2001 Jaguar S-TYPE

POWER ADJUSTED SEATS ONLY WORK OCCASIONALLY, AS SOMETIMES WHEN THE BUTTON IS PRESSED NO SOUND IS HEARD AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS AS NEEDED. HE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK WILL NOT STAY ATTATCHED EVEN AFTER HAVING THE DEALERSHIP PUT IT BACK ON FOR ME A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT FALLS COMPLETELY OFF, EXPOSING THE WIRING AND COMPONENTS IN THE SEAT.*AK

UPON PRESSING THE WINDOW DOWN BUTTON THE WINDOW WOULD MAKE A HIGH PITCHED SCREECHING NOISE, AND UPON ROLLING THE WINDOW DOWN A FEW INCHES ONE FROSTED NIGHT IT MADE A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND REFUSED TO ROLL UP OR DOWN AFTER THAT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS WILL COST NEAR $400 TO FIX, AS THE PART MUST BE ORDERED FROM THE DEALERSHIP (THEY SAY IT'S THE REGULATOR THAT'S OUT)AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE,PLUS THE COST OF LABOR.*AK

WHILE STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT, EXPERIENCED CAR ON FIRE. A LADY YELLING FOR ME TO GET OUT, I SAW SMOKE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS MY CAR. *BF THE REAR BACK WHEEL HAD FIRE FLAMING OUT AND HAD GONE OUT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THE CONSUMER HAD NEW BRAKES PLACED ON THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS THREE MONTHS OLD AND HAD RECENTLY PLACED NEW WHEEL BEARINGS ON THE VEHICLE AFTER THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT LOAD NOISE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER SAME MAKE MODELS THAT MAY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC

OWNER OF A JAGUAR S-TYPE 4.0, 2001, 54,000 MILES : A WARNING LIGHT CAME UP INDICATING "SHIFT GEAR FAILURE". THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AS PER THEIR REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION. AFTER 3 DAYS I WAS TOLD THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. I ASKED HOW A RELATIVELY NEW CAR, VERY WELL KEPT (EVERY SERVICE WAS DONE ON TIME AND AT THE DEALERSHIP) COULD HAVE THIS MAJOR PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS TYPE OF CAR FREQUENTLY HAVE THIS PROBLEMS. JAGUAR IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REFURBISHED ONE FOR A COST OF $2240.00 PLUS TAX. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET SOME OF THIS EXPENSE BACK. DO I HAVE A VALID CLAIM ? IT IS JUST HARD TO SEE AN EXPENSIVE CAR LIKE THIS HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND SINCE THE INSURANCE EXPIRED (50,000 MILES) JUST BE TOLD TO TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. ACTUALLY I WAS TOLD THAT JAGUAR WAS DOING ME A FAVOR BY PROVIDING SUCH AN INEXPENSIVE TRANSMISSION THAT THEY TIPICALLY COST ABOUT $6,300.00. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST SIX (6) DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIS GENERALLY HAPPENS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE WORSE INCIDENT INVOLVED APPLYING GREAT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO THE POINT WHERE THE WHEELS WERE SPINNING (BURNING RUBBER), AND THE ONLY WAY TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WAS TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL.*AK

IN 2001, THE YEAR I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAD A CRASH WHERE I LOST THE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I JUST READ THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT WHICH CAN CAUSE THE CRASH. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS CAUSED MY CRASH AND DUE THIS I WAS UNDER ENORMOUS TENSION FOR 6 - 8 MONTHS. MY CAR WAS IN BODY SHOP FOR 6 MONTHS WHICH CAUSED ME LOT OF PROBLEMS IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE. *JB

AFTER DRIVING ON A FREEWAY IN DOWNTOWN LA, ARRIVED IN A PARKING STRUCTURE. SUDDENLY AFTER A BIG BANG, THE FRONT LEFT OF CAR COLLAPSED AND STOPPED. IT SEEMED THAT THE BOLT FOR FRONT AXLE SHEARED OFF, AND THE COMPONENT OF THE AXLE (A-ROD?) PUSHED INTO THE TIRE RIM. TWO MONTHS AGO THE CAR SEEMED UNSTABLE DURING THE DRIVING AT SPEED ABOVE 30 MPH. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP IN NOVEMBER (2000 MILES BEFORE THE INCIDENT). THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A BOLT WAS LOOSE AND THEY TIGHTENED IT UP. HISTORICALLY, THIS CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SHIP AT NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE REASON OF INSTABILITY DURING THE DRIVING AND EACH TIME WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE INCIDENT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND CAUSED A RELEASE OF GASOLINE LEAK. IF THIS INCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED 10 MINUTES EARLIER, THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN A FREEWAY AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH. THE SUDDEN FAILURE WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN FATALITY AND WITH THE GASOLINE LEAK, IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A MAJOR DISTASTOUR. THE CAR HAS 37,000 MILES AND IS JAGUAR S, V8. THE TIRES ARE ONLY TWO MONTHS OLD. THE PROBLEM WAS RECOGNIZED AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN WERE INADEQUATE AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH, IF OCCURED 10 MINUTES EARLIER. THE CAR HAS BEEN PURCHASED FROM AND MAINTAINED BY BAUER JAGUAR IN SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. *AK