2003 Jaguar X-TYPE

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 VEHICLE WOULD LEAVE ME STRANDED. LUCKILY (OR NOT) THIS EVENT HAPPENED AT 2:00AM AND THE NEAREST VEHICLE WAS A SEMI TRUCK ABOUT HALF A MILE BEHIND ME. *TR

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 LOT. THE TRANSMISSION AT THIS POINT WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOWER SPEED AND REMAINED IN A HIGH GEAR. AFTER RESTARTING AND ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, REVERSE COULD NOT BE ENGAGED. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED 90 MILE TO MY HOME JAGUAR DEALER WHO HAS SERVICED THE CAR SINCE NEW. DIAGNOSTICS SHOW THAT THE TRANSFER CASE MUST BE REPLACED, AT A COST OF $4000. *TR

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 CURB WAS SCRUBBED AND IT CUT SIDEWALL. CLEARLY THESE TIRES HAVE VERY POOR SIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION. HEARD PROBLEMS ON THE NET LIKE THIS FROM OTHERS AS WELL. *TR

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 CUSTOMER. ON 9/9/07 HAD SPONTANEOUSLY SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ON DRIVER REAR TIRE ON I-695 IN BALTIMORE ON I-95 EXIT RAMP. SIDEWALL HAD A HOLE 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER. I HAD TO DRIVE TO REST AREA. REPAIR SHOP OWNER SAID HE WOULD SELL CAR IF HE WERE ME OR REPLACE RIMS WITH SMALLER ONES. SAID TIRE TOO BADLY TOO DAMAGED BY DRIVING AFTER BLOWOUT TO GET REPLACEMENT. *TR

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 FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION COVER ON JUNE 22, 2007. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 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 $5,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 30,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THE ENGINE SIZE, POWERTRAIN, AND # OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 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 WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS NOT HOME, WHEN A GOT BACK WE CALL ED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLL US THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON MAY, 6 2007 THAT IT WAS TO LATE . WE CALLED DURING THE MOTH OF MAY STILL, WE CALL A MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS THE GEAR BOX. *AK,

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, WHO STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS STUCK, BUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK UPDATED 06/14/07. *JB