2006 Jaguar X-TYPE

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH ON MY WAY TO THE DEALER FOR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CAR STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED THE DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALER TOLD ME THE CAR NEEDED A TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE BECAUSE THE INTERNAL GEARS WERE FRAGMENTED. *TR

WITH MY BRAKES APPLIED AND SLOWING TO A STOP AT THE BOTTOM OF AN INTERSTATE EXIT RAMP, MY CAR SEEMED TO JERK AND THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO GO INTO PASSING GEAR. I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL SO I COULD STOP AND AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHILE IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING AND THE TACHOMETER WAS IN THE RED. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF TO KEEP FROM DAMAGING IT AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. AFTER THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD GONE, I STARTED MY CAR TO SEE IF THE ENGINE WOULD RUN PROPERLY. IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY, SO I CAREFULLY DROVE TO MY HOME WHICH WAS ABOUT THREE MORE MILES. SEVERAL WEEKS PRIOR, I HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT WHEN I WAS PARKING AT THE GROCERY STORE, BUT I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR TO LEAVE THE GROCERY STORE, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OKAY AND I DIDN'T THINK ANY MORE OF IT. I FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ON LINE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NONE OF THEM COULD PROVE IT TO THEIR DEALER AND NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT. I GUESS IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE ABOUT THIS SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THIS INCIDENT HAS UPSET ME AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE. *TR

2006 JAGUAR X TYPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKE/ ACCELERATION PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE HARDER, AND CONSEQUENTLY, SHE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE TWICE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JAGUAR X-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME; THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 49,000.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN 2006 AND 2007, OEM CONTINENTAL TOURING TIRES 225/45R17 ON MY 2006 JAGUAR X-TYPE SPORT SEDAN SUFFERED SPONTANEOUS, CATASTROPHIC BLOW OUT FAILURE UNDER WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. {I-95, I-495, CLEAR DRY PAVEMENT, SPEED BELOW 80 MPH]. SINCE THOSE EVENTS, REMAINING TIRES HAVE EXHIBITED SIDEWALL BULGING AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF CORD SEPARATION. TODAY (12/26/2008) WHILE VISITING SAFETY WEBSITE, LEARNED OF AT LEAST 50 SIMILAR SPONTANEOUS FAILURES OF SAME PRODUCT, WHICH IS ALSO OE TIRE ON MERCEDES C300 AND BMW 3 SERIES SEDANS. THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE THAN COINCIDENCE. *TR

CONTINENTAL CONTI PROCONTACT TIRE - LEFT FRONT 2006 JAGUAR SPORTWAGON X TYPE-FAILED ON MASSPIKE. AAA REP OBSERVED THAT TREAD SEPARATED .NO ROAD HAZARD. REPLACEMENT PURCHASED AND TIRE DESCRIBED AS FAILURE IN "WORKMANSHIP" 20K . LEFT FRONT FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL TO RIGHT FRONT TIRE FAILURE 5 WEEKS B/4.THUS 2 FAILURE S AT 20K MILES AND 19K MILES. FORTUNATELY GOING SLOW OR COULD HAVE BEEN REAL PROBLEM. REPLACED 2 TIRES AT ALMOST 200 A PIECE. ONE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JAGUAR X-TYPE PURCHASED ON NOVEMBER 10, 2006 WITH 15 MILES. THE CONTACT EXPLAINED THAT EARLY IN DECEMBER 2006 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH AND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED AT THE SAME SPEED. THIS CAUSED THE CONTACT TO MOVE ON TO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE ON THE EMERGENCY LANE UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE CONTACT EXPLAINED THAT MID DECEMBER 2006, WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD, THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND WHEN APPLIED. EVEN AFTER THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED THE VEHICLE WENT AT THE SAME SPEED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL STAYED ON. AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO STOP. AT NO TIME WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL EVER ACTIVATED. THE THIRD TIME A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED WAS ON 1/20/07. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THOMAS CADILLAC AND JAGUAR OF HARDFORD ON 1/24/07,WHERE AN IDS WAS INSTALLED, AND THE PEDAL SWITCH WAS ADJUSTED AND CHECKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME ACTIVE ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS AND PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN OR PROPERLY STOP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1743 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2100. ON FEBRUARY 16,2007 THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, UNDER SUNNY AND DRY DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK UPDATE 4/9 *TR

TL* - DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON 11/12/2004 THE CONTACT WAS TOLD SHE QUALIFIED FOR A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAD 30,000 MILES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SHE WENT BACK FOR THE SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT SHE WAS TOLD THEY MADE A MISTAKE THAT TRANSMISSION WAS FINE. THE VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING A JERKING MOVEMENT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ,AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE JERKING EVENTUAL STOPPED. RECENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS THE CONTACT STATED THE DEALER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE 11/20/06. THE TRANSMISSION IS INOPERABLE AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER HAS TOLD HER THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. THE FAILURE MILAGE WAS 2,9710.*AK