2004 Jaguar S-TYPE

THIS VEHICLE HAS ISSUES WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY TO THE COMPUTER AND NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED IN THIS MODEL, ALSO THE PARKING BRAKES DO GET MIXED UP AND IF YOU PUT THE GEAR CONTROL IN DRIVE IT GOES INTO REVERSE AND THE PARKING BRAKE DEFAULT LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION DEFAULT LIGHT IS ON, MY VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE WHILE I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AND LEAVING TO GO HOME I PLACE IT IN DRIVE AND IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE....VERY DANGEROUS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND THE TRANSMISSION DEFAULT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN SPEED OR EVEN GO PROPERLY AT ALL

WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHILE COMING TO A STOP MY CAR SWITCHED INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN WHILE IT WAS IN THE DRIVE.THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE BACKWARDS ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR CRASH ON I64 EAST IN VIRGINIA. THIS NEARLY RESULTED IN ME LOSING MY LIFE AS WELL AS PASSENGERS AND OTHER DRIVERS. THE CAR ALSO HAS AN AUTOMATIC PARKING LOCK ENGAGING ERROR WHICH LOCKED MY ENTIRE CAR AND PREVENTED ME FROM DRIVING. THIS ALSO OCCURRED AND NEARLY A WEEK AGO IN DRIVE THRU A WEEK AGO. WHILE IN THE DRIVE THRU THE CAR LOCKED IN PARK AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO DRIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED FROM A MCDONALDS DRIVE THRU AROUND 2:00AM DUE TO THE PARKING LOCK ERROR. ALSO THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO CATCH. THIS I BELIEVE IS THE REASON THE CAR IS ABLE TO SLIP GEARS IN TO REVERSE WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THE ISSUES WITH THE CAR MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF SOMETHING I WAS DOING. BUT AFTER RESEARCHING I SAW THAT THERE ARE AS MANY AS 10 RECALLS FOR MY CAR YEAR AND MODEL. I WAS ABLE TO EASILY IDENTIFY THAT MY CAR HAD THE EXACT PROBLEMS LISTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JAGUAR S-TYPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT UP AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN AND TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. UPDATED 05/10/17*LJ UPDATED 05/18/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JAGUAR S-TYPE. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, PARK, AND THEN DRIVE AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LONGER MOVE FORWARD AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT A BOLT WITHIN A BRACKET THAT HELD THE CABLE IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,000.

UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER IN USED CONDITION W/ ROUGHLY 50000 I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO NOTICE SHIFTER PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IF THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE OR DECLINE. SHIFTER WILL BECOME STUCK AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK WITHOUT GREAT FORCE, WHICH THEN BREAKS THE PLASTIC PIECE WHICH IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE OUT THE GEARS, RESULTING IN COMPLETE IMMOBILITY OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THE CAR WAS THEN STUCK IN PARK. CAR WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO BE TOWED IF NOT FOR BEING ABLE TO TAKE OFF THE CONSOLE PIECE TO CHANGE OUT THE GEARS W/ A SCREWDRIVER IN ORDER TO JUST GET THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. UPON COMPLAINT THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PLASTIC PIECE OR HOUSING AND ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE $400+ BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PAID DUE TO HAVING THE VEHICLE LESS THAN A MONTH. NOT SURPRISINGLY,LESS THAN ONE MONTH AFTER REPAIR THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN THE SCREWDRIVER AIDED IN GETTING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WENT THROUGH THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURE AND "FIXED"THE PROBLEM AGAIN, THIS TIME AT NO CHARGE. I AM CONFIDENT THIS PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, AS THE SHIFTER STILL STICKS JUST LIKE IT DID BEFORE IT BROKE EITHER TIME AND I AM JUST COUNTING THE DAYS TILL I AM FORCED TO ONCE AGAIN BREAK OUT THE SCREWDRIVER AND WASTE ANOTHER FULL DAY GETTING IT REPLACED. *AK