JAGUAR Complaints

PASSENGER SEAT MOUNTED SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT A CRASH. IT APPEARS THERE IS DAMAGE TO UNDERCARRIAGE WHERE SRS IS LOCATED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION LINE EXPLODED AND OIL SPILLED ALL OVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK CONSUEMR WAS IN MOTION WHEN SMOKE EMMITED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUEMR EXITED VEHICLE AND PASSER BYS LET HIM KNOW THERE WAS A FIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. OIL WAS STILL LEAKING. *JG

STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY WOULD WORK ON HIGH, BUT NOT ON INTERMEDIATE OR LOW, AT TIMES THEY WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. *SLC

WHEN REAR SIDE WINDOWS ARE OPENED WHILE DRIVING IT CAUSES SEVERE VIBRATION, AND A SEVERE NOISE FOR REAR PASSENGERS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WHERE I WAS HIT AT A MINIMUM SPEED OF 40 MPH. THE POLICE, BYSTANDERS, AND PERSONS WHO TOWED MY CAR AWAY COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH JAGUAR AND THEY FELT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DEPLOYED. ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR EQUALING $12375.90.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT CONSUMER RAN OVER SOMETHING ON THE ROAD. *AK THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE SENSOR ON THE LEFT AIR BAG WAS FAULTY AND REPLACED. *YH

VEHICLE IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-275 IN ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC, IN CLEAR WEATHER WITH ACCELENT VISIBILITY, AT BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MILES PER HOUR, THE PASSENGER SIDE, SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. THE EXPLOSIVE DEPLOYMENT SPRAYED SHARDS OF HARD PLASTIC THROUGHOUT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY AN IMPACT OF A SMALL PROJECTILE, PROBABLY A MEDIUM SIZE PEBBLE THROWN UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL, STRIKING THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH SENT A FALSE SIGNAL OF A SIDE IMPACT TO THE SIDE IMPACT SENSOR. THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE WAS CLEAN AND FREE OF ANY DAMAGE EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT INDENTATION ALMOST DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, A FEW FEET BEHIND THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. THE DAMAGE AREA CONSISTED OF AN INDENTATION IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR; IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 INCHES IN LENGTH BY .33 INCHES IN WIDTH, RUNNING LENGTHWISE TO THE VEHICLE. THE INDENTATION WAS ROUNDED; THERE WAS STILL WHAT APPEARED TO BE UNDERCOATING MATERIAL COATING THE INDENTATION. THE THIN GALVANIZED METAL COVERING THE SENSOR APPEARS TO BY DESIGN PROTRUDE DOWN AS IF TO WRAP AROUND THE SENSOR BAR IN THIS AREA. THIS MAKES IT MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE. THE PROBLEM WAS CLEARLY CAUSED BY EITHER MALFUNCTION OF, OR A DESIGN DEFICIENCY OF THE SENSOR AND ITS MOUNTING. A SIDE IMPACT SENSOR SHOULD IN FACT MEASURE MOTION LATTERLY, SIDE TO SIDE. THE SENSOR DID NOT DO THIS; IT INTERPRETED AN UPWARDS MOTION AS A SIDE TO SIDE MOTION. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE LOCATION OF THE SENSOR. THE SENSOR IS PROTECTED BY THE THIN GALVANIZED METAL UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR; THIS IS ANOTHER DESIGN DEFICIENCY. THE AREA IN WHICH THE SENSOR IS MOUNTED IS SUBJECT TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY DEBRIS BEING THROWN BACK AND UP BY THE FRONT WHEELS, A COMMON OCCURRENCE THAT ANYONE WHO DRIVES A VEHICLE CAN RELATE TO.*AK

THIS IS THE 5TH OCCURRENCE OF THIS ENGINE STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PRIOR STALLINGS OCCURRED ON12/8/98, 7/14/99, 10/19/00,11/17/00 AND FINALLY TODAY: 7/24/02. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE DEALER TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, AND YET IT PERSISTS AS A SAFETY MATTER. I DO NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THE CAR. ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT, IT IS NO FUN TO BE AT FREEWAY SPEED AND FIND THAT YOUR CAR HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING.*AK