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
2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-95 SOUTH ON 11/12/12, NEAR PHILADELPHIA (ON THE WAY TO A 76ERS GAME) WITH MY 7 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACKSEAT (WITH BOOSTER). I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE PEDAL APPARENTLY GOT STUCK (I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE ISSUE AT THE TIME). HARROWING EXPERIENCE TO SAY THE LEAST. I SAW THE ENGINE WAS REVVING VERY HIGH AND THUS THOUGHT IT HAD DROPPED TO A LOWER GEAR, BUT THE SPEED KEPT INCREASING (RAPIDLY). TRIED USING THE BRAKES FOR 3-5 SECONDS, BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO DO MUCH (DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM). I REALIZED WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON AND SLIPPED MY TOE UNDER THE ACCELERATOR THEN POPPED IT UP...NO INJURIES, OTHER THAN JANGLED NERVES. INTERESTING THAT THE PEDAL WAS NOT CAUGHT ON ANY PART OF THE CARPET OR BEING OBSTRUCTED BY IT - WHICH WAS WHAT I THEORIZED WHILE BRINGING THE CAR TO A STOP. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS AN ARM THAT GOES DIRECTLY BACK (INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT) - SO IT MAY BE MECHANICAL IN SOME WAY. I WILL BE BRINGING THE CAR TO MY DEALER VERY SOON TO GET IT CHECKED OUT AND FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN (I'VE ALSO NOT USED THE ACCELERATOR AS MUCH). UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN WORKING OUT OF TOWN AND NOT ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE DEALER....CAR IS GOING INTO THE SHOP NEXT WEEK. *TR