THIS CAR. I FOUND THAT ALL OF THE SYSTEMS HAD A COMMON SOURCE. THIS SOURCE WAS A COMPUTER LOCATED UNDER THE DASH BEHIND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENTED WAS CALLED BODY PROCESSOR MODULE OR BPM. IT WAS SEALED AND KNOT OPENED. IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN SOUTH AMERICA BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I FOUND ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD, SOLDER FLASHING WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLOWN OFF AT THE END OF ITS SOLDER BATH. THIS BOARD SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED AS WELL BUT IT STILL HAD LARGE AMOUNTS OF SOLDER FLUX WHICH ACTED LIKE GLUE AND KEPT THE SOLDER BALLS IN A SEMI STABLE CONDITION. I CLEANED THE CIRCUIT BOARD WITH A APPROVED CIRCUIT BOARD CLEANER, THEN USED A SOFT BRUSH TO REMOVE ANY ADDITIONAL SOLDER BALLS. I HAD FOUND AN ESTIMATED FIVE HUNDRED TO A THOUSAND SMALL SOLDER BALLS SOME SO SMALL THAT THEY WERE .005 INCHES IN SIZE TO .125 INCHES. WHEN I REMOVED THESE SOLDER BALLS I HAD KNOW FURTHER OCCURRENCES OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I REPORTED THIS TO JAGUAR OVER THE INTERNET AND THEY REPLIED WITH AN ANSWER THAT IT WAS KNOT THEIR PROBLEM DO TO THE FACT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WHEN I DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET. I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IT IS A MANUFACTURE??S DEFECT. IF YOU FIND THIS TO BE THE CASE FOR OTHER JAGUARS. PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW SO THEY DON'T HAVE A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.*JB

THIS IS A SECOND ENTRANCE FOR THIS COMPLAINT. THE FIRST ENTRANCE WAS A MISTAKE DUE TO WRONG DATE OF PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL 2005. I AM THE THIRD OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE A CARFAX WITH THE VEHICLES HISTORY. I DID HAVE A PASSENGER AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE AND ALMOST HAD A WRECK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION. MY PASSENGERS COMPLAINED OF A STRAINED NECK POSSIBLY WHIPLASH? ANYWAY THE DESCRIPTION IS LISTED BELOW: I OWN A 1998 XJ8L. RECENTLY, MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE VEHICLE. I ONLY HAVE 72,500 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. I CONTACTED JAGUAR AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THEM. THEY STATED THAT THIS IS HIGH MILEAGE. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT NO IT IS NOT HIGH MILEAGE ENGINES ARE BUILT TO LAST 100,000 MILES. I STATED THAT JAGUAR IS NOT WANTING TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THERE IS A RECALL R478. IT COVERS THE O RING INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE TEETH BREAK AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IN VARIOUS FORUMS, I FOUND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. THE THREE OTHER ISSUES WITH THESE MODELS IS THE NAKESIL ENGINE, AND THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER. I AM FILING A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST JAGUAR FOR A PRODUCT DEFECT/MALFUNCTION. *JB

1998 JAGUAR XJ8 ZF-TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS 105, 542 MILES. VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND SHUDDER UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION (2ND &3RD GEARS). TRANSMISSION IS A ZF- 5 SPEED, SEALED UNIT-NO SERVICING. THIS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES BUT DID NOT TRIGGER A FAULT CODE. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP SIGN, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE GEARS WERE NOT MESHING. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE VEHICLE FOR LEAKS OR OBVIOUS DAMAGE- NONE NOTED. STARTED VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. MORE GRINDING, TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING (OVER SPEED) WHICH TRIGGERED GEAR BOX FAULT CODE. TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND I DROVE IT ONE MILE TO MY HOME. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED JAGUAR MECHANIC. FAULT CODES WERE READ. CODES= 1732 (GEAR CONTROL), 1732 GEAR CONTROL-2ND GEAR, 1733 GEAR CONTROL 3RD GEAR, 1722 STALL SPEED FAILURE. REMEDY IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION- $7800.00. VEHICLE TOWED HOME. CONTACTED JAGUAR CARS CUSTOMER SERVICE REGARDING NHTSA RECALL 99V138000 POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS RECALL HAS TO DO WITH FINE CRACKS IN GEARS WITHIN THE GEAR BOX, POTENTLY CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP. JAGUAR SAID "THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION FOR MY VEHICLE. JAGUAR WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF THE 99V138000 CAMPAIGN RECALL. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY FORWARD GEARS AND HAS MINIMAL, JERKY MOVEMENT IN REVERSE. VEHICLE MOVES FORWARD WHEN IN NEUTRAL. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS NO MAINTENANCE NO FILTER CHANGES, NO FLUID CHANGE INTERVALS. IF YOU CAN'T CHECK THE FLUID, FILTERS OR SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION, HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO KNOW ITS CONDITION? THE VEHICLE IS NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME. *JB