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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006078574 | Incident Date: Jul, 27 2006 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Jaguar Cars, Ltd. |
| Model Name: XK8 | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: SAJGX224XWC | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 11 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Jaguar xk8. vehicle with 54k miles always dealer services. timing chain broke while driving, was able to get car out of traffic without incident. contacted jaguar and they did not even acknowledge there was a problem. jaguar has known the plastic timing chain guides to be defective. the have had two design revisions and now put a metal guide in the cars since 2002. jaguar does not advise owners or dealers to replace the guides which even without their assistance i would have had done at $800. the defective guide causes the chain to break and valve damage, a $7k repair. the dealer and independent repair shops tell me they are repairing these all the time in low mileage engines 45-70k and the internet is littered with the same. hard to believe jaguar has not been forced in to a recall or some type of voluntary repair program. bottom line - engine part with known, documented defect, that causes catastrophic engine failure, with no action by the manufacturer. *jb |
