2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE Problems & Recalls
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2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A HEADLINER COLLAPSE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE GLUE FROM THE HEADLINER CREATED AN UNSAFE AND UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THE DRIVER'S PASSENGERS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS RANGING FROM PERSISTENT COUGHING, PNEUMONIA, EYE TUMORS AND BIRTH DEFECTS....
ROCKERS PANELS ARE ROTTED BOTH SIDES. RENDERING THE CAR UNSAFE. NO DRAIN HOLES EVER PUT IN NOR WAS IT TREATED. THIS IS PROBLEM ON THESE CARS. KNOWN PROBLEM AT THAT.
ROCKER PANELS OR SILLS INNER AND OUTER LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES ROTTEN RUSTED POSSIBLE TOA FRAME. PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT FULL ENGAGE.
Mileage: 187,000
ROCKER PANELS OR SILLS INNER AND OUTER LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES ROTTEN RUSTED POSSIBLE TOA FRAME. PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT FULL ENGAGE.
Mileage: 187,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED SANTIAGO AUTO MALL AT (718) 992-9316...
Mileage: 140,000
LT & RT INNER AND OUTER ROCKER PANELS AND HENCE JACKING POINT ARE RIDDLED WITH RUST/CORROSION, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS COMPROMISED , UNSAFE IN SIDE IMPACT COLLISION OR FRONTAL OR REAR COLLISION , VEHICLE CREEKS AND GROANS AROUND DASH WHEN DRIVEN, FROM WEAKENED STRUCTURE ESPECIALLY AT LOWER "A" PILLA...
Mileage: 100,000
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, ENGINE DIES. STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ABLE TO START ENGINE AND MOVE OFF OF ROAD.
Mileage: 70,000
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, ENGINE DIES. STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ABLE TO START ENGINE AND MOVE OFF OF ROAD.
Mileage: 70,000
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, ENGINE DIES. STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ABLE TO START ENGINE AND MOVE OFF OF ROAD.
Mileage: 70,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUAL BRAKE FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE MANUAL BRAKE LEVER CABLE SEVERAL TIMES. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE GEAR BOX FAULT CRUISE UNAVAILABLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAG...
Mileage: 182,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE GEAR BOX FAULT CRUISE UNAVAILABLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAG...
Mileage: 182,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAND BRAKE FAILED TO APPLIED SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PADS TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT...
Mileage: 86,000
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND DECREASED IN SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAGE FLUCTUATED AND THE RADIATOR EMITTED STEAM. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN IN...
Mileage: 169,000
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND DECREASED IN SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAGE FLUCTUATED AND THE RADIATOR EMITTED STEAM. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN IN...
Mileage: 169,000
DUE TO A DESIGN ERROR WHEN ICE BUILDS UP ON THE WHEEL WELL IN COLD CLIMATES THE DRIVER IS PREVENTED FROM STEERING THE VEHICLE. WHEN IT WAS REQUIRED TO MAKE A SUDDEN TURN TO AVOID A ROAD HAZARD THE STEERING FAILED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS CAR HAS ALSO CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH INSIDE AIR QUALITY DUE...
Mileage: 58,830
TIRE SEPARATION, FRONT TIRE WITH JUST 27918 MILES. *TR
Mileage: 62,650
TIRE SEPARATION, FRONT TIRE WITH JUST 9786 MILES. *TR
Mileage: 34,170
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE W...
Mileage: 38,000
BRAKES WERE WORKING FINE AS I PARKED THE CAR. TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND TURNED BACK ON AND DROVE AT ABOUT 5 MPH. APPLIED BREAKS TO STOP AT INTERSECTION, BRAKE HYDROLICS WERE NOT WORKING. HAD TO PRESS REALLY HARD FOR BRAKE TO WORK. BRAKES SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED SUDDENLY. BRAKES STILL NOT WORKING, NEED ...
Mileage: 103,000
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 DEAL...
Mileage: 120,000
THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN TAKING THE STATE OF GEORGIA MANDATED EMISSION TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICE 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE DEADLINE. ALL PHASES OF THE TEST WAS COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THE EVAPORATE PART. SO THAT PUT THE VEHICLE IN NOT-READY STATUS. WE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECK AND RECHECKED UNTIL ITS PASS EMI...
Mileage: 59,434
THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN TAKING THE STATE OF GEORGIA MANDATED EMISSION TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICE 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE DEADLINE. ALL PHASES OF THE TEST WAS COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THE EVAPORATE PART. SO THAT PUT THE VEHICLE IN NOT-READY STATUS. WE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECK AND RECHECKED UNTIL ITS PASS EMI...
Mileage: 59,434
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE ABNORMALLY EVEN WITH THE BRAKES ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AFTER INSPECTING THE BRAKES AND SCANNING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ...
Mileage: 7,000
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...
Mileage: 8,000
LAST YEAR THE CAR EXHIBITED SEVERE CORROSION IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT "A" PILLAR AREA AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT BLENDS WITH THE ROCKER PANEL.WORKING ON THE CAR RECENTLY, THE CORROSION HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE THE FRONT JACK LIFT POINT AS OUTLINED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO LIF...
Mileage: 125,000
2003 X-TYPE JAGUAR PURCHASED IN 2007. WHILE DRIVING THE ON THE HIGHWAY THE DASH LIGHTS FOR CHECK ENGINE AND NO CRUISE CONTROL CAME ON. THE THERMOSTAT NEEDLE QUICKLY WENT TO THE LIMIT ON GAUGE. THE CAR SHUT DOWN WITH NO CONTROL AND HAD TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. 17" TIRES. ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED AT...
Mileage: 150,000
THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN WHICH NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO ADDRESS. THERE IS A KNOWN FLAW IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE JAGUAR X-TYPE MODELS FROM 2002-2005. THE ROCKER PANELS WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL, WITH NO DRAINAGE HOLES AND NO CORROSION PROTECTION. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ...
Mileage: 40,000
THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN WHICH NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO ADDRESS. THERE IS A KNOWN FLAW IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE JAGUAR X-TYPE MODELS FROM 2002-2005. THE ROCKER PANELS WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL, WITH NO DRAINAGE HOLES AND NO CORROSION PROTECTION. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ...
Mileage: 40,000
EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE FAILURE. APPROX 2 YEARS AGO, WE VISITED FRIENDS FOR DINNER. I PARKED MY CAR IN THEIR SHORT, REASONABLY STEEP DRIVEWAY. AFTER DINNER, AND WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE, MY WIFE GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AND I WAS SAYING GOOD NIGHT TO OUR HOSTS, WHEN THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKW...
Mileage: 67,000
PLASTIC ADJUSTERS ON HEADLIGHTS BREAK WHEN THEY BECOME BRITTLE LEAVING THE LIGHTS AIMING AT THE GROUND. HEADLIGHT BULBS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT. AMBER LIGHT WITH "CRUISE CONTROL NOT AVAILABLE" HAS THE AFFECT OF LIMITING THE RPM TO ABOUT 2800RPM, PAST THIS THE ENGINE QUITS AND STARTS AGAIN UNDER 2800RPM...
Mileage: 112,000
PLASTIC ADJUSTERS ON HEADLIGHTS BREAK WHEN THEY BECOME BRITTLE LEAVING THE LIGHTS AIMING AT THE GROUND. HEADLIGHT BULBS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT. AMBER LIGHT WITH "CRUISE CONTROL NOT AVAILABLE" HAS THE AFFECT OF LIMITING THE RPM TO ABOUT 2800RPM, PAST THIS THE ENGINE QUITS AND STARTS AGAIN UNDER 2800RPM...
Mileage: 112,000
PLASTIC ADJUSTERS ON HEADLIGHTS BREAK WHEN THEY BECOME BRITTLE LEAVING THE LIGHTS AIMING AT THE GROUND. HEADLIGHT BULBS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT. AMBER LIGHT WITH "CRUISE CONTROL NOT AVAILABLE" HAS THE AFFECT OF LIMITING THE RPM TO ABOUT 2800RPM, PAST THIS THE ENGINE QUITS AND STARTS AGAIN UNDER 2800RPM...
Mileage: 112,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE, THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE HILL AND CRASHED INTO A MOVING TRUCK. THERE ...
Mileage: 66,000
THE FRONT SEAT TRACK DISENGAGED UNDER HARD BRAKING THROWING ME VIOLENTLY INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Mileage: 65,000
AS THE RESULT OF A RECENT ACCIDENT I HAVE DISCOVERED A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WITH JAGUAR'S X-TYPE AUTOMOBILES THAT CRUCIALLY COMPROMISES THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE RENDERING IT UNSAFE FOR USE AND IS VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE BY VISUAL INSPECTION. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE V...
Mileage: 139,554
AS THE RESULT OF A RECENT ACCIDENT I HAVE DISCOVERED A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WITH JAGUAR'S X-TYPE AUTOMOBILES THAT CRUCIALLY COMPROMISES THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE RENDERING IT UNSAFE FOR USE AND IS VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE BY VISUAL INSPECTION. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE V...
Mileage: 139,554
REGULAR CAR OPERATION ON TYPICAL ROADS, ALL 4 TIRES BOUGHT 2007, 30,000 MILES HAVE INNER WALL AXIAL CRACKS WIDE AND DEEP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE AND REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VACUUM CHECK VALVE HAS DETERIORATED AND AIR WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE VALVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFAC...
Mileage: 67,000
PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOI...
Mileage: 34,543
PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOI...
Mileage: 34,543
PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOI...
Mileage: 34,543
PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOI...
Mileage: 34,543
PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOI...
Mileage: 34,543
PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2003. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS: VEHICLE SPUTTERING, BRAKES GRINDING 2004. THERMOSTAT STICKING CLOSE OVERHEAT. CARE STOPPED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C RECIRCULATION BUTTON POPS OFF. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BRAKES GRINDING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OCTOBER 2006. VEHICLE MAKES NOI...
Mileage: 34,543
VEHICLE JUST OUT OF WARRANTY 52000MI. RACK & PINION LEAKING, MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE, DEALER SAID IT REQUIRED A SPECIAL LUBE TO SOLVE PROBLEM. NOISE HAS STOPPED AND SO HAS THE LEAK BUT I KNOW THIS WAS A TEMPORARY REPAIR IT WILL COME BACK! *TR
Mileage: 52,000
I WAS DRIVING FROM ATLANTA TO CLEVELAND AVERAGING 75 MPH SOMEWHERE IN TENNESSEE WHEN I TURNED ON THE CRUISE CONTROL AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE AND COMPLETED THE TRIP TO CLEVELAND WITHOUT USING THE CRUISE FEARING THE VE...
Mileage: 123,600
THE CAR IS A 2003 X-TYPE JAGUAR WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MILEAGE IS 50,139. DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION PRODUCED A LOUD CLANKING SOUND AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE. THIS OCCURRED 2 MORE TIMES, SO I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LO...
Mileage: 50,139
HAD ON JAG X TYPE CONTI TOURING CONTACT 205/55 16 HAD FOUR OF THESE TIRES ALL AT SEPARATE TIMES HAVE SIDEWALL FAILURES. 2 REAR TIRES HAD BULGES AFTER A POTHOLE. ONE FRONT TIRE GOING INTO CAR WASH CUT SIDEWALL--OWNER NEVER SAW THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. ANOTHER TIRE RECENTLY PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE CU...
Mileage: 53,000
AIR BAG COVER IS PEELING OFF THIS GETS IN THE WAY OF STEERING AND DRIVING THE CAR,WHEN STEERING AND TURNING HANDS HIT ON AIR BAG COVER THAT STICKS OUT, I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Mileage: 74,441
IN SUMMER OF 2007, TOOK 2003 X-TYPE TO REPAIR SHOP. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SLITS IN THE SIDE WALLS WIDE ENOUGH TO INSERT DIMES AND HAVE THEM STAY THERE. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED TIRES AND SAID RIM TOO LARGE, TIRE SIDEWALL TOO SMALL FOR WEIGHT OF CAR. REPLACED TIRES AT COST, BECAUSE I AM LONG TIME CUSTOME...
