JAGUAR Complaints

FUEL TANK DEVELOPED LEAK. WEB SEARCH REVEALED THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. CAUSE IS EITHER TANK PUNCTURE BY CONTACT WITH RIVET OVER TIME OR A REAR WINDOW LEAK ALLOWING WATER INTRUSION. WATER SATURATES FOAM ON WHICH TANK RESTS AND CORRODES METAL FROM OUTSIDE. PASSENGER CABIN IS CONTAMINATED WITH FUMES UNLESS WINDOWS ARE CLOSED AND FAN IS ON. TRUNC CONTAINS BOTH LIQUID AND FUMES IN THE AREA OF THE BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMP.

VEHICLE SHAKES AND SHIMMIES ABOVE 38 MPH. IT ALSO VEERS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER. TIRES AND WHEELS ARE INVOLVED. DEALER COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. EXTREME SAFETY HAZZARD. CAR IS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. EXTREME SAFETY HAZZARD!

3 TIMES WHILE TRAVELING 55 TO 60 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE IN TRAFFIC. EACH TIME I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND UNSUCCESFULLY ATTEMPTED A ROLLING RESTART. UPON GETTING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AT THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD I PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE A SUCCESSFUL RESTART AND RESUME NORMAL DRIVING. THE LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL AND POWER STEERING WHILE IN TRAFFIC IS A DISCONCERTING EXPERIENCE. I WAS NOT GOING TO REPORT IT, HOWEVER I FOUND MYSELF DOING SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR WEBSITE WHERE I FOUND THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED TO SOMEONE ELSE. UPON FINDING THAT MY EXPERIENCE WAS NOT ISOLATED I FELT THAT IT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO YOU. THIS IS A WELL TAKEN CARE OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVEN ONLY SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND STORED FOR 5 MONTHS. EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED THE WEATHER WAS WARM. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO DRIVE IT WILL BUCK INTO REVERSE FIRST. ACCELERATION POWER DOES NOT FEEL LIKE IT IS CONTROLED BY PEDAL WHEN APPLIED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT WILL INTERMITTENTLY STAY IN LOCKING POSITION AND FINALLY IT WILL RELEASE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT LEFT FENDER LINER BEGAN RUBBING THE TIRE AND THE CONSUMER COULD HEAR LOUD GRINDING NOISE, THIS RUBBING CAUSED THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL TO LOCK UP, DESTROYED THE WHEEL BEARING AND RESULTED IN BRAKE FAILURE. NLM LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING COMPLETELY FAILED, THE CALIPER AND ROTOR WERE CAUSING MOST OF THE NOISE, THE ROTOR HAD GRINDED ABOUT 3/16 OF AN INCH OF METAL AWAY FROM CALIPER MOUNT BRACKET, DEALER CHECKED RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND FOUND IT WAS LOOSE BUT HAD NOT CAME APART, DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT AXLE WHEEL BEARINGS AND REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS DUE TO THE DAMAGED CALIPER AND ROTOR ON LEFT FRONT. *SLC

INTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR IS MOUNTED TOO LOW, THE VIEW OF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER IS BLOCKED, CONSUMER STATES THIS PROBLEM ONLY EXISTS ON JAGUARS EQUIPPED WITH RAIN SENSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS, MIRROR IS MOUNTED TO THE WINDSHIELD BASE BY ONLY A SPHERICAL JOINT, THE JOINT PERMITS ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT FOR THE MIRROR TO AIM TO A PARTICULAR FIELD OF VIEW. *SLC

DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. VEHICLE WAS GOING OVER A PIECE OF ICE ON ROAD. *AK THE CONSUMER POINTED OUT THAT THE VEHICLE PASSED OVER A PIECE OF ICE OR A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. *YH

I REQUIRE A FAX # AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND IMPT DOCUMENTATION TO YOU. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES-ABS SYSTEM REPEATEDLY AND DISC BRAKES SEEM TO HAVE NO HYDRAULICS-PEDAL HARD AS A ROCK. ABS SENSOR COMES ON INTERMITTANTLY EVEN WHEN NO OBVIOUS PROBLEM W/ABS, YET ABS FAILS OFTEN-ESPECIALLY UNDER HEAVY BRAKING. ELECTRICAL: CAR WOULD DIE WHILE IN OPERATION YET ALTERNATOR TESTS FINE. CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER SITTING-SOMETIMES HOURS-SOMETIMES DAYS. CAR SEEMS TO HAVE ELEC DRAIN FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE. CAR BEEN TO FOUR DIFFERENT SERVICE CENTERS W/ OVER $3K SPENT. CAR BEEN UNDRIVEABLE FOR OVER 18 MONTHS. CAR HAS HAD THREE NEW BATTERIES INSTALLED AS IT CONTINUES TO RUIN BATTERIES AS A RESULT OF PROBLEM. SEAT BELTS-PASSENGER SIDE AUTO SLIDING CHEST BELT WOULD OFTEN GET STUCK AND NOT CLOSE OR OPEN-THIS WAS INTERMITTANT UNTIL IT FINALLY STAYED STUCK IN MIDDLE OF TRACK. REAR SEAT BELT HAS NEVER OPERATED PROPERLY. HEATING/COOLING-ORIG ENTIRE MODULE WAS REPLACED AND 2ND ONE FAILED (OVER $2K). SWITCH DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN ON ANY FLOW AND MAKES CLICKING SOUND. WATER LEAKS ALL OVER FEET OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER-CONTINUED TO BE TOLD IT IS "CLOGGED" AND YET IMMEDIATELY DRAINS EVEN AFTER REPEATED REPAIR. VIRTUALLY NO AIR FLOW FROM ANY FAN SETTINGS. SLIDING CONTROL HAS NEVER OPERATED WITH EITHER OF THE MODULES. HEATED SEATS NOT OPERABLE. REAR END-ENTIRE REAR END COLLAPSED ON CAR WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 40 MPH-CAUSED ACCIDENT/OFF ROAD TRACK- BUT NO DAMAGE TO OTHERS PROPERTY. AXLE AND NUMEROUS PARTS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT TOTALING APPROX $4K. WINDSHIELD MOTOR-THE "PARKING" AND RELAY OF BACK AND FORTH WAS NOT PROPER AND THEN MOTOR WENT OUT ON WIPER ASSY LEAVING NO OPERATION OF SYSTEM SECURITY SYSTEM/KEYLESS ENTRY-SECURITY SYSTEM WOULD GO ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN ANDWOULD NOT PROPERLY WORK WHEN KEYLESS ENTRY USED. KEYLESS ENTRY NOT WORKING PROPERLY-NOT DISENGAGING DOOR LOCKS RESULTING IN LOCK OUT OF CAR-WHEN ACCOMPANIED W/SECURITY PROBLEM-WAS UNABLE TO GET CAR STARTED-IT WAS TEMP DISCONNECTED TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE CAR DRIVEABLE. *AK