JAGUAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, INCREASING THE SPEED TO 90 MPH. CONSUMER SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT PIN OF METAL CLIP UNDER ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD WEDGED ITSELF INTO THE RUBBER, CAUSING ACCELERATION.*AK

FUEL PUMP CONNECTORS INSIDE FUEL TANK MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN WHEN EVER CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, PUT IT IN REVERSE GEAR AND IT ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED. COULDN'T STOP VEHICLE WITH BRAKES, RESULTING IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE CONTINUALLY. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NEVER TOUCHED. JAGUAR CONSUMER SERVICE STATES THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF A SIDE ENTRANCE GARAGE, NEVER USING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE IDLE FOR THE VEHICLE IS SET HIGH INITIALLY TO HEAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MOTOR WAS RACING. THE VEHICLE HIT A DITCH OTHERWISE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE SMASHED INTO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. *JG

CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY WHILE OPENING. NEXT ONE OF THE HYDRALIC LINES FROM CONVERTIBLE TOP BROKE OFF AND SPRAYED FLUID ALL OVER PASSENGERS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER HITTING A MODERATELY SIZED POT HOLE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT OR SIDE (IF APPLICABLE) DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AND THUS THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SEEMED OVERLY SENSITIVE AND WAS A REPLACED AIRBAG AFTER A MINOR ACCIDENT IN OCTOBER OF 2001.*AK

THE AIRBAG ELECTRONIC MODULE IS NOT PROPERLY, VEHICLE WILL NOT GIVE INFORMATION ON PASSENGER WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS TO ACTIVATE THE SYSTEM. *MJ

VEHICLE IS STALLING AND CAUSING A LOSS OF ALL POWER FUNCTIONS, CONSUMER HAS ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS, ON ONE OCCASION THE DEALER STATED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS ALSO HAD WORK DONE TO THE THERMOSTAT AND RADIATOR, ROBERT NEWELL OF NEWELL, CAMPBELL AND ROCHE LLP, ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT GAS PEDAL IS STICKING. DEALER MODIFIED ENGINE BREATHER SYSTEM AND CLEANED THROTTLE BODY, HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TT

AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN AND STANDING STILL FOR A FEW MINUTES ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON. VEHICLE SHOWED NO OTHER SIGN OF A PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

AT 20MPH AND PRESSING ON THE BRAKES STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK