Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL
10/27/201074535
 Passenger air bag light turns on, indicating that the passenger side airbag is off, even when an adult passenger is seated in the front passneger seat.
05/03/200528523
 Anti-lock brakes failed to operate during 'sudden stop' causing crash. air conditioning system does not cool car off, even at lowest temp. set and highest fan setting; car was brought into dealer 3 times for this as of this date; car does not take fuel - auto shut-off prevents it from accepting fuel; during recent crash caused by total brake failure, air bag light came on but no air bag deployed - why didn't the air bag deploy?; low fuel light does not come on; remote will not lock car, only unlock
11/24/20041
 While driving a jaguar rental car from hertz we were broad sided on the passenger side by a limousine running a red light. the force of the impact pushed our car into an suv in the turn lane before our car landed on the median. the car was totaled. the airbag indicator light appeared in the panel, however, no front or side airbags deployed. passenger sustained a head injury due to the accident, hitting the window and door frame during the collision. why didn't the airbags deploy?*ak
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
08/07/20069860105/03/2005
 My wife and i were given a replacement jaguar s-type on 05/03/2005 by smith co. motor cars of charleston, wv. after they were unable to repair a jaguar x-type that we had bought on 08/26/2004. we then moved to california in 06/2005 and my husband drove the car cross-country to ca without any problems. on 08/05/2005 the car was first presented for a scheduled 10,000 mile maintenance to jaguar of south bay, 3111 pacific coast highway, torrance, ca. since then, the car has been returned to them for more than 8 (eight) times, without satisfactory repair. problems include: faulty gas tank latch, rhs exhaust hanging lower and scraping pavement, hard transmission shifts, faulty remote transmitter,judder from steering wheel, knocking noise from the engine that ran sluggish, replaced rack & pinion several times,car out of alignment,injectors dirty,rhs lug nut broken because of, according to tech., non lubrication at factory, jerky gear shifting from 3rd. to 4th. gears,creaking noise in sunroof and headliner, faulty cd player,faulty power steering pump,faulty air bag light on dash,faulty passenger side fog lamp,faulty rack and pinion valve,leaking washer fluid reservoir, no warnings or messages during these malfunctions from dash instruments, except air bag lamp, faulty bluetooth hands free, etc.etc. we had told the techs. that both my wife and i have experienced total loss of steering control over 5 times and finally on 08/07/2006, i again loss total control and the car hit into the guard rail and scraped the whole of the rhs of the vehicle. jaguar would not even give me the free tow that i was entitled to when i called them to inform of the accident and i had to drive the car to my house. i had both my kids ( son 31/2 yrs. old and daughter 4 months old) in the car with me. on 05/10/2006, we hired an attorney who is still negotiating with ford motor co. who have taken over jaguar. *nm
AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW
11/24/20041
 While driving a jaguar rental car from hertz we were broad sided on the passenger side by a limousine running a red light. the force of the impact pushed our car into an suv in the turn lane before our car landed on the median. the car was totaled. the airbag indicator light appeared in the panel, however, no front or side airbags deployed. passenger sustained a head injury due to the accident, hitting the window and door frame during the collision. why didn't the airbags deploy?*ak