2006 Jaguar S-TYPE

I HAVE A JAGUAR WHOSE FRONT LEAPER ON THE HOOD HAS FALLEN OFF DUE TO THE WIRES RUSTING BECAUSE WATER ACCUMULATES IN IT, THEN IT ULTIMATELY COMES UNDONE AND FALLS OFF DUE TO THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE RUSTY WIRING THAT HOLDS THE LEAPER ONTO THE HOOD. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT. THE LEAPER IS A HEAVY PIECE OF METAL AND COULD DO DAMAGE TO VEHICLES THAT MAY BE TRAVELING BEHIND OR TO THE OWNER?S VEHICLE ITSELF SHOULD THIS COME OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL JAGUAR DEALERSHIP TO ADVISE THE SERVICE MANAGER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD THIS OCCUR IN THE PAST BUT THERE IS NO MANUFACTURE FIX OR RECALL KNOWN, JUST PARTS FROM HARDWARE STORE THAT THEY USE TO REATTACH THE LEAPER ON THE HOOD. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD RE AFFIX IF MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE CAR IS BARELY JUST OVER WARRANTY PERIOD. EVEN IF THEY DO REAFFIX THE LEAPER, IT IS NOT WITH JAGUAR PARTS AND VIBRATION COULD LOOSEN THE NUT, WHERE IT AGAIN MAY COME OFF. THE LEAPER ALSO CAME OFF ON ANOTHER JAGUAR WE OWNED AS WELL, BUT WE WERE NOT SURE WHERE IT WAS LOST - ON ROADWAY OR HIGHWAY. I AN CONCERNED THAT THE LEAPER COMING OFF COULD BECOME A REAL SAFETY ISSUE IF THIS OCCURS AT HIGH SPEEDS ANY TIME ON THE HIGHWAY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I NOTICE THE NEWER JAGUAR MODELS NO LONGER HAVE THE STANDING LEAPER ON THE FRONT OF THE HOODS, BUT HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY AN EMBLEM DESIGN. PERHAPS JAGUAR KNOWS ABOUT THE LEAPER COMING UNDONE AND THEY HAVE RE-DESIGNED. HOWEVER, WHAT OF THE CARS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THE LEAPER ON THE HOOD? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JAGUAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING AN UNUSUALLY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN OPENING THE REAR TRUNK, THE ODOR BECAME OVERBEARING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE YET THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE A FAILURE WITHIN THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,314.

I AM INVESTIGATING A FATAL COLLISION INVOLVING A VEHICLE FIRE OF A 2006 JAGUAR S TYPE 4DR SEDAN. THE FUEL FILTER IS LOCATED INSIDE THE LEFT FRONT FENDER WELL AND IS NOT PROTECTED BY ANY FRAME COMPONENT. THE FUEL SHUT OFF SWITCH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. THE VICTIM VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN AN OFFSET HEAD ON MANNER ON THE DRIVER'S (LEFT SIDE), DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE AREA OF THE FUEL FILTER. THE FUEL LINE WAS TORN OFF OF THE FILTER, AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE SHUT OFF SWITCH ACTUALLY WORKED, THEREBY PUMPING GASOLINE ONTO THE FRONT OF THE CAR AS IT SLID ACROSS THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS QUICKLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, AND THE DRIVER WHO WAS PINNED INTO THE CAR DIED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. MY CASE # IS [XXX]. *TR

