HAD MY 2009 JAGUAR XF TO DEALER FOR SCHEDULED SERVICE ON 2-18-10. CAR HAD 12,000 ON IT. DISCOVERED REAR DISC BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT NEEDING REPLACEMENT. FRONT PADS LOOKED JUST FINE. REAR PADS SHOULD NOT DEGRADE IN ONLY 12,000 MILES. WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL AS THE REAR BRAKES HANDLE MOST OF THE STOPPING POWER. MY UNDERSTANDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IT'S THE FRONT BRAKES WHICH DO MOST OF THE WORK. THIS CAR DOES NOT HAVE A BUILT IN WARNING INDICATING THE PADS ARE WORN, AND LOSING THE REAR BRAKES PREMATURELY COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE REAR BRAKE PADS TO DEGRADE SO QUICKLY NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. *TR
2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
2010 JAGUAR XFR. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE MALFUNCTION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT RUNNING. THE CONSUMERS WIFE MANAGED TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO A NARROW STRIP BETWEEN THE OUTER LEFT EDGE OF THE FAST LANE AND GUARD RAIL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART; AND THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY SAID ENGINE MALFUNCTION. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ILLUMINATING JUST AFTER A FEW MILES OF DRIVING; EVEN WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER AND HE STARTED THE ENGINE, THE LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED A NEW GAS TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE ORDERED BECAUSE THE SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW GAS TANK AND THE LIGHT NEVER CAME BACK ON. *JB