I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND CAME TO A STOP BUT THE CAR THEN ACCELERATED AND I HAD BRAKE HARD TO HOLD THE CAR BACK. I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR INTO GEAR AGAIN, I COULD NOT MOVE THE SHIFTER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, AND THE CAR RAN FINE THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE NEXT DAY, I WAS AGAIN IN A PARKING LOT AND AS I TRY TO PARK, THE ENGINE ACCELERATES WILDLY. I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE CAR WITH THE BRAKES AND PUT IT INTO PARK. ONCE IN PARK, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. THE SHIFTER WAS NOW STUCK. I TAPPED THE SHIFTER AND THAT ALLOWED ME TO SHIFT THE CAR AND THE ENGINE WENT TO NORMAL OPERATION. AS OF 12/11, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WILL BE TAKING THE CAR TO MY DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. *TR
2010
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
2010 JAGUAR XKR (NOTE THAT YOUR FORM LATER ONLY ALLOWS AN XF TO BE CLICKED IN ORDER TO PROCEED SO I DID THAT). ON 2-21-10 CAR 1/2 FULL OF GAS. STARTED CAR AND DROVE TWO BLOCKS WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SHUTOFF AND AMBER ENGINE SYMBOL ("ENGINE MALFUNCTION") LIGHT CAME ON. ABLE TO MOVE STEERING WHEEL A LITTLE (NO POWER STEERING) AND COASTED TO STOP--DOING ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING SHUT OFF. WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TRIED TO START AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TRIED TO START AGAIN A MINUTE LATER AND WAS ABLE TO START AND DROVE BACK TO HOME WHERE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. AUSTIN JAG DEALERSHIP SAID THEY FOUND LOW FUEL PRESSURE CODE, BUT WHEN PRESSURE TESTED THEY FOUND NOTHING AND COULDN'T REPLICATE. THEN TOWED TO HOUSTON JAGUAR DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED FROM AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND COULD NOT REPLICATE SO SAID NOTHING TO REPAIR. OCCURRENCE IN AUSTIN, TX (HOUSTON GARAGED). PREVIOUSLY, TWO WEEKS BEFORE, SMELLED GAS IN CAR WHEN FILLED UP (AGAIN DEALERSHIP COULDN'T SMELL OR FIND A PROBLEM). *TR