2003 JAGUAR S-TYPE Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

2003 S TYPE JAGUAR. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, DRIVE SHAFT, AND REAR-END DIFFERENTIAL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED 12 MORE TIMES AFTER HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION AND THE PROBLEMS WERE NEVER CORRECTED. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIPER BLADES. THE BATTERY HAD TO BE JUMPED TWICE, THE RADIATOR AND HEATER VALVE HOSES WERE LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE HEAD LIGHTS FOGGED UP AND THE BULB HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKED BACK AND FORTH, THE EXTERIOR DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR WAS NOT WORKING DUE TO A STICKING SWITCH. *JB

JAGUAR S-TYPE SEDAN 2003 WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL R-513 BUT NOT LIMITED TO THIS. THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MAJOR MALFUNCTIONS IN PERFORMANCE WITH GEAR BOX AND BRAKING SYSTEMS IN WHICH IT COULD NOT BE PROPERLY SHIFTED OUT OF PARK, LOST RPM, PARKING BRAKE FAILURE, ABS WARNING LIGHTS AND MAJOR ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR WARNINGS. THE CAR COULD NOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN AND SUFFERED A MAJOR BREAKDOWN WITH LESS THAN 9500 MILES, FLATBEDDED TO SPORTIQUE MOTORS IN HUNTINGTON, NY ON 12/10/2004, RETURNED ON 12/15/2004 ONLY TO BE FLATBEDDED AGAIN ON 12/17/2004. A NEW COMPUTER WAS NOT INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE AS PROMISED AT THAT TIME, AND THE COMPUTER WAS SIMPLY REFLASHED. AT 33,948 MILES OUT OF WARRENTY ON MAY 26, 2010 THIS VEHICLE SUFFERED THE SAME MAJOR BREAKDOWN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND WAS AGAIN FLATBEDDED TO HUNTINGTON LAND ROVER JAGUAR, FORMERLY SPORTIQUE JAGUAR, HUNTINGTON, NY. THE CAR COULD NOT PROPERLY BE SHIFTED OUT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JAGUAR S-TYPE. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER OF 2008, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT IT WOULD SHIFT ROUGHLY FROM SECOND TO FIRST GEAR UPON DECELERATION. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO JERK FORWARD ROUGHLY WHEN ACCELERATING AND DRIVING 15 MPH. HE FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V024000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS THE SAME FAILURE THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS DISPLAYING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL; THEREFORE, THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND AGREED WITH THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,923 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,600. UPDATED 5/18/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE. A FAILURE MESSAGE OF THE PARKING BRAKE DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD. UPDATED 05/20/09.*JB

2003 JAGUAR S TYPE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGING WHILE DRIVING.*MR WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLIED, IT CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR OF THE REAR BRAKES AND TIRES. ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES AND TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP ON 3 OCCASIONS FOR A JERK IN THE TRANSMISSION. PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION, HOWEVER THE DEALER FAILED TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION TO THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER STATED ONE TIME SHE PLACED THE GEAR INTO DRIVE, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE, THINKING SHE HAD PLACED IT INTO THE WRONG GEAR, SHE LOOKED DOWN AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. *JB

IN THE 1 1/2 YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED MY VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN INT HE SHOP 15 TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS: ELECTRICAL, TRANSMISSION, FRONT END PROBLEMS, STEERING, ACCELERATIONS ETC...JAGUAR HAS BEEN DRAGGING THEIR FEET FOR 4 MONTHS IN RECTIFYING PROBLEMS. CONSUMER AFFIARS IS WORTHLESS AND HAVE ACCUSED ME OF "OUTGROWING" MY CAR. NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS JUST DOESN'T WANT THEIR CAR BACK.*AK

WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE LOST POWER. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN THE FORWARD DRIVE GEAR WAS SELECTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE OR STATIONARY, THE GEAR BOX COULD POTENTIALLY SELECT THE REVERSE GEAR WITHOUT NOTICE. *AK *SC *JB