Mileage: 101,000
IN SUMMER OF 2007, TOOK 2003 X-TYPE TO REPAIR SHOP. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SLITS IN THE SIDE WALLS WIDE ENOUGH TO INSERT DIMES AND HAVE THEM STAY THERE. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED TIRES AND SAID RIM TOO LARGE, TIRE SIDEWALL TOO SMALL FOR WEIGHT OF CAR. REPLACED TIRES AT COST, BECAUSE I AM LONG TIME CUSTOME...
Mileage: 101,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COVER SHATTERED. THE DEALER ORDERED A NEW PART, BUT THEY NEVER RECEIVED IT...
Mileage: 25,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON JUNE 9, 2007, HER VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT SHE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. JAGUAR STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE TOTAL REPAIR COST TO REPLACE THE PARTS IS $5,0...
Mileage: 60,000
THIS A JAGUAR X-TYPE 2003. ON MAY, 4 2007 MY DAUGHTER WAS COMING BACK FROM SCHOOL AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKIG, AND THE BACK TIRES STOPPED. AND ONE CAR HIT THE CAR BECAUSE SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MY BROTHER'S HOUSE. AT THE TIME MY DUGTHER DID NOT KNOW THE CAR HAD WARRANT...
Mileage: 37,000
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE WITH A CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE OF 23,886 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NEVER USED THE REAR SEAT BELT UNTIL THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL 2007. THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT EXTEND AFTER PULLING IT SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, ...
Mileage: 23,886
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
I OWN THE FOLLOWING AUTOMOBILE: 03 JAGUAR X-TYPE [XXX]. 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 O...
Mileage: 35,650
03 X-TYPE VEERED TO RIGHT IN AVOIDANCE MANEUVER, SPUN INTO EMBANKMENT CAUSING VIOLENT ROLLOVER. DRIVER (WEARING SEAT BELTS) WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED AND DIED OF RESULTING INJURIES WHEN DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. ALSO DRIVERS AIR BAG AND PASS SIDE DASH AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ALTHO...
Mileage: 60,000
03 X-TYPE VEERED TO RIGHT IN AVOIDANCE MANEUVER, SPUN INTO EMBANKMENT CAUSING VIOLENT ROLLOVER. DRIVER (WEARING SEAT BELTS) WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED AND DIED OF RESULTING INJURIES WHEN DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. ALSO DRIVERS AIR BAG AND PASS SIDE DASH AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ALTHO...
Mileage: 60,000
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD ON COLLISION. *NM
Mileage: 42,744
PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT LIGHTS WHEN PERSON IS IN SEAT. ADULT IT SIGNIFIES THE AIR BAG IS INOPERABLE. JAGUAR STATES IT KNOWS THIS. THEY HAVE STATED ITS A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL AND"IT CANNOT BE FIXED"
AT 55 MPH VEHICLE VEERED LEFT TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT CAME INTO ITS LANE. DESPITE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE, DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE STOPPING IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD. PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED FROM IMPACT, HOWEVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR...
Mileage: 10,115
AT 55 MPH VEHICLE VEERED LEFT TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT CAME INTO ITS LANE. DESPITE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE, DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE STOPPING IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD. PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED FROM IMPACT, HOWEVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR...
Mileage: 10,115
TIRES CONTINUALLY BLOW OUT DUE TO DEFECTIVE RIMS. *JB
TIRES CONTINUALLY BLOW OUT DUE TO DEFECTIVE RIMS. *JB
CAR ENGINE TROUBLE LIGHT HAS COME ON NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE GAS TANK THREE TIMES ALREADY DUE TO LEAKS. WITH ALL THESE LEAKS I FEEL THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *AK
Mileage: 15,065
AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER KEEPS STATING THERE ARE NO DEFECTS FOUND ON EACH SERVICING. *AK
Mileage: 6,000
MY 2003 LEASED JAGUAR WAS RECENTLY SERVICED AT 19,000 MILES. MY FRONT TIRES WERE LOSING AIR AND ASKED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FIND OUT WHY. I WAS TOLD THE FRONT RIMS WERE BENT AND THE TIRES WERE WORN ON THE INSIDE. THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED ONCE AND I HAD TO BE TO...
