JAGUAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, INTERMITTENTLY THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

HUSBAND (DRIVER) AND WIFE (PASSENGER) EXPERIENCED A "SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENT" IN THE PARKING LOT OF A RESORT HOTEL. HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE CAR "OPEN THROTTLED." HUSBAND CONTINUED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT CAR CONTINUED TO INCH FORWARD DUE TO THE REVVING ENGINE. *NM

THE COWLING THAT'S LOCATED OVER THE GAS PEDAL MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO USE THE RIGHT FOOT TO PRESS THE BRAKE. *PH PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED ONLY IN THE 2004 MODELS NOT ON THE 2003 MODELS. *LA

BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE. ONCE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE TIP OF CONSUMER'S FOOT HIT THE ACCELERATOR, AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING INSTEAD OF STOPPING. THIS RESULTED IN A CRASH. *AK *MR

CAR STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE ON A BRIDGE. NEED TO TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF TO RESTART. TO DO THIS YOU EITHER HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND COAST WHILE TURNING VEHICLE OFF THEN BACK ON, OR YOU NEED TO PULL OFF ROAD AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO TURN VEHICLE OFF THEN ON. (HARD TO DO WHILE ON BRIDGE WITH NO SHOULDER) . *AK

THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED, AND VEHICLE STALLED. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. SINCE THEN VEHICLE STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER TWO WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

THE COMBINATION OF THE TIRES AND THE NEW DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM PRODUCED A SITUATION WHERE IF THERE'S LOW TEMPERATURE/SNOW ON THE GROUND, THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY MOVE AT A CRAWL. *PH *JB

CONSUMER'S HUSBAND PURCHASED A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, AND HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR A AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THERE WAS ONLY 750 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER INSISTED THAT VEHICLE WAS ONLY DRIVEN ON WEEK ENDS, AND IT WAS NOT BEING MISUSED. *AK FIRST OCCURRENCE OF PROBLEM IN TRANSMISSION AROSE WHEN VEHICLE ONLY HAS 710 MILES ON IT, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER READING A FALSE CODE. AT 750 MILES, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP DUE TO ENGINE STALLING. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER TRIED TO SPEAK WITH THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP, BUT INSTEAD AN ASSISTANT TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE VEHICLE WITH NEW TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE ASSISTANT SAID THAT IN ORDER FOR A NEW UNIT TO BE GIVEN TO THE CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE DECLARED AS A LEMON OR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM 4 TIMES. DEALER ALSO PERFORMED QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION ON VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THAT VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS GIVEN BACK TO CONSUMER, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE BATTERY TOP COVER WAS CRACKED AND A LOOSE HOSE WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM AND HANGING. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. *LA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT SHUT OFF VALVE PART. *AK