2005 Jaguar X-TYPE

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IF ONE PLACES THE HEADREST ONTO THE REAR SEATS BACKWARDS, IT LOCKS INTO POSITION. ONCE THE HEADRESTS ARE LOCKED INTO POSITION, THEY ARE UNABLE TO BE REMOVED. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THIS IS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 JAGUAR XTY. UPDATED 04/11/06. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEM ON 2005 JAGUAR X TYPE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE CAR WILL NOT STOP. THE CONTACT DID NOT RECALL IF THE VEHICLE MADE ANY NOISES PRIOR TO BRAKING. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. TOOK TWO MORE TIMES, AND THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT THREE TIMES. THE ROAD WAS DRY ALL THREE TIMES. SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COLD WEATHER . THIS HAPPENED AT ALL SPEEDS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THIS APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO. NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HER IF THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM THERE WAS NO PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH LOW TIRE PRESSURE. LAST WEEK THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE INEXPLICABLY WENT FLAT. THE FLAT WAS REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW CONTINENTAL TIRE. A DAY AFTER THAT REPLACEMENT, I CHECKED THE PRESSURE. THE VALVE ON THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE .. I WOULD NOT HAVE NOTICED IT UNTIL I REMOVED THE CAP TO CHECK THE PRESSURE AND HEARD AIR ESCAPING. THE OTHER TIRE ON THE LEFT FRONT ALSO HAS A PROBLEM MAINTAINING AIR PRESSURE. I TOLD THE DEALER TO CHECK THE TIRE AND THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THIS CAN'T BE SINCE THE TIRE LOST PRESSURE ONLY AFTER PLACING AIR IN IT A DAY OR SO PRIOR. THIS CAR IS ONLY 5 MONTHS OLD. YET. I HAVE HAD TO PLACE AIR IN THE FRONT TIRES BEFORE I GO ANYWHERE. IT IS NOW AT A POINT WHERE I HAVE TO CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE USING THE CAR. I DROVE A MERCEDES FOR 13 YEARS AND NEVER HAD ONE PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. BEFORE THAT A TOYOTA FOR 5 YEARS AND AGAIN NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A TIRE SPONTANEOUSLY LOSING PRESSURE. THIS IS THE 2ND X TYPE I HAVE HAD. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON THAT VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS A NAIL HOLE. YET, N AFTER THAT ALLEGED HOLE WAS REPAIRED I HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH LOW TIRE PRESSURE. I WROTE IT OFF AS A SERVICE PROBLEM. HAD I REALIZED THAT THIS TIRE PROBLEM WAS MORE THAN AN ISOLATED INCIDENT ON ONE VEHICLE LI WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD LEASED THIS VEHICLE AGAIN. WHEN I REVIEWED THIS WEBSITE AS TO COMPLAINTS I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ALMOST 15 COMPLAINTS SINCE 2002 OF TIRES DEFLATING AND BLOWOUTS. THIS PROBLEM MUST BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS FATALITY.

WHILE DRIVING ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT REAR ADJUSTMENT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, THE DRIVERS SEAT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED BY 2 1/2 INCHES TO THE REAR BECAUSE HE KNEE COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE IGNITION AND CONSEQUENTLY SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE. *JB