Other Engine Info: Emission Control System - US/Canada ULEV
Plant City: Castle Bromwich
Plant Country: England
Seat Belts All: Manual
Steering Location: Left Hand Drive (LHD)
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I OWE A JAGUAR S-TYPE IT HAS SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEM. I NOTICED THERE IS NO DATA NO WHERE POSTED REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. (NHTSA,IIHS, OR DOT). NO DATA ANYWHERE ON THE JAGUAR S-TYPE. I THINK THAT SHOULD THROW UP SOME RED FLAG AS TO WHY ARE THEY HIDING SOMETHING? (1) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY WINDSHIELD WIPER FAIL TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE, THE MECHANICS STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUSE BLOWN, HOWEVER WHEN THE FUSE WAS REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. THEY WORK LESS THAN 50 % OF THE TIME NEEDED. (2) I LIVE IN MICHIGAN, ALOT OF SNOW, ICE & RAIN, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I WOULD BE DRIVE IN THE SNOW OR RAIN, AND THE WIPERS WOULD JUST STOP OPERATING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. LEAVING ME TOTALLY VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN ON MY FLASHERS, & PULL OFF THE ROAD, THEN WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS OR LEAVE THE CAR AND CALL FOR A RIDE HOME. I HAVE LOSS TIME AT WORK BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, ALSO MISSED SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE OF THIS CONTINUE PROBLEM. (3) ONCE THE FUSE WAS REPLACED FOR THE WIPERS, HOWEVER THE LAST THREE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME. WHEN CHECKED BY A MECHANICS, NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE WIPER OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, HOWEVER THE WIPERS SEEM TO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF SOME KIND. *NM
2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JAGUAR S-TYPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND UPON RETURNING TEN MINUTES LATER, THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.