2006 S TYPE JAGUAR. IN FEBRUARY 2008, I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR WARRANTY WORK PERFORMED. THE REASON WAS DUE TO A 'RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE ERROR' LIGHT. THEY DEALER WAS ABLE TO CORRECT IT VIA THE REPLACEMENT OF A NEW COIL. THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THAT MY VEHICLE ENTERED RESTRICTIVE PERFORMANCE ANYTIME I WOULD ATTEMPT TO PASS ANY VEHICLE ON STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD AND WOULD HAVE TO ACCELERATE TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. THE VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO 'RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE' AND DROP MY SPEED UNTIL I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CLEARLY, A DANGEROUS SCENARIO. IN DECEMBER OF 08, THE ISSUE RETURNED. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AS IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY COULD NOT LOCATE ANY OF THE ERROR CODES RELATED TO THE RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE ' THE SAME CASE AS LAST YEAR. I HAD TO RETURN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ISSUE RESURFACED IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS 2 TRACTOR TRAILERS AND ONCE AGAIN, ACCELERATED TO NEARLY 80 AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE. I HAD AN ANGRY TRUCKER TAILGATING UNTIL I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD GOING LESS THAN 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH MY FOOT PRESSED TO THE FLOOR OF THE ACCELERATOR. DUE TO THE RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE ISSUE, THAT WAS THE FASTEST I COULD GO AND MY SPEED CONTINUED TO DROP. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SERVICE NEARLY THREE WEEKS AGO. SERVICE HAS STATED THEY ARE WORKING W/JAGUAR. THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO AGAIN RECREATE THE SCENARIO IN A SAME MODEL, MAKE AND YEAR VEHICLE ON THEIR LOT. I WAS TOLD SERVICE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS NORMAL ISSUE FOR THE VEHICLE. FRANKLY, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT JAGUAR WOULD MANUFACTURE A VEHICLE WITH A FLAW THAT COULD BE FATAL. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT I WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE THIS VEHICLE BACK AND NO REAL RESOLUTION WILL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK BECAUSE JAGUAR AND THE SERVICE DEPT CAN NOT FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

FEBRUARY 4, 2009 OUR S TYPE R JAGUAR WAS THE VICTIM OF A RAPID ACCELERATION/RUNAWAY. ON FEBRUARY 3 THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF WHEN IT WAS STOPPED ON THREE OR FOUR OCCASIONS. THE NEXT DAY, AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE THROTTLE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION CAUSING THE CAR TO CAREEN OUT OF CONTROL. IT WAS TOWED TO HORNBERG JAGUAR IN HOLLYWOOD AND THE SERVICE WRITER TITTERED AND LAUGHED AT MY FIANCE. THEREAFTER I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THE NEXT DAY TELLING ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUFFERED FRONT-END DAMAGE AND THAT WE SHOULD CALL OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. I TOLD HER I WOULD HAVE MY TECHNICAL EXPERT WHO WAS A PRODUCT LIABILITY WITNESS FOR ME IN TRIALS MANY YEARS AGO, PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND TELL ME WHAT HAD REALLY HAPPENED. I THEN RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION THAT JAGUAR WAS GOING TO SEND A TECHNICAL ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. NINE DAYS LATER WHILE I WAS OUT OF STATE, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL WITH A MESSAGE THAT THE "CODES" HAD BEEN DOWNLOADED, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THERE NEVER WAS AN INVESTIGATION, NOT EVEN AN INTERVIEW OF THE DRIVER, NO PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE DAMAGE PATTERN, AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE VEHICLE BRAIN BOX WAS DOWNLOADED AND THEN ERASED. MY TECHNICAL EXPERT TELLS ME THE ERASURE WAS INTENTIONAL AND WAS DESIGNED TO COVER UP THE CODE WHICH WOULD HAVE INDICATED AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MALFUNCTION. MY TECHNICAL EXPERT IS ALBERTO FERRONI AT ITAL MECCANICA, 714-893-5096. IF NO PROBLEM EXISTED WHY DID THEY LIE TO ME AND TELL ME THEY WERE SENDING A TECHNICAL EXPERT TO LOOK AT THE CAR, NEVER EVEN INTERVIEW THE DRIVER, AND THEN INTENTIONALLY ERASE THE BRAIN BOX? MOREOVER THE DEALERS INITIAL INTAKE FORM WHICH WAS NOT SIGNED BY MY FIANCE IS FALSE AND FRAUDULENT AND MAKES NO REFERENCE WHATSOEVER TO THE RUNAWAY. IT MAKES NO REFERENCE TO MY PROVIDING THE SERVICE WRITER WITH A DETAILED STATEMENT ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. *TR