Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 11/05/2012 | 120000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2003 jaguar x-type. while driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. the contact merged to the shoulder and restarted the vehicle. the cruise control was no longer operable and the check engine warning light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the technician advised that the failure was not detected. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the vehicle was not included in any recall. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 243,000. kmj | |||
| 06/20/2011 | 7000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2003 jaguar x-type. the contact stated the vehicle has sudden acceleration even with his foot on the brake. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated they could not duplicate the vehicle failure after inspecting the brake and scanning the entire vehicle. the vehicle was taken to the dealer several times but they cannot duplicate the failure. the contact stated he tried to contact the manufacturer for days but could not speak with a person. the failure mileage was 7,000 and the current mileage was 8,072. mw | |||
| 05/17/2012 | 8000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2003 jaguar x-type. the contact was sitting at a stop light when the vehicle accelerated abnormally. the contact stated that while his foot was on the brakes, the vehicle would not slow down. the contact had to avoid crashing into another vehicle and as he swerved, he ended up crashing into a tree, causing the tire to bust. the contact sustained minor injuries. the vehicle was towed to the dealer to have the tire repaired and for inspection. the cause of the failure was unknown. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 8,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 06/19/2004 | 1 | 01/31/2003 | |
| 2 separate incidents (9 mos. apart), when applying brakes to stop for traffic light, car would not stop - engine revved very high, put gear shift in neutral, engine revving out of control - had to turn ignition off to stop car. the first time this occurred, i very narrowly avoided rear-ending car in front of me - took evasive action by moving into turning lane.*ak | |||
| Consumer states while pulling into a parking space and without any indication vehicle idling high. also, while foot was depressing the brake pedal vehicle surged forward, hitting a tree.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 04/05/2006 | 35650 | 20 | 07/09/2002 |
| I own the following automobile: 03 jaguar x-type sajea51d33xc89540. this car was purchased in july of 2002, from howard orloff jaguar in chicago illinois. this car has given me nothing but problems. i have had the car serviced several times last year, for engine ticking, and the check engine light coming one. this year, i have had this car serviced three times for the following: 1. tick in the engine 2. leather discoloring 3. carpet coming from under molding 4. heating vents coming out of dashboard 5. rain sensors not working' 6. windshield wipers not automatically working 7. hole in carpet on driver's side 9. being locked out on several occasions, the alarm switches were not working, and the key would not open the door. 10. the transmission gear box has been replaced, because the transmission jerks, and there was a ticking sound coming from the gear box. 11. the car would not start; they had to replace the battery. i am having the car towed tomorrow for the following reasons: 1. ticking in the engine 2. the check engine light keeps coming on 3. abs system malfunction light comes on 4. there was an excessive amount of brown stuff leaking from under my car yesterday. 5. when i got in the car and cut on the heat, i did not have any heat. 6. the car would not start, three times in a row...then it just started up 7. the car will not allow you to take the key out of the ignition although this is an entry level jaguar, the car does not have that many miles on it, and it should not be giving me these major problems...especially the same issues over, and over again. *nm | |||
| 08/02/2003 | 1 | 07/20/2003 | |
| Brake pedal and gas pedal are too close. once when applying the brakes the tip of consumer's foot hit the accelerator, and caused the vehicle to continue accelerating instead of stopping. this resulted in a crash. *ak *mr | |||