JAGUAR Complaints

1.5 YRS WITH GEAR BOX FAULT/ABS BRAKE LIGHTS & CHECK ENGINE-CAR CONSTANTLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. CODE THAT CAME UP CATALYTIC CONVERTER, ON THE JAGUAR X-TYPE 02. DEALER WON'T HONOR THE 8 YRS. CHANGE ALL THE SENSORS INCLUDING BRAKES, HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND FIXED THE 2 LEAKS, GOT A FULL TUNE UP, EVERYTHING WAS OK FOR 4DAY BEFORE ALL THE LIGHTS CAME UP AGAIN. STILL SAME PROBLEMS CONT... SAT. I HIT A POT HOLE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CARE WENT DEAD. GOT IT START MOMENTS LATER BUT CAR LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT OPERATION EXCEPT IN REVERSE.... I CAN NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE CAR HEAD LIGHTS SHUTS DOWN THE CAR WHENEVER I TURN IT ON. THIS CARS SPENDS MORE TIME IN THE SHOP THAN THE ROAD. HELP WHAT DO I DO? I FINANCED THIS CAR AND I'M CONSTANTLY SPENDING, AND SPENDING TO STAY UP BUT I AM SLOWLY LOOSING THIS BATTLE. *TR

MY 99 XJ8L JAGUAR WOULDN'T START AND I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC--HE SAID 4 OF MY 8 CYLINDERS STOPPED WORKING AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I DID A VEHICLE SEARCH FOR MY CAR AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS ENGINE PROBLEMS FROM THE MANUFACTURER ITS CALLED THE NIKASIL PROBLEM - DOCUMENT NUMBERS ARE S491V6 OR V5. I NEED TO KNOW IF MY CAR FALL UNDER THIS PROBLEM. I KEPT UP WITH ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE SUGGESTIONS( OIL CHANGE,MILEAGE CHECKUPS)., AND MY ENGINE STILL FAILED AT 87715 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 JAGUAR XJ8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCED UNWARRANTED VEHICLE ACCELERATION. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE RPM'S INCREASE TO 4,000-6,000. THE RISK OF A SERIOUS CRASH WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR PRODUCE ANY ERROR CODES TO PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT REMEDY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC LOCATED AN EVAPORATED SYSTEM FAULT ERROR CODE; HOWEVER, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,500. UPDATED 03/23/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER TRADED THE VEHICLE IN. UPDATED 03/24/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE, THE RPM'S DRAMATICALLY INCREASE, BUT THE WARNING INDICATORS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO PREVENT IT FROM MOVING. THE RISK OF A SERIOUS CRASH WAS INCREASED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN AND THERE WAS NO CURRENT REMEDY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 32,390. UPDATED 3/19/09 *CN THE INCIDENT ALSO OCCURRED WHILE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. UPDATED 03/26/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JAGUAR ST3. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, WITH THE HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE, THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY BEGAN ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO PREVENT IT FROM MOVING. THE RISK OF A SERIOUS CRASH WAS INCREASED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE TECHNICIAN FORWARDED THE CASE TO THE OTHER ENGINEERS FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 29,500. UPDATED 3/19/09 *CN UPDATED 03/26/09.*JB

THE RECEIVER END OF THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT HAS FAILED AND CANNOT BE CONNECTED. *TR

MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VERY FREQUENT FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT VARYING SPEEDS THE NEEDLE WILL JUST GRAUDUALLY GOT TO ZERO. IN TOWN TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH. JAGUAR REFUSED TO FIX IT. I SUED UNDER THE LEMON LAW. *TR

REPEATED INSTANCES IN DEC. 2008 AND JAN. 2009 OF VEHICLE GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE, VIRTUALLY INOPERABLE. CAR SERVICE DEPARTMENT ANALYZED THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS ON TWO OCCASIONS, FINALLY CLAIMING THAT A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS THE PROBLEM. COST TO ME FOR REPAIR - APPROX. $1,300. CALLS TO A NUMBER OF SERVICE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE VEHICLE MAKE INDICATED THAT SUCH DEFECT WAS FAIRLY COMMON. I SUSPECT THE VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT. *TR

ON JAN. 21 2009, A SPONTANEOUS FIRE BEGAN IN THE ENGINE OF THE CAR. IT HAD JUST BEEN TO THE DEALER JAN.6-9 2009. THE FIRE CAUSED A COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JAGUAR X-TYPE. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 25 TO 70 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR BOX FAULT INDICATOR BEGAN ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE THEN HEARD A GRINDING NOISE, WHICH CAUSED HER TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR BOX FAULT INDICATOR STOPPED ILLUMINATING AND THE GRINDING NOISE CEASED. SHE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND RETURNED TO HER RESIDENCE. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE WARNING INDICATOR AND GRINDING NOISE FAILURES RECURRED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN DECELERATING ON ITS OWN AND SHE REPEATED THE ACTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE GEAR BOX FAULT INDICATOR WOULD NOT STOP ILLUMINATING. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES LATER, WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FIFTH GEAR SHAFT AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED HER THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,589.