STRONG SMELL OF BURNING OIL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AFTER DRIVING 20 MILES, OR SO, AND COMING TO A STOP. TRANSFER CASE REPLACED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY AND PROBLEM PERSISTS.*AK
Mileage: 5,000
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 ...
(1) AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS SUBSEQUENT TO PURCHASE, THE CABIN SMELLED OF GASOLINE. JAGUAR SCHERERVILLE, INDIANA DIAGNOSED AS AN IMPROPER GAS CAP FITTING. 2) THE SMELL CONTINUES AND JAGUAR HAS NOW DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A HOLE IN THE GAS TANK.*AK (3) JAGUAR, WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT SEVERAL VEHICLES H...
Mileage: 20,000
MY 2003 X-TYPE JAGUAR HAS GONE THROUGH 5 BENT WHEELS AND APPROX 9 TIRES. JAGUAR IS NOT HONORING THE WARRANTY AND CLAIMS IT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARDS. THIS ALL HAPPEND AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE LAST 1 1/2 YEARS. THE CAR WAS NEVER DRIVEN OFF ROAD OR IN POT HOLES OR UNREASONABLE DEVIATIONS IN THE ROAD...
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK
I HAVE HAD 5 SEPRATE BLOW OUTS HITING SMALL POT HOLES AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 35 MPH THE SIDE WALLS BLEW IN ALL CASES AND IN TWO CASES THE RIMS BENT . A TIRE EXPERT TOLD ME THAT THE CAR IS TO HEAVY FOR THE TIRE AND RIMS !!*AK
Mileage: 5,100
THE VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE RIMS TO CRUSH AND THE TIRES TO DEFLATE. THE TIRES AND RIMS WERE REPLACED AND ALIGNED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. *AK *NM
Mileage: 7,000
THE VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE RIMS TO CRUSH AND THE TIRES TO DEFLATE. THE TIRES AND RIMS WERE REPLACED AND ALIGNED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. *AK *NM
Mileage: 7,000
PROBLEMS WITH TIRES ON 2003 JAGUAR X-TYPE. *MR THE VEHICLE HIT A POT HOLE AND THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE HAD A SLIT ON THE OUTSIDE, SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TREADS. ANOTHER TIRE HAD A BULDGE AND WAS ALSO REPLACED. ONE OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THI...
Mileage: 11,500
MOVEMENT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. AT 15 MPH SIGNIFICANT UPSHIFTING. PROBLEM OCCURS IN COASTING AT 20 MPH DOWN TO 10 MPH. AS YOU DECELERATE CAR LURCHES INTO FISRT GEAR. MAKING BRAKE DISTANCE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT. CAUSING ACCIDENTS AT TRAFFIC STOPPING POINTS. ALSO SIGNIFICANT LURCHING AT 15MPH,...
Mileage: 4,000
MOVEMENT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. AT 15 MPH SIGNIFICANT UPSHIFTING. PROBLEM OCCURS IN COASTING AT 20 MPH DOWN TO 10 MPH. AS YOU DECELERATE CAR LURCHES INTO FISRT GEAR. MAKING BRAKE DISTANCE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT. CAUSING ACCIDENTS AT TRAFFIC STOPPING POINTS. ALSO SIGNIFICANT LURCHING AT 15MPH,...
Mileage: 4,000
MOVEMENT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. AT 15 MPH SIGNIFICANT UPSHIFTING. PROBLEM OCCURS IN COASTING AT 20 MPH DOWN TO 10 MPH. AS YOU DECELERATE CAR LURCHES INTO FISRT GEAR. MAKING BRAKE DISTANCE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT. CAUSING ACCIDENTS AT TRAFFIC STOPPING POINTS. ALSO SIGNIFICANT LURCHING AT 15MPH,...
