JAGUAR Complaints

POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKES SYSTEM IN 2004 JAGUAR XJ-8 CAUSING PREMATURE PAD WEAR, REPLACEMENT, SERVICES TO RELATED PARTS WHICH DEALER DESCRIBES AS "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". REAR BRAKE PADS SHOULD NOT NEED REPLACEMENT AT 20,000 MILES UNLESS .*AK

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON 2001 JAGUAR S-TYPE. THE LEFT FAILED@ 52,000 MILES, THE RIGHT FAILED @ 68,000 MILES. *NM *NM

THROUGH TALKING WITH JAGUAR AND LOOKING THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TROUBLED BY A DESIGN DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN UNDER REPORTED IN THIS CAR. WHEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH HAS A SLIGHT INCLINE AS MANY DO, I COULD NOT PUT THE CAR BACK INTO GEAR. TRYING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR CAUSED THE PIN ON THE HAND SELECTOR LEVER TO BREAK. IT COULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF PARK. HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHICH IS 40 MILES AWAY. I LOST 1/2 DAY OF WORK AND MISSED APPOINTMENTS. I ALSO HAD TO RENT MY OWN CAR FOR 2 DAYS UNTIL THE DEALER COULD FIX IT. DEALER MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT PUTTING ON THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE I SHIFTED INTO PARK. I READ THROUGH ALL THE OWNERS MANUAL AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OR WARNING TO DO SO. I HAVE NEVER BEEN INFORMED OTHERWISE. I ASKED THE DEALER WHO ALSO SAID THERE WAS NO MENTION OF IT. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER CARS PARKED IN THIS DRIVEWAY OVER MANY YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS. THE 2000 S TYPE HAS A DESIGN FLAW WHICH IS NOT BEING HANDLED PROPERLY BY JAGUAR. I WAS JUST FORTUNATE IT WAS IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. HOPE I CAN ALWAYS REMEMBER THE UNWRITTEN SEQUENCE, APPLY FOOT BRAKE, APPLY HAND BRAKE, SHIFT TO PARK, LIFT OFF FOOT BRAKE AND THEN CROSS YOUR FINGERS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT REAR ADJUSTMENT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, THE DRIVERS SEAT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED BY 2 1/2 INCHES TO THE REAR BECAUSE HE KNEE COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE IGNITION AND CONSEQUENTLY SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. *NM WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE FAIL SAFE ENGINE MODE ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BROKEN. *NM

AT LEAST 6 TIMES THIS 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE 2.5 AUTOMATIC; WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE AFTER EXITING CAR WHILE RUNNING IN PARK, THEN REENTERING CAR, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND PUT CAR IN DRIVE THEN THE ENGINE STARTS RACING AND THE CAR TRIES TO MOVE EVEN WHEN STANDIING ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. VERY DANGEROUS, IF FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE, MIGHT GET KILLED. DOES THIS ON LEVEL GROUND AND ON INCLINES. ONCE ALMOST SHOT ME THROUGH MY GARAGE. TOOK TO DEALER, STILL UNDER WARANTY, CAN'T FIND ANY THING WRONG.*AK

2000 JAGUAR S TYPE 3.0 , TRANSMISSION CONTINUALLY SLIPS, WON'T GO INTO GEAR, WON'T DOWN SHIFT,; WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP, ENGINE WILL REV HIGH, AND THEN JUMP INTO GEAR.... GIVING ME A 'DEAD' VEHICLE UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION GRABS VERY UNSAFE -*AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE VEHICLE INTO GEAR IT WOULD SWITCH GEARS. DEALER STATES IN ORDER TO SWITCH GEARS CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY THE HAND BRAKE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TIMING CHAIN FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOW, AND HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, INCLUDING NO STEERING AND BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. ALSO, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. NEITHER WERE WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER. *AK

MY 1998 XK8 JAGUAR TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND RUINED THE ENGINE REQUIRING A NEW ONE FOR $11,000 WITH ONLY 49,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE THE ENTIRE TIME. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM OCCURING WITHIN THE JAGUAR LINE. JAGUAR REFUSES TO HELP AND TRIES TO KEEP IT UNDER WRAP UNTIL THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. IT IS A WELL KNOWN DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS COST TONS OF PEOPLE THOUSANDS. MY CAR ALSO STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS TOO IS A COMMON PROBLEM. BOTH OF THESE COULD HAVE CAUSED ME SERIOUS INJURY.*AK