Consumer Complaint Detail

JAGUAR / XJ8L / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001013728 Incident Date: Feb, 07 2001
Consumer's City: SANGER Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
Model Name: XJ8L Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:frame and members
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: SAJHX6247WC Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2001 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving the front left fender liner began rubbing the tire and the consumer could hear loud grinding noise, this rubbing caused the front left wheel to lock up, destroyed the wheel bearing and resulted in brake failure. nlm left front wheel bearing completely failed, the caliper and rotor were causing most of the noise, the rotor had grinded about 3/16 of an inch of metal away from caliper mount bracket, dealer checked right front wheel bearing and found it was loose but had not came apart, dealer replaced both front axle wheel bearings and replaced front rotors and pads due to the damaged caliper and rotor on left front. *slc