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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005038662 | Incident Date: Sep, 09 2005 |
| Consumer's City: DENVER | Consumer's State: CO |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Jaguar Cars, Ltd. |
| Model Name: XJ8 | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: SAJHX1247WC | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 13 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Over the past six (6) months, the vehicle has stalled on the highway approximately 4 times. had to drift onto the shoulder, put vehicle in park to start car again. that is a very dangerous situation to be on an interstate traveling at a speed of 50 and above having to drift across lanes with absolutely no power. as of this past weekend, i started the car, the airbag light would not go off. the next day, the car was making a horrible noise and once again the airbag light was on. the noise sounded as if something was loose underneath the hood. the car sounded so horrible, i had it towed versus driving it to the shop. i got the bad news that the engine has no compression and needs to be replaced. the mechanic has no idea what went caused this. i will have to get another engine or let the mechanic break the current engine down to see what parts can be re-used. i read on another website that a few people had to have engines replaced on the 1998 jaguars for no apparent cause. this is ridiculous and no fault of mine. i have kept up the maintenance. i found this link which suggests possible engine failure causes http://www.jagservice.net/jaguar_v8_secondary_tensioners.htm. *nm |
