Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/09/2003 | 10000 | 1 | 02/02/2003 |
| I was backing out of my garage and backing down my very steep driveway. i put my foot on the brakes and discovered i had no brakes and no steering. the car accelerated down driveway and down my neighbors hill. the car was stopped by a tree. when the car was towed out, the wheels were perfectly straight. the dealer could find no problem. driver applied both feet to the brakes but brakes did not respond. it was very fortunate that no one was injured. there was extensive damage to rear of car. *jb | |||
| 02/07/2003 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, which caused an accident.*jb | |||
| 7 | 11/01/2001 | ||
| Consumer states that the problem has been unanticipated acceleration and it has only occurred when driving very slow. consumer finds the car, powered by an automatic transmission, racing in drive to the point where he had to severely depress the brake pedal as thr car was shifted into neutral. *scc | |||
| 06/02/2002 | 1 | ||
| 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 | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 05/19/2003 | 3 | ||
| On three different occasions the vehicle slowed down to about 10 mph when the consumer engaged the cruise control. this problem only occurred intermittently. the vehicle was taken to a shop, but the mechanic could not duplicate the problem. the consumer stated the mechanic changed out the computer, and now thinking along the lines of possible electrical problems. *nlm refer to odi# 10021053 (online) *scc *jb | |||