2000 Jaguar S-TYPE

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE PARK POSITION WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED ROCKING THE VEHICLE TO RELEASE THE VEHICLE FROM PARK. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED, ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE ROCKING THE VEHICLE AS INSTRUCTED. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED USING THE HAND BRAKE BEFORE PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. WHEN ACCELERATING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM 1ST GEAR INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONED PROPERLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. A SERVICE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS TESTING DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS HAS BEEN TREATED FOR MUSCLES STRAINS FROM DEALING WITH THE VEHICLE. THE LEFT FRONT LIGHT LENS WAS BROKEN. UPDATED 09/11/06. *JB

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 S TYPE JAGUAR. THE TRANSMISSION CAUSES MANY SAFETY PROBLEMS. SUCH AS NOT SHIFTING, HESITATION ETC. WHICH COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY. ONCE MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE HESITATION OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED HIM TO SLAM INTO THE CURB CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. I'VE ALSO HAD THE TRANSMISSION GASKET REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. NOW ITS BACK IN THE SHOP AWAITING A NEW TRANSMISSION. JAGUAR IS NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE PROBLEMS. SEVERAL OTHER JAGUAR OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [XXX]. *NM

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 S TYPE JAGUAR. THE TRANSMISSION CAUSES MANY SAFETY PROBLEMS. SUCH AS NOT SHIFTING, HESITATION ETC. WHICH COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY. ONCE MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE HESITATION OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED HIM TO SLAM INTO THE CURB CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. I'VE ALSO HAD THE TRANSMISSION GASKET REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. KNOW ITS BACK IN THE SHOP AWAITING A NEW TRANSMISSION. JAGUAR IS NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE PROBLEMS. SEVERAL OTHER JAGUAR OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [XXX]. *NM

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY 2000 JAGUAR S. 1ST WAS IN MAY 2005 WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE IN MY DRIVEWAY THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. AFTER IT SET FOR A WHILE, IT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING INSPECTED. THIS TIME IT WAS NOT ON AN INCLINE, BUT THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN HAD A HARD TIME BACKING IT OUT OF THE SERVICE BAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE HAND SELECTOR LEVER, GEARS, CABLE GEAR ASSEMBLY. IN AUGUST 2005 SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS TIME WHEN TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED A MISSING BOLT WHERE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE BOLTS TO TRANSMISSION. NOW THAT THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON 2/25/06 IN MY DRIVEWAY. "SHAKING" THE CAR BACK AND FORTH DID SOMETHING AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF PARK, BUT THE ONLY GEAR IT WOULD GO IN WAS A "MANUAL 2ND" AND REVERSE. I'VE CALLED JAGUAR CUSTOMER COMPLAINT LINE AND THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD BY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE ORIGINAL REPAIR FROM MAY '05 HAS A ONE YEAR WARRANTY SO IT SHOULD BE COVERED. HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SHE COULD NOT AUTHORIZE TOWING. I REALLY BELIEVE ODI SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.*JB

WOW, IT IS REASSURING TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN MY COMPLAINT ABOUT A FAULTY PARK PAWL ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT BY THE WAY I HAVE BEEN TREATED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER! BASICALLY, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SINCE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY, A MANUFACTURING MALFUNCTION/FLAW IS MY PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN AND AN INVOICE FROM A PRIOR SERVICE INDICATING THAT THE PARK PAWL IS FAULTY. THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AT THAT JUNE 16, 2005, SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRED IN JANUARY 2006, COSTING ME $1577 TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE LAST TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WAS WHEN I PARKED MY CAR ON THE UPSLOPE OF A DRIVEWAY. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE CAR OUT OF PARK, THE PARK PAWL WOULD NOT RELEASE NO MATTER WHAT I DID. AFTER TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY SEVERAL TIMES TO MOVE THE LEVER, IT BROKE. AAA WAS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING AND I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A MECHANIC AND FLATBED TOW TRUCK TO COME OUT FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO REMOVE THE CONSOLE AND RELEASE THE PARK PAWL. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED..............AT MY EXPENSE. I HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT OF JAGUAR CARS, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY AS WELL AS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP. NO ONE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPLACEMENT/REPAIR. IS THERE NO RECOURSE FOR THE CONSUMER EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC PART ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS NOTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE? HOW DO I RECOUP AN EXPENSE THAT I FEEL I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? *JB

2000 JAGUAR S-TYPE HAS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. IF THE VEHICLE IS PARKED ON A HILL WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, THE GEARS WILL GET STUCK AND THE VEHICLE EITHER HAS TO BE DRUG DOWN THE HILL TO LEVEL GROUND FOR THE GEAR TO SHIFT OUT OR IT HAS TO BE TOWED. THE JAGUAR DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR IT TWICE UNSUCCESSFULLY. *NM

I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS TERRIBLY AND IT'S UNSAFE TO OPERATE ON THE ROAD. I CONTACTED A COUPLE JAGUAR DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST FROM $90.00-$110.00 TO PROGRAM A MODULE THAT IS LISTED ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN. WHY SHOULD THE OWNERS HAVE TO PAY FOR JAGUAR'S FLAWED EQUIPMENT TO BE REPAIRED? *JB

DT: WHEN PARKING ON A HILL THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED AND CALLER COULD NOT GET VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. CALLER BROKE THE SHIFT LEVER AND HAD IT REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALER SAID THAT WAS NORMAL, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON BEFORE PUTTING IT IN PARK. BUT SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM HAPPENED EVEN WHEN HE PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THE SAME THING AS DEALER SAID.*AK

COMPLAINT REGARDING SERVICES RENDERED BY JAGUAR OF TACOMA.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK EASILY. THE DEALER CHANGED A CABLE, IT THEN WOULD COME OUT OF PARK, BUT NOT AS SMOOTH. THE CONSUMER THEN STATED IT ALMOST BECAME IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE GEAR TO COME OUT OF PARK. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, HE WAS TOLD THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT WOULD COST 1300.00. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SINCE 2002. (JAGUAR S-TYPE). THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD FRONT END PROBLEMS. *JB *NM