1988 JAGUAR XJS Problems & Recalls

1988 JAGUAR XJS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER REPAIRED THE SEAT BELT, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 JAGUAR XJS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FUEL LINE BECAME LOADED WITH FUEL, WHICH CAUSED PRESSURE TO BUILD IN THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS....

Mileage: 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 JAGUAR XJS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT BELT WOULD NOT PULL OUT FROM ITS RETRACTOR, MAKING IT INOPERABLE. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARRANTY WAS RESTRICTED UN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 93V179000 (SEAT BELTS)....

Mileage: 67,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 JAGUAR XJS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH HE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. HE STATED THAT THE SMELL WAS SO STRONG THAT IT GAVE HIM A HEADACHE. HE ADDED FUEL TO THE VEHICLE AND THOUGHT THAT HE HAD SPILLED SOME FUEL ON HIM. HE REFERENCED RECALL 90V123000,FUEL SYST...

Mileage: 42,002

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT MECHANISM (AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS) ON MY 1988 JAGUAR XJ6 COUPE ARE NOT WORKING. JAGUAR CLAIMS A LIFETIME WARRANTY. HOWEVER THE PARTS ARE ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" ACCORDING TO MY DEALER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF I CHOOSE TO DRIVE MY CAR, POSSIBLY A TRAFFIC VIOLATION AS WE...

I WAS PARKED IN A SMALL STRIP CENTER. I HAD JUST LEFT THE BARBER SHOP AND I TOOK NOTE OF ALL THE KIDS IN THE PARKING LOT AND A SUV PARKED NEARBY. I TURNED ON THE ENGINE OF MY 1988 XJSC JAGUAR, ENGINE SOUND SEEMED NORMAL. I THEN TURNED MY HEAD TO VIEW THE REAR AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE IN REVERSE, BUT...

Mileage: 44,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE GAS TANK IS LEAKING GAS ALL OVER THE REAR PASSENGER SEATS AND INTO THE TRUNK. CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAS 3 FUEL TANKS CHARACTERISTICS AND POOR DESIGN IS CAUSING A LEAK. MR