Mileage: 4,000
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH VEHICLE WAS HIT BROADSIDE. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
Mileage: 5,350
PROBLEMS WITH TIRE EQUIPMENT ON 2003 JAGUAR X. *MR WHEN DRIVING TWENTY MILES PER HOUR , THE VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE HAD A SLIT ON THE OUTSIDE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TREADS. DURING INSPECTION, IT TURNED OUT THAT A DIFFERENT TIRE HAD A BULGE AND THAT ALSO HAD TO ...
ALL 4 TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND, AND THE TREAD IS SEPARATING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. SIZE 225/45R17.*AK
Mileage: 23,255
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
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE VEHICAL'S CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED WHEN A GEAR BOX FAILURE OCCURED (THIS WAS THE MESSAGE DISPLAYED BY THE CAR), THEREFORE RESULTING IN THE CAR STALLING WHILE GOING APPROX 55MPH. THE CAR WAS THEN STUCK IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICAL THAT FAILED TO NOTICE MY VEHIC...
Mileage: 11,450
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE VEHICAL'S CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED WHEN A GEAR BOX FAILURE OCCURED (THIS WAS THE MESSAGE DISPLAYED BY THE CAR), THEREFORE RESULTING IN THE CAR STALLING WHILE GOING APPROX 55MPH. THE CAR WAS THEN STUCK IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICAL THAT FAILED TO NOTICE MY VEHIC...
Mileage: 11,450
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE VEHICAL'S CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED WHEN A GEAR BOX FAILURE OCCURED (THIS WAS THE MESSAGE DISPLAYED BY THE CAR), THEREFORE RESULTING IN THE CAR STALLING WHILE GOING APPROX 55MPH. THE CAR WAS THEN STUCK IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICAL THAT FAILED TO NOTICE MY VEHIC...
Mileage: 11,450
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TWO SPONTANEOUS BLOWOUTS. *PH *JB
THIS IS NOW THE 3RD OCCASSION OF APPARENT TRANSMISSION SURGES WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED. AFTER PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR WHILE PASSING ANOTHER CAR, THE ENGINE RPM SHOT UP TO 9000, WHILE TO CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE CAUSING A NEAR COLLISION. THE PRIOR 2 OCCURENCES WERE WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50MPH,...
Mileage: 8,228
I PULLED INTP A SLOT ON A PARKING DECK. WHEN I TRIED TO CHANGE THE GEAR TO PARK THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD CRASHING INTO A RETAINING WALL. IT WAS PUSHING AGAINST THE WALL SO HARD I WAS AFRAID I WOULD GO THROUGH THE WALL OR OVER THE WALL. I WAS ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE DECK. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVER...
Mileage: 3,800
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
CONSUMER HAS A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY VEHICLE EITHER DOWN SHIFTS OR SUGES FORWARD. HE STATES THESE CONDITIONS HAPPEN WHEN HE IS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, BETWEEN 55-60 MPH. HE HAS TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE, THE FIRST TIME THE MECHANIC HAD NO CLUE OF ...
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, GOING AROUND A SLIGHT TURN IN THE ROAD, ENGINE DIED WHICH RESULTED IN THE WHEEL LOCKING UP IN THE LEFT TURN POSITION, AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.*AK
Mileage: 8,200
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, GOING AROUND A SLIGHT TURN IN THE ROAD, ENGINE DIED WHICH RESULTED IN THE WHEEL LOCKING UP IN THE LEFT TURN POSITION, AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.*AK
Mileage: 8,200
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, GOING AROUND A SLIGHT TURN IN THE ROAD, ENGINE DIED WHICH RESULTED IN THE WHEEL LOCKING UP IN THE LEFT TURN POSITION, AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.*AK
Mileage: 8,200
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER'S KNEE HITS THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE WILL TURN OFF. *AK
THE 2003 AND PERHAPS 2002 JAGUAR X CLASS HAVE A "LOW OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE" SCREEN THAT BECOMES VISIBLE WHEN THE CAR'S THERMOMETER READS 38 DEGREES OUTSIDE; THIS NORMALLY OCCURS WHEN DRIVING SUBSEQUENT TO THE CAR BEING GARAGED; TO SHUT OFF THIS SCREEN THE DRIVER MUST LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE STEERIN...
Mileage: 150
STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK